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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Collective Climb

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 852073531
PA · NTEE I21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mckayla Warwick, Executive Director / CEO ($69,713) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 46 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 46th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

46 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 46 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$13,129 total compensation of comparable organizations → $335,792 $69,713
$29,73310th
$49,00425th
$75,267Median
$93,83475th
$103,74590th
$69,713This org · 46th
p10$29,733
p25$49,004
p50$75,267
p75$93,834
p90$103,745
$69,713

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 PA 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
Wilmington Youth Rowing Association DE$383,901 Executive Director $34,842 $34,210 2024
Asservo Project Inc PA$393,666 Chairman Exec Dir $120,000 $120,000 2024
Peacemaker Resources MN$395,842 Executive Di $45,446 $46,360 2023
Childrens Rescue Center Inc OH$381,142 Co-president $37,604 $41,119 2023
Saveone TN$379,989 President $92,431 $97,427 2024
Reimagine Justice Illinois IL$378,213 Co-executive Director $95,264 $93,915 2024
Restorative Justice Partners Inc CA$399,233 Executive Director $85,365 $72,012 2025
Unmask Youth Program PA$402,893 Founder/board Member $100,000 $102,954 2023
Books Over Balls IL$405,059 Chief Executive Office $59,020 $59,903 2023
Heroes Academy Inc KS$366,125 Executive Director; Thru July 2022 $66,731 $74,427 2023
Atwood Elder Housing Inc MA$416,558 President/treasurer $14,570 $13,129 2024
The Bridge Ministry Center MI$424,808 Executive Di $87,829 $93,591 2023
Urbanpromise Honduras Inc TN$424,978 Executive Director $76,563 $83,085 2023
Police And Kids Foundation Inc FL$427,255 President $90,000 $87,287 2023
The Free Root Operation Inc IL$347,806 President $60,865 $60,003 2024
The Brothers Redefining Opportunity Experience Fdn Inc NY$335,308 Director $39,226 $36,594 2023
Three Sisters Gardens NV$442,200 Ceo $104,000 $104,536 2024
E3 Education Excellence & Equity CA$329,664 Board Member $60,000 $53,488 2023
Mustard Seed Project NC$448,990 President $32,000 $33,156 2024
Court Appointed Special Advocates CA$449,269 Executive Director $76,387 $68,097 2023
Good Kids Mad City - Englewood IL$327,251 Foundation Mgr. $66,667 $65,723 2024
Public Safety Foundation MN$323,739 Executive Director/director $31,500 $31,212 2024
Aliive Roberts County Inc SD$322,713 Executive Director $303,418 $335,792 2024
Johnston County Youth Services Inc NC$320,372 Executive Di $56,656 $58,703 2024
Changing The Health Of Adolescents Impacting The Nation Reaction Inc CA$308,759 Ceo $19,600 $18,189 2022

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default46th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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 (Mckayla Warwick) 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 46 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $69,713 is reasonable (approximately the 46th 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.