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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Camp Journey Nw

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 862051897
WA · NTEE O50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Belinda Jacobsen, Executive Director / CEO ($33,472) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 71 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 58th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

71 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 71 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$57 total compensation of comparable organizations → $108,918 $33,472
$2,61210th
$11,50025th
$30,197Median
$59,46275th
$77,61690th
$33,472This org · 58th
p10$2,612
p25$11,500
p50$30,197
p75$59,462
p90$77,616
$33,472

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 WA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Back 2 Basics MinistryTX $100,975$30,197 990
Urban 360CA $99,700$25,420 990
Northern Lights Youth Services IncND $99,473$30,287 990
The Outstanding Youth AwardsSC $103,945$11,691 990
Pure Productions IncTX $103,993$108,918 990
Make Momma ProudIL $99,223$3,843 990
Camp Quest IncSC $104,105$88,998 990
Tfd Soccer LimitedNY $104,726$11,750 990
Legacy Makers IncNY $105,000$24,939 990
Clay Soper Memorial Fund IncMA $97,683$25,833 990
Youth Voices Center IncNY $105,654$63,136 990
Wolfpack Wrestling Club IncNC $105,742$17,311 990
Reborn Minds IncGA $97,343$36,926 990
Sheriffs Youth ProjectMN $107,096$10,595 990
Leaving The Streets Ministries IncMA $96,213$41,024 990
Adelante Youth AllianceCA $107,878$78,817 990
Replay Outreach IncFL $108,681$57,710 990
Happiness Through HorsesCO $94,375$6,764 990
United For Youth NfpIL $93,472$19,035 990
Reach CenterCA $93,302$2,411 990
Saginaw S T E MMI $110,368$61,720 990
The Parent Help Center IncFL $110,838$68,203 990
Yo Art IncSC $111,567$38,238 990
Community Transitions IncMD $91,593$26,122 990
Inspire S-ve IncNY $91,587$19,881 990

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 WA 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 default58th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted61st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted56th

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 (Belinda Jacobsen) 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 71 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $33,472 is reasonable (approximately the 58th 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). 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.