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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Theater Collaborative Of South Jersey

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 204747448
NJ · NTEE T30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alice Woods, Executive Director / CEO ($18,027) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 225 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 12th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Alice Woods — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

225 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 225 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$867 total compensation of comparable organizations → $380,998 $18,027
$14,51010th
$28,84525th
$57,672Median
$89,91175th
$125,63490th
$18,027This org · 12th
p10$14,510
p25$28,845
p50$57,672
p75$89,911
p90$125,634
$18,027

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 NJ 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
Gsbc Community Development Corp AL$375,728 Executive Director $13,000 $18,208 2021
Family Promise Of Clear Creek TX$375,801 Executive Dir. $82,364 $92,278 2024
Hearts Of Gold Inc NY$376,784 Ceo $179,430 $181,598 2024
Lot 2540 Incorporated NC$378,448 Executive Dir. $67,287 $80,169 2023
Family Arts Needlework Shop Inc AZ$371,557 Director $62,402 $65,484 2025
Hope Match NC$379,888 Executive Director $56,271 $63,443 2025
Georgia National Guard Family GA$370,846 Treasurer $48,360 $56,069 2023
We Love Buford Highway Inc GA$380,577 Executive Director $72,458 $81,600 2024
Acorn Global Advance SC$370,432 Secretary $79,800 $95,997 2023
Josephine County Foundation OR$368,624 Treasurer & Ed $3,000 $3,120 2024
Endure Athletics Foundation Inc TN$382,804 Executive Director $52,056 $61,285 2024
Much Ministries Inc GA$382,972 Executive Director - See S $103,360 $119,838 2023
Youth Business Alliance Inc CA$366,781 Executive Dir. $102,092 $98,737 2024
Dj Foundation Inc SC$384,636 Secretary, Director $20,000 $24,060 2023
House Of Help City Of Hope Inc DC$385,223 Exec Director $67,820 $66,657 2024
Hine Corporation ME$365,989 President $69,000 $77,385 2024
The Claddagh Fund Charities Inc MA$387,075 Executive Di $39,000 $40,412 2023
Cast Hope CA$387,121 Officer $82,500 $79,789 2024
Michigan Statewide Independent Living Corporation MI$390,744 Executive Director $107,505 $124,281 2024
Foundation For Community Empowerment TX$360,485 Treasurer $31,000 $34,731 2024
Residential Properties Inc MD$360,000 President $12,277 $13,236 2023
Wilkes County Community Partnership Inc GA$391,762 Executive Director $41,483 $46,717 2024
Freedom From Hunger DC$359,267 Sub. Officer/ceo Grameen Fndt Usa $3,321 $3,360 2023
Down Syndrome Society Of Wichita Inc KS$359,239 Executive Director $70,760 $85,620 2024
Water From Wine WA$358,236 Executive Director $6,458 $6,667 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default12th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)15th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted9th

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 (Alice Woods) 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 225 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $18,027 is reasonable (approximately the 12th 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.