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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 205935626
FL · NTEE P80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Betty Gray, Executive Director / CEO ($29,867) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 260 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Betty Gray — reported title “OFFICER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTO”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

260 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 260 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$646 total compensation of comparable organizations → $403,397 $29,867
$14,80510th
$32,87925th
$56,197Median
$76,32775th
$90,57290th
$29,867This org · 22nd
p10$14,805
p25$32,879
p50$56,197
p75$76,327
p90$90,572
$29,867

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 FL 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 Next Stop Foundation Inc GA$281,534 President $39,900 $42,706 2024
Homeless Veterans Services Of Dallas Inc TX$281,631 President $17,000 $18,636 2023
St Croix Mission Outreach Inc VI$281,266 Executive Director $65,000 $65,000 2024
Harrisburg Cultural & Social Servic MS$282,173 Executive Di $21,000 $24,897 2024
City Of Refuge Pulaski Inc VA$282,653 President $18,000 $18,500 2024
Prosumers International TX$280,057 Executive Director $51,000 $54,306 2024
Love Inc Of Greater Cushing OK$279,938 Executive Dir. $33,296 $39,028 2024
Muslim Family Services Of Colorado CO$283,497 Executive Director $37,550 $39,460 2023
Inspire Continuing Care IL$284,691 Executive Director $39,600 $42,666 2023
Association For Texas Advocates Inc TX$285,334 Executive Director $63,333 $67,438 2024
Veterans In Transition Inc OH$277,585 President $21,240 $23,947 2024
Knife Chief Buffalo Nation Society SD$276,827 President $1,500 $1,762 2024
The Age Friendly Foundation Inc MA$287,753 Treasurer/clerk $675 $646 2024
Us Vet Corps Resources SC$287,767 President $30,375 $34,728 2023
Pikes Peak Elder Justice Center CO$275,074 Executive Director $74,870 $76,421 2024
Willow Womens Center PA$274,523 Executive Director $2,946 $3,127 2024
Soulumination WA$273,712 Executive Director $92,084 $90,352 2023
Caring Voices CO$289,998 Program Coornator/ Direct Care Staff $21,888 $22,341 2024
Circle Haven Inc NJ$290,832 Executive Dir. $97,500 $92,665 2024
Self Advocates Of Indiana Inc IN$290,959 President $1,835 $2,060 2024
Learning 4 Life Farm OH$272,001 Co-director $6,010 $6,977 2023
At Home In Darieninc CT$271,208 Executive Di $96,827 $96,640 2024
Good News For Life Inc FL$293,009 President Ce $72,000 $72,000 2024
Georgetown Village Inc DC$293,297 Executive Di $98,627 $94,850 2023
Community Counts AZ$269,205 Executive Director $34,380 $36,235 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)23rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted28th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Betty Gray) 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 260 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,867 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.