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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Daring Girls

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841549841
CO · NTEE B12
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jessica Love, Executive Director / CEO ($108,460) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 85 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 95th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Jessica Love — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

85 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 85 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$746 total compensation of comparable organizations → $445,676 $108,460
$9,26910th
$19,17325th
$44,094Median
$68,39575th
$89,64990th
$108,460This org · 95th
p10$9,269
p25$19,173
p50$44,094
p75$68,395
p90$89,649
$108,460

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to CO cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Germantown Education Foundation TN$274,516 Executive Director $70,000 $74,534 2024
Sempere Quaere Verum Inc MN$276,254 President $5,300 $5,462 2023
Elements Montessori School Inc MA$277,304 President, Treasurer & Clerk $54,000 $49,155 2024
Cong Yeshivas Bais Yitzchok Inc NJ$278,574 President $14,400 $13,024 2024
Native Nations Education Foundation HI$268,809 Executive/project Director $72,100 $65,388 2024
Friends Of The Scarsdale Library NY$279,836 Treasurer $4,830 $4,308 2025
Boston Renaissance Charter Public School MA$267,607 President $32,238 $30,212 2023
Party In The Pines Foundation TX$279,964 Secretary $10,000 $10,133 2024
Shriners International Education FL$282,452 Assistant Secretary $47,371 $45,078 2024
Solar Toledo Neighborhood Foundation OH$282,862 Secretary/treasurer $60,259 $66,561 2023
Learning In Color Corporation GA$262,411 Executive Dir. $77,280 $78,711 2024
Friends Of Guadalupe UT$261,050 President $34,977 $37,333 2023
South Carolina Virtual Education SC$286,962 Executive Di $30,800 $33,510 2023
Link To Libraries Inc MA$258,547 President Ceo $75,000 $70,287 2023
Educational Media Company At VA$258,296 General Mana $15,000 $14,293 2025
Goddard Education Foundation KS$292,521 Executive Di $64,841 $73,054 2023
Activate School Fundraising Inc GA$294,899 President $34,075 $35,731 2023
The Wildcat Foundation PA$250,909 Frmr Exec Di $50,219 $52,228 2023
Public School Funding Alliance WA$297,734 Executive Director $7,698 $6,981 2024
Cg Jung Foundation For Analytical NY$297,880 Executive Di $101,331 $90,362 2025
The Manufacturers Education Foundation Inc GA$249,192 President & Ceo $44,044 $44,859 2024
Education Foundation Of Stanislaus CA$248,279 Ceo $11,500 $10,059 2024
The Fleischer Foundation IL$246,611 President $16,533 $16,465 2024
Greater Atlanta Christian Foundation Inc GA$246,608 President Of Gacs $81,293 $85,244 2023
Afghanistan Peacebuilding Initiative IN$245,775 President/director $5,500 $5,875 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO cost of living and 2023 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to CO cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default95th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)94th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted76th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Jessica Love) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 85 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $108,460 is reasonable (approximately the 95th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.