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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sapientia Initiative Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 842853988
NY · NTEE F80
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nanette Walsh, Executive Director / CEO ($72,681) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 32 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Nanette Walsh — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

32 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 32 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,980 total compensation of comparable organizations → $154,871 $72,681
$24,67810th
$42,48825th
$71,313Median
$93,65275th
$106,67590th
$72,681This org · 50th
p10$24,678
p25$42,488
p50$71,313
p75$93,652
p90$106,675
$72,681

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 NY 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
Nami Montana MT$342,441 Executive Director $94,350 $112,551 2024
The Arc Of Lancaster County PA$351,137 Executive Director $49,846 $53,591 2025
American Friends Of Shalvat Chayim Inc NY$356,147 President $80,500 $80,500 2024
North Carolina Infantyoung Child NC$333,856 Executive Di $78,875 $92,855 2023
Nami Davidson County Inc TN$333,149 Executive Director $86,452 $100,565 2024
Nami Broward County Inc FL$331,789 Ceo $123,775 $128,678 2024
Nami Will-grundy IL$363,859 Executive Director $28,846 $31,384 2024
The Yellow Tulip Project ME$366,033 Director $1,736 $1,980 2023
Black Men Speak CA$318,188 Executive Dir. $70,000 $68,868 2023
Seacoast Pathways NH$316,672 President And Ceo Of Fedcap $151,561 $154,871 2024
Psychotherapy Training Associates CA$314,697 President & Ceo $17,500 $16,723 2024
Resource Development Institute MO$312,122 Ceo $91,054 $106,726 2024
National Alliance On Mental Illness Of NY$307,484 Executive Director $66,070 $66,070 2024
Athens Mental Health Inc OH$386,065 Exec Directir $57,464 $69,343 2023
Emotions Matter Inc NY$301,412 Executive Director $65,468 $65,468 2024
Conneaut Human Resources Council Inc OH$295,111 Executive Director $33,000 $37,682 2025
Resilience Education And Training Institute Inc FL$281,437 Chief Executive Officer $40,206 $43,034 2023
Lighthouse Inc MD$264,244 Executive Director $68,488 $72,952 2023
Mental Health Association Of Rhode RI$261,774 Executive Director $75,808 $82,819 2023
Amazing Grace Advocacy NC$254,651 Executive Di $69,341 $79,289 2024
Center For Youth Mental Health CA$440,705 President $25,045 $23,933 2024
Nami Greater Orlando Inc FL$442,313 Executive Director $89,731 $96,041 2023
Dekalb County Mental Retardation Board AL$234,359 Executive Director $64,615 $77,251 2024
Center For Psychotherapy Spirituality & Creativity CA$462,221 Director And Founder $19,000 $18,156 2024
Atron Foundation VA$465,513 Chair $96,000 $99,933 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY cost of living and 2024 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 NY 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)59th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted50th

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 (Nanette Walsh) 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 32 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,681 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.