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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Odd Fellows Faith Hope And Charity

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 262507307
CT · NTEE P11
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of William Nelson, Executive Director / CEO ($9,546) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 45 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 13th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: William Nelson — reported title “CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

45 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 45 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,382 total compensation of comparable organizations → $115,746 $9,546
$7,00110th
$12,60125th
$17,348Median
$37,49575th
$66,57790th
$9,546This org · 13th
p10$7,001
p25$12,601
p50$17,348
p75$37,495
p90$66,577
$9,546

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 CT 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
Safe Alliance Foundation TX$136,896 Chief Executive Officer $9,108 $9,717 2024
Harc Foundationinc CT$133,954 President/ce $37,368 $37,368 2024
The Office For Aging Foundation Of NY$133,728 Executive Di $13,341 $12,526 2025
Friends Of The Hocking Hills State Park OH$131,891 Program Director, Astronomy Park $15,000 $16,944 2024
Florence Fuller Child Development FL$140,875 Chief Executive Officer $10,498 $10,829 2023
Bixby Knolls Towers Inc CA$143,906 President/ceo $68,128 $62,743 2024
Tanager Place Endowment Foundation IA$145,595 Assistant Treasurer $33,888 $40,743 2023
Funds For Friends TX$147,336 Executive Director $12,900 $13,763 2024
Arcadia Improvement Association CA$147,732 Executive Director $101,650 $93,615 2024
Seniors First Foundation Inc FL$122,983 President/ceo $21,126 $21,792 2023
Ihs Ministries Inc AZ$122,194 Ex Officio - Non-voting $3,801 $3,899 2024
Fcs New Market Landlord Inc TN$120,019 Ceo $13,308 $14,919 2024
Mother Of Mercy Foundation MN$153,964 Foundation Executive Director $35,509 $37,422 2024
Northeastern Association Of The Blind NY$155,593 Ceo $3,296 $3,270 2023
River Deep Foundation CO$114,481 Executive Di $36,663 $37,495 2024
Memphis Union Mission Support Corporati TN$160,200 President $11,240 $12,601 2024
Missouri Bar Foundation MO$160,256 Secretary $45,963 $53,455 2023
Community Hope Foundation Inc NJ$160,894 Executive Director $10,249 $9,760 2024
Community Action Trust Inc MA$110,500 Executive Director $22,999 $22,042 2024
Crossroads Foundation Inc IA$109,437 Executive Director $8,379 $10,073 2023
Lutheran Child And Family Services IL$106,035 Ceo $12,380 $13,365 2023
Children & Families First Endowment Inc DE$105,984 Chief Executive Officer $15,963 $16,670 2024
Wheeler East Street Holdings Inc IN$103,650 Board Member $13,814 $15,537 2024
Wellroot Family Services Foundation Inc GA$101,804 Treasurer $47,684 $52,646 2023
Beaver County Ymca Endowment Foundation PA$99,966 Director $31,015 $33,961 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default13th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)18th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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 (William Nelson) 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 45 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,546 is reasonable (approximately the 13th 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.