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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Widows Mite

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 880486834
NV · NTEE P85
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julia Occhiogrosso, Executive Director / CEO ($24,419) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 85 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Julia Occhiogrosso — reported title “BOARD MEMBER, COMMUNITY MEMBER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

85 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 85 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,720 total compensation of comparable organizations → $118,544 $24,419
$18,51010th
$38,16125th
$55,928Median
$71,55475th
$87,80990th
$24,419This org · 16th
p10$18,510
p25$38,161
p50$55,928
p75$71,554
p90$87,809
$24,419

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 NV 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
Street Ministries Inc OH$319,760 President/executive Director $4,420 $4,809 2023
Isaiah 55 Inc OH$319,550 Founder/ceo $12,000 $12,680 2024
Women's Medical Respite MO$318,497 Executive Director $8,545 $9,029 2024
The Open Door Community (Presbyteri MD$324,893 Former Direc $18,915 $17,642 2024
Sisters Of Solace MO$327,391 Executive Di $33,348 $35,237 2024
Serenity Homes MN$327,799 Executive Director $22,000 $22,328 2023
Help Right Here TN$328,137 Co-executive Director $53,428 $57,682 2023
Water Drop CA$334,061 Co-president $6,479 $5,581 2024
People Helping People In Hernando County Inc FL$307,245 Executive Director $39,814 $38,416 2023
Boxes Of Love For The Homeless NH$302,994 President (1 $23,400 $22,192 2023
Together Helping Others Inc NY$341,620 Chairman $60,000 $55,687 2023
Kinsman Redeemer Homeless Ministry TN$343,282 Executive Director $16,155 $16,941 2024
New Beginning Center CA$296,616 Ceo $66,738 $57,492 2024
Gather Make Shelter OR$296,091 Executive Dir. $55,000 $52,461 2023
Residency CA$293,428 Ceo $52,367 $45,112 2024
Every Avenue TX$350,028 Ceo $100,000 $99,794 2024
A New Beginning For Women And Children KY$289,579 Director $40,000 $44,139 2023
Growgood Inc CA$353,609 Executive Director $97,146 $86,159 2023
Family Promise Of Mid Michigan MI$288,472 Executive Director $56,160 $59,538 2023
Little Birthday Angels Inc FL$356,626 Executive Di $51,201 $47,985 2024
Friends Of The Carpenter WA$357,085 Executive Director $53,371 $47,670 2024
Matsu Valley Interfaith Hospitality Network AK$283,770 Executive Director $52,685 $51,734 2023
Oregon Trail Of Hope OR$360,635 Director Of Development $56,660 $52,493 2024
Canopy Young Adult Community House Inc KY$281,396 Board Chair $50,000 $55,174 2023
Community On The Rise AL$277,666 Executive Di $86,658 $93,398 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NV 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 NV 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 default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted16th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted16th

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 (Julia Occhiogrosso) 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 85 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P85), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,419 is reasonable (approximately the 16th 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.