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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sustainable Alamance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263294877
NC · NTEE I40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Philip Bowers, Executive Director / CEO ($50,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 33 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 52nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

33 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 33 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$418 total compensation of comparable organizations → $129,461 $50,000
$9,84410th
$20,91325th
$48,628Median
$66,66375th
$87,34490th
$50,000This org · 52nd
p10$9,844
p25$20,913
p50$48,628
p75$66,663
p90$87,344
$50,000

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
Haiti Prison And Rehabilitation Ministry TX$218,379 Chairman $9,150 $8,858 2024
New Life Mission Inn - Missouri MO$212,605 Executive Di $36,193 $38,196 2023
Greater Falls Community Justice Center VT$212,483 Executive Director $49,920 $48,628 2024
On My Grind Reentry Services Inc CA$218,608 President & Ceo $7,360 $6,332 2023
The Rise Partnership Inc NY$220,000 Director/president $68,554 $61,724 2023
The Help MO$220,300 President $97,812 $100,263 2024
Reaching Out From Within Inc KS$209,688 Executive Director $68,125 $73,332 2023
Inside Out Network Inc AZ$225,997 President And Executive Director $89,165 $82,991 2024
Getpaid Inc PA$204,940 Executive Vice President $45,523 $43,936 2024
Black Liberation Fund SC$203,633 President $120,000 $121,159 2024
Ronnies House CA$230,126 Executive Director $500 $418 2024
Ekolu Mea Nui HI$198,570 President $23,444 $20,913 2023
Jumpstart SC$239,883 President $85,000 $88,356 2023
Battered But Not Broken SC$245,008 Executive Director And Founde $50,485 $52,478 2023
Women Of Hope Inc OH$245,629 Executive Director $62,500 $65,958 2023
Made New Foundation Inc CA$246,584 Executive Director $16,500 $13,789 2024
Treatment Court Foundation Of Sweetwater County WY$250,657 Coordinator $55,750 $59,483 2023
Bethany House Ministries Inc MA$175,854 President $60,000 $52,181 2024
Made Transitional Services NY$255,204 Executive Dir. $30,327 $28,425 2022
Citizens For Prison Reform MI$164,052 Executive Di $52,515 $52,459 2024
Freer Records Inc NY$159,647 Co Exec Dire $45,356 $39,665 2024
Stephens Place PA$157,670 Executive Director $14,604 $14,511 2023
The Four-seven Inc OH$280,797 Executive Director $73,392 $75,231 2024
A Safe Space Of St Charles LA$289,384 Executive Director $26,004 $27,712 2024
Unlock Tomorrow CA$292,428 President $48,560 $40,582 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 default52nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)52nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted52nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted48th

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 (Philip Bowers) 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 33 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,000 is reasonable (approximately the 52nd 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.