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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Community Advance Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271051319
OK · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Allen Marks, Executive Director / CEO ($74,252) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 858 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: Allen Marks — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

858 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 858 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$265 total compensation of comparable organizations → $194,017 $74,252
$10,71610th
$22,51225th
$40,632Median
$61,05575th
$83,34390th
$74,252This org · 86th
p10$10,716
p25$22,512
p50$40,632
p75$61,055
p90$83,343
$74,252

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 OK 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
Fish For Change CO$232,757 Vice Chair And Secretary $15,000 $13,062 2024
Arewa Aid Inc TN$232,759 President $36,000 $35,380 2023
Michael Dukakis Institute Inc MA$232,616 Treasurer $26,000 $21,218 2024
13thtribeorg CA$232,203 President $75,000 $60,551 2023
Silicon Valley Security Group CA$232,166 President $5,330 $4,180 2024
Bainbridge Island Special Needs WA$233,396 Executive Dir. $58,735 $47,756 2024
Continue Mission UT$232,022 Executive Director $55,132 $52,757 2023
Zestos Inc IA$233,497 Director $34,500 $34,306 2024
Parentzwork CA$233,497 Ceo $32,400 $24,753 2025
Healing Hands Resource Center IL$233,625 Therapist. $29,225 $26,863 2023
Turkic Foundation Of Brooklyn Inc NY$231,866 President $77,723 $65,666 2023
Positive Directions Inc KS$231,723 Executive Director $45,077 $44,226 2024
Your New Best Friend Dog Rescue Inc NJ$231,713 President $10,000 $8,348 2023
The Arc Eau Claire Inc WI$231,652 Executive Di $74,375 $72,624 2023
Ishimwe Center CA$231,617 President & Ceo $21,888 $17,672 2023
Life Solutions Of Hamlin Inc NY$233,981 Director $1,500 $1,231 2024
Peace Through Action Usa DC$231,415 Director, Secretary, Chief Executive Officer $48,500 $39,793 2023
Black Abolition Movement For The Mind Inc Nfp IL$234,160 President/ceo $9,165 $8,425 2023
Olmalaika Inc MI$234,333 Director And Co/founder Of The Trust $13,200 $12,739 2023
Kurtzman Family Foundation CA$234,417 Assistant Secretary $35,872 $28,962 2023
Northeastern Area Social Service Center Of York Co PA$234,654 Executive Director $47,459 $44,251 2023
Mvillage MI$234,677 President $11,000 $10,311 2024
Hopester Inc CA$230,347 Ceo $109,704 $86,029 2024
Volunteer Collective CA$230,316 Executive Dir. $83,866 $65,767 2024
Mom Starts Here Inc NY$235,254 Former Vice Chair/executiv $76,576 $62,841 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK 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 OK 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)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted83rd

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 (Allen Marks) 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 858 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $74,252 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.