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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Women And Girls Fund Of

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 844036712
WI · NTEE T30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nicole Wagner, Executive Director / CEO ($95,621) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 215 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

215 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 215 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $325,720 $95,621
$11,10410th
$23,78525th
$51,272Median
$81,04675th
$114,88790th
$95,621This org · 85th
p10$11,104
p25$23,785
p50$51,272
p75$81,046
p90$114,887
$95,621

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 WI 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
118 East 111th Street Corporation NY$460,434 Ceo $18,651 $16,614 2023
Minnesota Credit Union Foundation MN$462,196 President $19,637 $19,128 2023
Westview Foundation SC$462,388 President $30,550 $30,517 2024
Eastern Shore Of Virginia Community Foundation VA$457,885 Exec Dir $25,083 $23,190 2024
Rcm Community Fund WI$463,015 Secretary $21,475 $20,921 2025
Crg Foundation Inc CA$463,386 Director $28,362 $23,450 2024
Rescue Her Inc TX$457,182 Executive Director $45,000 $43,102 2024
Golden Heart Fund CA$456,623 Executive Director $170,000 $140,560 2024
Family Community Resource Center IL$456,093 Program Manager/ceo $75,126 $72,809 2023
Kopernik Society Of Broome County NY$455,686 Vp/exec. Dir. $55,349 $49,305 2023
Impact Austin Foundation TX$465,504 Executive Director $140,207 $134,293 2024
Simon Family Foundation OH$465,819 Treasurer Thru 3/28/2023 $40,331 $42,110 2023
Lifelink International Inc AL$466,080 President $130,300 $134,788 2024
Inspiring Communty Inc WI$454,344 Managing Dir $12,000 $12,354 2023
Academics In Motion Inc NJ$452,783 Executive Dir. $38,500 $32,914 2024
Steam Onward Incorporated MD$469,128 Seed Farming Education Director $12,466 $11,159 2024
The Livity Foundation Inc SC$469,434 Executive Director $63,326 $63,258 2024
Foundation For Women CA$469,531 Board Trustee $18,006 $14,888 2024
Louisiana Hospitality Foundation LA$449,965 Business Manager $28,442 $29,988 2024
Chicago Kids Company IL$449,831 Executive Dir. $63,667 $61,704 2023
The Bunim Fund NY$449,595 Trustee $61,509 $54,792 2023
The Childrens Foundation Of Astor NY$448,665 Executive Vp $23,697 $21,109 2023
Hbcu Career Development Marketplace Inc MD$447,897 Executive Director $5,671 $5,441 2022
Girls On The Run Hudson Valley Inc NY$473,595 Executive Di $88,025 $76,163 2024
Manna International Inc RI$446,954 President $115,056 $105,638 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 WI 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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)80th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Nicole Wagner) 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 215 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $95,621 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.