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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 862572246
CT · NTEE P62
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nadine Thomas, Executive Director / CEO ($84,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 36 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

36 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 36 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,977 total compensation of comparable organizations → $151,137 $84,000
$30,11810th
$61,65225th
$82,609Median
$103,84075th
$136,58190th
$84,000This org · 53rd
p10$30,118
p25$61,652
p50$82,609
p75$103,840
p90$136,581
$84,000

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 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
Courageous And Free Inc FL$407,934 President $28,769 $28,825 2024
Share The Love Ocala Inc FL$408,881 Director $29,000 $29,056 2024
Hidden Water Inc NY$414,681 Founder And Executive Director $155,820 $150,172 2024
Thistle And Bee Enterprises Inc TN$417,650 Ceo $120,558 $139,147 2023
End Slavery Ga GA$389,684 Director $46,400 $51,229 2023
Compassion To Act Incorporated NC$387,192 Board Member, President $61,167 $67,407 2024
International Networks Of Hearts CA$383,527 Ceo $72,000 $68,268 2023
Casa Of Lafourche Inc LA$377,414 Executive Director $4,238 $4,977 2024
Food Yoga International Inc DE$375,886 President $29,000 $31,180 2023
Tip Of Southern Nevada Inc NV$444,032 Ceo $101,028 $108,006 2024
Helping Establish Assistance Resource CA$445,744 Executive Dir. $26,120 $24,766 2023
New York City District Council Of NY$369,950 Director $152,881 $147,340 2024
Advocates Victim Assistance Team Of CO$447,591 Executive Di $90,646 $92,702 2024
Empowerment Collaborative Of NY$365,852 Executive Director $43,047 $41,487 2024
Rivercross Inc NC$358,879 Executive Di $78,600 $86,619 2024
Professional Christian Counseling S TX$352,504 Owner $62,245 $66,407 2024
Corries House MN$471,931 Executive Dir. $35,600 $37,517 2024
Connected Kids Inc OK$342,444 Ceo And Founder $125,000 $151,137 2023
Anti-human Trafficking Intelligence NC$341,891 Founder / Chief Executive $114,411 $126,083 2024
Instituto De Psicotraumatologia De Pr Inc PR$477,403 Director $91,112 $91,112 2024
Swainqualla Safe Inc NC$336,530 Executive Director $57,963 $63,876 2024
Season Of Justice Corporation IN$480,919 Executive Director (Jan - Jul) $66,278 $74,545 2024
The Traron Center DC$485,850 Founderpresident $87,612 $81,998 2024
The Child Advocacy Center Of Carroll County NH$321,856 Executive Director $103,279 $104,714 2023
Copper River Basin Child Advocacy Center AK$320,713 Executive Dir. $85,200 $89,442 2023

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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted58th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted50th

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 (Nadine Thomas) 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 36 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P62), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $84,000 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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.