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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Living With Conviction

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 920979547
WA · NTEE I01
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Keshena Williams, Executive Director / CEO ($500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 564 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

How comparable organizations were selected

564 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 564 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$234 total compensation of comparable organizations → $363,794 $500
$37,24010th
$60,00025th
$83,650Median
$107,85275th
$140,28990th
$500This org · 0th
p10$37,240
p25$60,000
p50$83,650
p75$107,852
p90$140,289
$500

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
Access The LawOR $472,403$117,600 990
Calvary Community Outreach NetworkMO $472,490$30,567 990
Prevent Child Abuse Gordon County IncGA $471,959$75,921 990
Steen Mountain DefendersOR $471,908$95,758 990
Brother Carl Hardrick Institute ForCT $473,644$105,757 990
Accord A Center For DisputeNY $473,999$75,191 990
Kidpower Of Colorado IncCO $474,224$80,571 990
Mediation Services Of Maui IncHI $474,303$86,330 990
Marion Winston Court ServicesAL $475,009$131,907 990
Keeping Identities Safe IncDC $476,104$150,466 990
Northern Virginia MediationVA $468,491$105,275 990
Hope For Her Florida IncFL $477,882$66,756 990
Software Freedom Law Center IncNY $478,107$58,817 990
All For The Family Legal Clinic IncCA $466,149$88,290 990
Center For Religious Expression IncTN $465,398$12,680 990
Restoring JusticeTX $464,811$132,837 990
Cleaa LlcAZ $462,843$45,778 990
Midwest Native Coalition For JusticeKS $482,069$147,468 990
New Beginnings Reentry Services IncMA $482,091$105,162 990
New York State Firearms Association IncNY $462,261$58,821 990
Initiate Justice ActionCA $482,838$234 990
Triple Twelve Ministries IncKY $461,984$96,782 990
Wisconsin Badger State SheriffsWI $483,063$20,916 990
Why'd You Stop MeCA $483,340$7,120 990
East Baton Rouge TruancyLA $483,761$107,277 990

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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted4th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Keshena Williams) 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 564 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (I), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $500 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.