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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Arise

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 208433283
CO · NTEE F21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Donita Davenport, Executive Director / CEO ($61,632) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 88th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Donita Davenport — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,669 total compensation of comparable organizations → $95,392 $61,632
$5,23210th
$12,44025th
$20,455Median
$32,98875th
$55,61790th
$61,632This org · 88th
p10$5,232
p25$12,440
p50$20,455
p75$32,988
p90$55,617
$61,632

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 CO 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
Virginia Crisis Intervention Team Coalition VA$34,160 President $12,000 $12,440 2023
Phoenix Houses Of New York Inc NY$36,699 President & Ceo $67,941 $64,026 2024
Grace Abounds AR$31,164 Therapist- Executive Director $79,040 $95,392 2023
Dutchess Arc Foundation Inc NY$30,091 Executive Director (Started 3/23) $51,546 $50,011 2023
Gls Legacy Inc TX$30,057 President $5,000 $5,216 2024
Still Wind Ministries Inc SC$38,207 Executive Director $14,830 $16,135 2024
C3 Pastoral Ministries Inc OK$38,321 Ceo $24,000 $28,375 2023
Douglas Gardens Community Mental Health FL$29,374 Chief Executive Officer $8,167 $8,237 2023
Sundown M Foundation WA$39,356 Executive Director $28,878 $26,963 2024
The Openminds Foundation CA$40,330 Executive Director $1,800 $1,669 2023
Ground For Growth Inc GA$41,154 President $5,000 $5,243 2024
Bloom In The Dark Inc TN$43,599 President Chairman $18,125 $20,455 2023
Devereux Cleo Wallace CO$23,843 Chair, Treasurer, Trustee $33,001 $33,001 2024
Resilience Across Borders Inc MD$44,588 Executive Director $15,608 $15,667 2023
Country Valley Industries Inc NY$46,243 Chief Executive Officer $35,005 $32,988 2024
Whistleblowers Of America FL$47,484 Vice President $22,126 $21,677 2024
Center South Housing Development PA$48,315 Director Of Construction $13,787 $14,762 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default88th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted94th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Donita Davenport) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $61,632 is reasonable (approximately the 88th 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.