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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Play4peace Initiative

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 932370268
MA · NTEE O50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeffrey S Venter, Executive Director / CEO ($45,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 223 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 45th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jeffrey S Venter — reported title “PRESIDENT, C”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

223 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 223 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$20 total compensation of comparable organizations → $165,037 $45,000
$6,39010th
$23,81725th
$49,993Median
$73,13475th
$86,99690th
$45,000This org · 45th
p10$6,390
p25$23,817
p50$49,993
p75$73,134
p90$86,996
$45,000

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 MA 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
Tilghman Area Youth Association Inc MD$158,317 Executive Dir. $26,839 $27,923 2024
Hip-hope Inc IA$158,432 Chaplain/bookkeeper $1,500 $1,828 2024
Toughest Kids Inc GA$158,664 Executive Di $3,000 $3,357 2024
Byrd House Behavioral Youth Resource Development Incorporated GA$157,072 Executive Director $2,100 $2,350 2024
South Central Education Development Inc WV$158,951 President/executive Director $90,208 $108,692 2024
Childrens Books On Wheels TX$159,781 President $72,800 $83,432 2023
Game Changers Leadership And Peer OH$155,990 Executive Di $97,800 $112,301 2025
Girls On The Run Orlando Inc FL$155,730 Executive Dir. $13,750 $14,374 2024
The Academy365 Inc NJ$154,739 Ceo $21,496 $21,358 2024
Inland Circle CA$161,393 Chief Executive Officer $26,550 $25,513 2024
Helix Illinois Nfp IL$154,307 Executive Dir. $30,000 $32,821 2024
Shoreline Sports Foundation WA$161,614 Executive Dir. $58,900 $58,683 2024
Young Women Lead Inc KY$161,844 Executive Director $56,583 $67,650 2024
Girls On The Run Greater Connecticut CT$161,914 Executive Director $39,334 $39,983 2025
Laurel Highlands PA$153,517 President/tr $5,834 $6,474 2024
Sis Circles Inc GA$162,427 Key Employee $63,900 $71,499 2024
Abilities Movement Inc NY$153,057 Executive Director $68,840 $67,440 2025
Kidnected World UT$163,909 Coo $72,000 $82,004 2024
Youth Opportunity Foundation Inc IN$151,861 Ceo $63,581 $74,615 2024
The Coleman A Young Ii Educational MI$151,621 Donor Relations Mgr $13,900 $16,438 2023
Child Evangelism Fellowship Of Dauphin County Inc PA$164,829 Ministry Director $48,787 $54,141 2024
Suburban Balance MO$150,874 President & Ceo $62,000 $73,076 2024
The Playmakers Organization Inc CA$150,381 Executive Dir. $49,500 $47,566 2024
Girls Rock St Pete Inc FL$165,821 Director $68,083 $71,175 2024
Soul River Inc OR$165,888 President $80,040 $82,716 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default45th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted45th

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 (Jeffrey S Venter) 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 223 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,000 is reasonable (approximately the 45th 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.