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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Handson Northwest North Carolina

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 260824793
NC · NTEE T02
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amy Lytle, Executive Director / CEO ($80,536) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 806 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 81st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

806 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 806 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$19 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,632,860 $80,536
$10,80010th
$25,98825th
$49,093Median
$74,52775th
$98,41090th
$80,536This org · 81st
p10$10,800
p25$25,988
p50$49,093
p75$74,527
p90$98,410
$80,536

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 NC 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 Tom Ridge Environmental Center PA$336,137 President $70,000 $69,555 2023
Pure Gems Inc GA$336,055 Raglin $30,725 $30,782 2023
Texas Trust Gives TX$335,335 Executive Director $10,089 $10,056 2023
Moebius Syndrome Foundation CO$338,157 Executive Director $90,018 $83,537 2024
Rock Cf Foundation MI$334,702 President/ce $81,500 $81,413 2024
United Way Of Eastern La Salle County IL$338,512 Executive Dir. $62,400 $57,842 2025
Home Health Care Foundation PA$334,192 President $11,250 $10,858 2024
Branch County United Way Inc MI$334,091 Executive Di $49,855 $49,802 2024
Leadership Perimeter Inc GA$339,391 Executive Di $90,600 $88,164 2024
Chair The Hope Inc ID$333,392 Executive Director $49,000 $51,937 2023
United Way Of Grays Harbor WA$332,853 Executive Director $79,600 $71,009 2023
Jewish Community Center And Federation GA$332,699 Executive Director $38,462 $37,428 2024
Auxiliary To Greenville Health System SC$332,699 Board Member/gift Shop Manager (Until Aug 2024) $83,378 $84,183 2024
Kids In Need Distributors Inc MD$340,287 Treasurer $24,010 $21,724 2024
United Way Of Mcpherson County Inc KS$332,669 Executive Director $39,849 $41,664 2024
Community Foundation Of Merced County CA$332,274 Executive Director $96,154 $80,356 2024
Lesta Hoel Memorial Trust Fund OR$340,716 President & Ceo $40,374 $36,286 2024
Greater Cabarrus Foundation NC$340,735 President And Ceo $65,000 $65,000 2024
Explore Ministries Inc AR$340,878 Executive Director $256,058 $286,783 2023
Northwest Montana United Way Inc MT$332,083 Executive Director $29,600 $31,792 2023
Fellows Of The Rsa In The United States PA$340,981 Executive Director $147,269 $142,133 2024
Maji Safi Group CO$331,801 President $36,000 $34,395 2023
United Way Of Carlton County Inc MN$331,291 Executive Director $40,250 $39,628 2023
The Nlg-nyc Chapter Foundation Inc NY$331,148 Volunteer Exec. Dir. $16,769 $14,665 2024
Norman A & Susan L Pappas Family MI$330,349 Secretary $26,189 $26,161 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default81st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted77th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted59th

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 (Amy Lytle) 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 806 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (T), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,536 is reasonable (approximately the 81st 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.