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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 881783284
GA · NTEE J22
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brittany Chadwick, Executive Director / CEO ($49,831) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 87 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Brittany Chadwick — reported title “Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

87 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 87 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,066 total compensation of comparable organizations → $208,338 $49,831
$25,42010th
$52,40625th
$75,154Median
$94,20475th
$140,04090th
$49,831This org · 23rd
p10$25,420
p25$52,406
p50$75,154
p75$94,204
p90$140,040
$49,831

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 GA 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
Uaw Center For Manufacturing A Green CA$422,693 Executive Dir. $59,707 $51,276 2024
United Methodist College VA$412,993 Dean And Exec Director $105,060 $98,286 2025
Torch 180 MI$405,826 President $63,250 $64,929 2024
Ironworkers 549 Joint Apprentice Training Fund WV$405,210 President $64,084 $69,008 2024
Conexion Inc MA$404,349 Executive Director $137,960 $123,297 2024
Southwest Alabama Workforce AL$441,919 Executive Di $199,033 $208,338 2025
Technical Training & Safety ND$442,568 Exec Directo $85,696 $91,120 2025
New Century Foundation VA$443,191 President $81,424 $80,499 2023
Attleboro Area School To Career MA$401,358 Executive Direc $25,568 $22,262 2025
Lafayette Electrical Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee IN$444,967 Training Coordinator $70,005 $73,422 2024
Jobs Of Hope Inc CO$446,303 Executive Director $65,849 $64,652 2023
United Plant & Production Workers NY$448,179 Fund Admin $92,072 $85,189 2023
Plumbers & Pipefitters Apprenticeship WY$450,707 Training Director $195,160 $207,841 2024
Reach Out First Inc NC$394,049 Executive Director $71,366 $73,338 2024
Homeaid Austin Inc TX$454,432 Executive Director $90,017 $89,554 2024
Young Leaders Council TN$388,792 Executive Director $88,250 $92,257 2024
Propel Network Inc NY$381,193 Educational Consulant $83,000 $74,592 2024
We Are Hope Inc WI$466,247 Executive Director $67,173 $69,770 2024
Urban Ed Inc DC$379,011 President $106,855 $93,257 2024
Heartfelt Tidbits Inc OH$378,304 Executive Di $80,500 $84,797 2024
Embodywise CA$469,938 President $22,000 $19,452 2023
Hampton Roads Electrical Joint Apprent VA$473,472 Director $119,460 $114,715 2024
Valley Contractors Workforce Foundation CA$474,500 Executive Dir. $78,974 $67,822 2024
Youth Design Center Inc NY$475,323 Executive Director $126,955 $114,094 2024
The Rocky Mountain Mining Institute CO$475,435 Executive Director $152,652 $145,576 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)23rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted30th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted20th

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 (Brittany Chadwick) 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 87 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J22), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,831 is reasonable (approximately the 23rd 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.