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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Companions For Heroes

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 270648741
GA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Sharpe, Executive Director / CEO ($95,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 36 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 86th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

36 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 36 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,114 total compensation of comparable organizations → $179,948 $95,000
$21,14210th
$30,71525th
$59,184Median
$81,27775th
$99,50090th
$95,000This org · 86th
p10$21,142
p25$30,715
p50$59,184
p75$81,277
p90$99,500
$95,000

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 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
Sustainable Liberia Inc GA$284,919 Executive Director $33,734 $33,734 2024
Dream It Forward Foundation Inc GA$289,481 Executive Director $62,400 $64,243 2023
Bananas Foster Inc GA$289,758 Executive Director $60,000 $60,000 2024
Mom Community Inc GA$260,657 President $41,127 $42,342 2023
Foster Love Ministries GA$260,571 Executive Director $22,750 $23,422 2023
Next Generation Impact Foundation GA$302,385 President $68,333 $68,333 2024
La Promesa Honduras Inc GA$254,414 President $27,736 $28,555 2023
Channeled Paths Inc GA$253,485 Office Coordinator $14,213 $14,213 2024
Servantee Inc GA$252,198 Executive Di $72,596 $72,596 2024
Blue Sky Acres Inc GA$244,653 Executive Di $34,740 $34,740 2024
Gospel To The Nations Inc GA$241,870 Ceo $2,000 $2,000 2024
Pianos For Peace Inc GA$319,147 Executive Director $20,000 $19,484 2025
Sagenavigator Inc GA$238,440 Ceo $30,000 $30,886 2023
Family Connection Of Warren County Inc GA$331,479 Executive Director $76,232 $76,232 2024
The Sd Gunner Fund Inc GA$222,664 Executive Dir. $30,000 $30,886 2023
Tabithas Place Inc GA$216,702 Director $1,082 $1,114 2023
Bible Optics Inc GA$348,786 Pastor $119,483 $119,483 2024
Arms Wide Open Community Development Corporation GA$211,700 Executive Director $24,000 $24,709 2023
Neighborhood Improvement GA$349,252 Executive Di $56,664 $56,664 2024
Across The Bridge Inc GA$351,026 Executive Director $76,911 $79,183 2023
Angkor Resource Center Inc GA$352,560 President/ce $99,000 $99,000 2024
Weascend Corporation GA$353,251 Ceo/president $90,000 $92,658 2023
Power Of Peace Initiative Inc GA$355,436 Ceo $179,948 $179,948 2024
Dawson County Family Connection Inc GA$196,755 Chief Executive Officer Part Year $58,367 $58,367 2024
Four Streams Partners Inc GA$195,448 Executive Director $144,730 $144,730 2024

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 default86th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)86th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted86th

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 (David Sharpe) 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 36 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + GA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $95,000 is reasonable (approximately the 86th 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.