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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Youth Business Initiative

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 850594373
CT · NTEE O53
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dajuan Wiggins, Executive Director / CEO ($70,286) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 852 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dajuan Wiggins — reported title “CEO and Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

852 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 852 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$19 total compensation of comparable organizations → $179,037 $70,286
$12,59110th
$30,40425th
$55,561Median
$76,46175th
$96,31490th
$70,286This org · 67th
p10$12,591
p25$30,404
p50$55,561
p75$76,461
p90$96,314
$70,286

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 CT 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
Reintegration Support Network Inc NC$268,687 Executive Director $58,407 $62,706 2025
Firsthome Iq CA$268,537 Executive Director And Secretary $120,000 $110,515 2024
Friends Of Creamers Field AK$268,518 Executive Director $55,900 $56,999 2024
Berkshire Summer Music Inc MA$268,484 President $52,000 $49,837 2024
Msi Youth Foundation Inc IN$268,433 Director $2,341 $2,633 2024
Independent Order Of Oddfellows NC$268,213 Exec Director $15,000 $16,530 2024
The Bloom Project Inc IN$269,431 Executive Director $60,000 $69,477 2023
Boys And Girls Club Of The Yakama Nation WA$269,552 Ceo $61,684 $58,901 2024
Mentoring Mentors Inc MD$269,718 Founder & Ceo $35,992 $35,888 2024
Lanai Youth Center Inc HI$269,839 Executive Di $51,385 $50,516 2023
Nica Nadadores Inc PA$269,883 President $27,225 $29,811 2023
Kings Kids El Paso Inc TX$269,908 Outreach $72,000 $76,815 2024
Park Central Inc CT$267,489 Executive Director $65,520 $67,455 2023
Ccdi Inc MO$270,212 President $28,909 $33,621 2023
Clearwater Aquatic Team Inc FL$270,228 President $29,802 $29,090 2025
Under The Lights Flag Football Foundation Inc FL$267,380 President $24,320 $25,086 2023
Silver Stallion Bicycle And Coffee NM$270,499 President $25,858 $29,662 2024
Farmingdale Soccer Club Inc NY$266,920 1st Vice President $61,480 $59,252 2024
Sumanda Inc CA$270,753 Secretary/chief Financial $3,000 $2,845 2023
Team Factory NE$270,855 President $33,750 $38,715 2024
Penns Valley Youth Center PA$266,719 Executive Director $35,000 $37,226 2024
Rockteen Youth Foundation TX$266,614 C.o.o. $50,000 $57,170 2022
Supreme Family Foundation Inc GA$271,011 Executive Dir. $65,000 $71,764 2023
Akron Youth Mentorship OH$271,035 Executive Di $46,945 $54,597 2023
Coutts-moriarty Camp Inc VT$271,050 Executive Director $19,800 $21,255 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)73rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted70th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted65th

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 (Dajuan Wiggins) 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 852 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (O), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,286 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.