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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Step Two Policy Group Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 883386655
NY · NTEE W02
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sally Dreslin, Executive Director / CEO ($225,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 399 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 97th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Sally Dreslin — reported title “EXEC DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR.SECY”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

399 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 399 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$154 total compensation of comparable organizations → $969,176 $225,000
$18,76610th
$41,75025th
$81,332Median
$120,00075th
$168,31890th
$225,000This org · 97th
p10$18,766
p25$41,750
p50$81,332
p75$120,000
p90$168,318
$225,000

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 NY 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
Zero Debt Massachusetts Inc MA$400,366 Executive Director $84,212 $88,500 2023
Mnh Garageco Inc NY$400,705 Chair $68,593 $72,488 2023
Allegheny Force Football Club PA$400,190 Director Of Coaching $52,395 $61,106 2023
Urbanpromise Los Angeles Inc CA$399,429 Executive Director $90,766 $89,031 2024
Newby-ginnings Of North Idaho Inc ID$401,878 Executive Director $52,000 $64,692 2023
Dress For Success Denver CO$399,056 Executive Director $77,598 $87,018 2023
Raising Multicultural Kids MA$402,135 Ex. Director $86,800 $86,319 2025
Disability Empowher Network Inc NY$402,588 Executive Director $40,092 $42,368 2023
Fairvote Minnesota Foundation MN$397,347 Executive Director $101,632 $114,075 2024
Maven Leadership Collective FL$403,975 Founder & Creative Dir $104,483 $114,789 2023
Department Of Sc Vfw Of United States SC$404,075 Service Officer $56,000 $64,652 2025
Seeds Family Worship Inc TN$396,767 President $75,100 $89,671 2024
Noe Valley Association CA$405,291 Exec/secr $42,000 $41,197 2024
Homewood Water Association Inc MS$395,618 President $1,200 $1,479 2025
Patriotic Hearts Inc CA$405,941 Member Represe $58,000 $56,891 2024
Merrimack Valley Immigrant & MA$406,189 Executive Di $18,000 $17,900 2025
True Texas Education Corporation TX$393,945 Director $100,000 $113,629 2024
Good Street Inc TX$393,544 Director Of Csr $105,000 $119,310 2024
Tulsa Foundation For Architecture OK$409,240 Executive Director $98,914 $123,723 2024
Northwest Hub OR$409,241 Executive Di $55,502 $58,548 2024
Outdoor Association For True Heroes Inc TX$391,677 Founder, Executive Directo $96,000 $109,083 2024
Dallas Education Collective TX$391,000 President $61,153 $69,487 2024
Honoring Our Fallen CA$390,886 Ceo\founder $78,667 $77,162 2024
South Dakota Agriculture And Rural SD$390,118 Ceo Thru Nov $116,600 $150,493 2023
Adventure U CO$389,731 President $124,963 $136,112 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY cost of living and 2025 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 NY 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 default97th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)97th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted97th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted92nd

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 (Sally Dreslin) 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 399 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (W), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $225,000 is reasonable (approximately the 97th 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.