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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Transitional Services

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 222325835
NY · NTEE P73Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Collette Graham, Executive Director / CEO ($36,232) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 39 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 72nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Collette Graham — reported title “SECRETARY”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

39 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 39 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $224,768 $36,232
$3,95910th
$7,74825th
$27,913Median
$40,39875th
$67,23690th
$36,232This org · 72nd
p10$3,959
p25$7,748
p50$27,913
p75$40,398
p90$67,236
$36,232

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 NY 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
Thaimex Mission Project Inc CA$13,024 President $133,900 $127,954 2024
Vladas Seeds Of Life CA$13,683 Ceo $3,500 $3,345 2024
League Of United Latin American Citizens TX$14,024 Treasurer $2,045 $2,264 2024
Life Choice Solutions Inc MI$11,237 Chief Executive Officer $30,500 $35,868 2023
New Roots Inc KY$14,229 Executive Director $36,629 $43,550 2024
Abode Community Housing CA$14,271 President $29,689 $28,371 2024
Distinct Abilities Childrens Center Inc TX$11,069 President $26,000 $28,782 2024
Quinn Community Outreach Corporation CA$14,375 Executive Director $1 $1 2023
The Hope Project Live Love Serve Inc NC$10,648 Director $55,040 $62,936 2024
Crudup-ward Activity Center MS$10,615 Ceo $3,950 $4,868 2024
Ray Of Hope Foundation Inc GA$14,800 Exe Director $13,000 $14,465 2024
Word Of Faith Community Development Corp FL$15,076 Executive Dir. $7,700 $8,005 2024
Mary Immaculate Guild Inc MA$15,174 Chairperson/president & Ceo $29,137 $29,832 2023
Fitzmaurice Community Services PA$9,975 Chair, Eff. 01-01-2024 $25,163 $27,770 2024
Woodcock Housing Foundation CA$9,871 Ceo $61,000 $60,013 2023
Odd Fellows Healthcare Inc CT$15,600 Ceo $9,546 $9,905 2024
Mccurdy Senior Housing Corporation FL$15,656 President $210,000 $224,768 2023
Generations Restored Youth And Community Center Inc PA$9,650 Field Liaison $7,018 $7,745 2024
Doxa Foundation Int'l Inc FL$15,769 President $9,000 $9,633 2023
Hope For Tomorrow Foundation NY$9,595 Cfo $10,739 $11,056 2023
Abundance Ministries TX$15,800 President/treasurer $6,800 $7,750 2023
Cooperative Resources Inc MN$9,391 Executive Director $49,980 $54,653 2024
Charles W Hoppy Adams Jr Foundation Inc MD$9,248 Chair/ceo $36,000 $37,246 2024
Helping Hands Development Corporation OH$16,186 Executive Director $3,340 $4,031 2023
Guyanese Diaspora Charity PA$8,732 President $16,000 $17,657 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default72nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)74th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted69th

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 (Collette Graham) 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 39 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $36,232 is reasonable (approximately the 72nd 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.