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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wayfinders Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 852971261
IN · NTEE B60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bradon Faust, Executive Director / CEO ($85,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 106 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 86th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Bradon Faust — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

106 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 106 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$246 total compensation of comparable organizations → $245,318 $85,000
$9,88810th
$27,43825th
$49,019Median
$68,13075th
$90,11690th
$85,000This org · 86th
p10$9,888
p25$27,438
p50$49,019
p75$68,130
p90$90,116
$85,000

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 IN 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
American Academy Of Cosmetic Dentistry WI$205,297 Executive Director $22,604 $22,385 2024
Dr Gertrude A Barber Educational PA$204,274 Executive Vice President $18,945 $18,445 2023
Michigan Center For Employee Owners MI$206,640 Executive Director $75,917 $74,305 2024
Local 619 Jatc MS$203,105 Trustee $29,878 $31,555 2024
Christian Institute CA$208,060 Teacher/director $58,000 $48,895 2023
Literacy Volunteers Of Santa Fe NM$208,460 Executive Dir. $15,999 $15,897 2025
Local 147 Training Fund NY$201,689 Training Dir. $48,261 $41,354 2024
Infinity Foundation IL$200,734 Executive Di $25,600 $23,866 2024
Rappu Inc VA$200,403 Executive Di $39,542 $36,204 2024
Lawrence Funderburke Youth OH$210,661 President $98,500 $98,929 2024
Mission Milby Community Development Corporation TX$210,845 Executive Director $130,000 $123,313 2024
Achieving Success On Purpose Inc NC$211,283 Executive Director $25,354 $25,576 2023
National Hartford Center Of MA$197,887 Executive Director $75,000 $65,797 2023
Leadership Kitsap Foundation WA$213,097 Executive Director $85,250 $72,376 2024
Someone Who Cares Community Ce GA$213,323 President $6,560 $6,255 2024
Taproot Farm & Environment Edu Ctr NH$196,475 Executive Di $45,000 $39,402 2024
Health-care Education And Living In Poverty DC$216,000 President/ceo $80,000 $66,570 2024
Global Training Network OK$194,034 President $58,548 $62,939 2023
True Initiative HI$217,550 Ed To 12/24 $79,935 $67,864 2024
Columbia Bartending Agency Incorporated NY$218,310 Executive Director $7,120 $5,943 2025
Iuoe Local 891 Education & Training Fund NY$218,825 Trustee $7,262 $6,406 2023
The Reliance College Fund IL$221,037 Pres./treas. $88,008 $82,046 2024
The William And Lanaea C Featherstone MD$224,131 Founder $30,000 $27,382 2023
Remarkable Mens Practice CA$224,685 President $10,387 $8,757 2023
New York State Care Management NY$225,135 Executive Director $68,250 $58,482 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default86th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted80th

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 (Bradon Faust) 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 106 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $85,000 is reasonable (approximately the 86th 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.