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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

New South Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263180594
GA · NTEE B82
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Douglas C Davidson, Executive Director / CEO ($32,970) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 173 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Douglas C Davidson — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

173 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 173 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$384 total compensation of comparable organizations → $195,996 $32,970
$6,34510th
$15,25125th
$36,358Median
$61,51475th
$88,97190th
$32,970This org · 47th
p10$6,345
p25$15,251
p50$36,358
p75$61,514
p90$88,971
$32,970

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 GA 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
Plumbers Local Union No 690 PA$196,672 Co-chairman $151,390 $150,148 2024
Carh Scholarship Fund VA$196,988 Secretary/ Executive Director $25,652 $24,633 2024
Arizona Food & Drug Industry Founda AZ$197,743 President $11,716 $11,206 2024
Students Without Mothers Inc GA$194,123 Executive Dir. $66,600 $66,600 2024
Joey's Dream Builders TX$193,597 Executive Director $40,000 $39,794 2024
Loan Repayment Assistance Program Of MN$192,896 Executive Director $67,508 $68,301 2023
City Of Fairfax Band Association Inc VA$199,958 Managing Director $30,000 $28,066 2025
Pratyush Sinha Foundation PA$192,024 Co-executive Director $24,418 $24,218 2024
Jacquie Hirsch For All Foundation NY$201,312 Treasurer $6,968 $6,447 2023
The Worth & Dot Howard Foundation AZ$190,754 President $55,000 $54,161 2023
Montana State Elks Association MT$190,394 Treasurer $2,000 $2,088 2025
Truckload Carriers Association VA$190,313 President $44,277 $42,518 2024
Voices Boston Inc MA$202,160 Executive Dir. $68,316 $62,859 2023
Tuskegee Airmen Scholarship Foundation CA$202,390 Executive Director $114,109 $97,996 2024
Police Athletic League Of Philadelphia PA$189,686 Executive Director Thru 11/23 $2,185 $2,167 2024
Missouri Junior Golf Scholarship MO$202,899 Chairperson $31,985 $33,692 2024
Advancing Students Forward CA$189,082 Executive Dir. $78,500 $67,415 2024
Harford County Education Foundation Inc MD$204,365 President $65,833 $59,634 2025
The Spaulding High School Scholarship Trust VT$187,214 Vice Chair $2,300 $2,302 2024
Friends Of Monte Vista Choir CA$187,110 Fin'l Secretary $9,180 $7,884 2024
Farther Foundation IL$187,088 President $7,500 $7,333 2024
Tara Sawyer Foundation TX$205,242 Executive Director $75,000 $74,614 2024
Graham County Electric Cooperative AZ$205,368 President $40,546 $39,927 2023
Apro Charitable Foundation TX$206,884 Ceo (01/23) $2,863 $2,848 2024
The North Carolina Albert Schweitzer NC$206,932 Executive Dir. $89,682 $89,784 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted90th

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 (Douglas C Davidson) 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 173 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,970 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.