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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Guild For Exceptional Children

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 237339617
NY · NTEE P11
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joe Riley, Executive Director / CEO ($25,696) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 70 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

70 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 70 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$39 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,546,141 $25,696
$6,84610th
$17,76825th
$34,414Median
$49,46475th
$70,40790th
$25,696This org · 40th
p10$6,846
p25$17,768
p50$34,414
p75$49,464
p90$70,407
$25,696

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
Anchor Therapy Clinic CA$0 Ceo $100,000 $92,818 2024
Sunrise Community Of Maryland Inc FL$0 President $29,126 $29,411 2024
Abh New Jersey Inc PA$0 President $8,990 $9,637 2024
Veterans Partnering With Communities Inc CA$0 President & Ceo $4,800 $4,455 2024
Abh California Inc PA$0 President $21,428 $22,969 2024
Helpers Of Holland Home MI$0 Chief Strategy Officer $31,282 $34,707 2024
Senior Services Support Corp NC$0 President An $36,301 $40,319 2024
Abh Pennsylvania Adult Services Inc PA$0 President $21,815 $23,384 2024
Organization Of Hispanics Lati MD$0 Fernandez $70,291 $70,637 2024
Wee Care Daycare Ministries Inc IN$0 President $45,880 $52,007 2024
Center For Transforming Lives Real TX$0 Ceo $25,402 $27,313 2024
Kindness Coupons CA$0 Ceo $54,900 $49,643 2025
Seagull Industries For The Disabled Inc FL$0 Former Ceo $9,345 $9,437 2024
Congregational Homes Inc PA$0 Executive Director $18,250 $19,562 2024
Childrens Garden Early Learning Center Inc CO$0 Executive Director (Outgoing) $15,947 $16,436 2024
Boys Town California Inc NE$0 Director Of Budget - Treasurer $35,110 $40,592 2024
The Natural Goodness Foundation Inc UT$0 Treasurer $400 $441 2024
The Delaware Public Policy Institute DE$0 Secretary $4,850 $5,105 2024
Goodex Services Inc CA$0 Ceo $20,683 $19,198 2024
Arcadia Community Services HI$0 President & Ceo $35,893 $34,542 2024
Ego Ideal Inc GA$0 Chief Executive Officer $43,656 $47,184 2024
108 St Edwards Housing Development Fund NY$0 Director/chair $53,979 $52,430 2024
Joli Commercial Partners Inc CO$0 Secretary $52,937 $54,562 2024
Aids For Women Adolescents And Children International Organization Inc MD$0 Ceo $40 $39 2025
Peer Vision For Mental Health ND$0 Executive Director $52,042 $59,807 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY cost of living and 2023 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted36th

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 (Joe Riley) 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 70 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,696 is reasonable (approximately the 40th 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.