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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Project Impact South Bend Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 134331624
IN · NTEE O50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Perlether Blake, Executive Director / CEO ($9,600) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 135 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Perlether Blake — 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

135 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 135 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$49 total compensation of comparable organizations → $112,779 $9,600
$3,88910th
$16,94225th
$31,350Median
$57,95275th
$69,43390th
$9,600This org · 17th
p10$3,889
p25$16,942
p50$31,350
p75$57,952
p90$69,433
$9,600

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 IN 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
The Joey Arrietta Foundation OH$130,731 President/di $55,240 $57,120 2023
Color Outside The Lines OR$130,243 Executive Director $45,000 $40,798 2023
Rip City Foundation MI$129,792 Secy Treas. $20,800 $20,358 2024
All4love MD$132,116 Executive Director $33,908 $30,949 2023
Makaha Cultural Learning Center HI$128,555 President $21,008 $18,363 2023
Alliance Of Elite Youth Leadership TX$128,237 Excecutive D $68,309 $64,795 2024
Academic Link Outreach Nfp WA$134,482 Vice President $52,002 $45,453 2023
Daytona Beach Sports Club Inc FL$127,128 President $1,000 $891 2024
The Third Story Inc CO$125,746 President $70,391 $65,895 2023
Boxwood Learning Center Inc NJ$136,522 Ceo $2,544 $2,217 2023
Fairbanks Tennis Association AK$124,543 Vice President, Treasurer $2,150 $2,007 2023
The Annual Hawaii Convention Inc HI$137,287 Secretary $4,500 $3,933 2023
Harbor Hoops Ltd NY$124,275 President $20,000 $17,138 2024
Student Angler Tournament Trail MN$138,036 President & Treasurer $4,000 $3,859 2023
Sunago Inc AZ$123,313 Secretary/ Manager $30,000 $27,359 2024
Girls Rock Philly PA$138,977 Program Director $70,000 $68,150 2023
Arizona Kids Think Too AZ$122,515 Executive Dir. $83,016 $75,708 2024
Sports Academy Of Idaho ID$140,071 Co-president $19,200 $19,940 2023
West Texas United Soccer Club TX$140,157 Treasurer $18,400 $17,004 2025
Wethrive Inc MA$141,550 Director $90,000 $76,691 2024
Camp Compass Inc PA$141,552 President $19,500 $18,985 2023
Girls On The Run Of Northeast Tn Inc TN$117,344 Executive Director $27,500 $27,411 2024
Nw Youth Power Early Learning GA$116,990 Employee $37,800 $36,041 2024
Lost Coast Camp CA$115,989 Executive Director $1,000 $843 2023
Knights Of Heroes Foundation CO$115,578 Fundraising Director $11,500 $10,457 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted19th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 (Perlether Blake) 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 135 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,600 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.