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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

3rd And Goal Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271472174
OH · NTEE L81
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Megan Whitt, Executive Director / CEO ($80,293) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1146 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 90th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Megan Whitt — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,146 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,146 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$72 total compensation of comparable organizations → $554,347 $80,293
$9,08810th
$19,83625th
$37,942Median
$59,23875th
$79,26490th
$80,293This org · 90th
p10$9,088
p25$19,836
p50$37,942
p75$59,238
p90$79,264
$80,293

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 OH 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
Twin Pines Apartments Inc ID$310,754 Chief Executive Officer $6,686 $6,522 2024
River Grove Retirement Community Inc MI$310,149 President & Ceo $31,878 $31,066 2023
330 East 4th Street Housing Development Fund NY$311,159 Vice President $61,207 $52,219 2023
Catholic Housing Corporation Of Mt Penn PA$311,298 Chief Executive Officer $38,008 $35,786 2023
Rainbow Horizons CA$311,306 President & Ceo Of New Horizons $8,068 $6,578 2023
Tg 301 Inc TX$311,505 Executive Director $20,876 $19,716 2023
Notre Dame Place Inc TX$309,665 Coo $211,338 $193,871 2024
Town Clock Community Development NJ$309,594 Executive Director $76,000 $64,066 2023
Stoney Pinecharities Housing Corp CA$311,730 President (Thru 12/24) $51,561 $40,831 2024
Spiti Housing Development Fund NY$309,417 Executive Director $24,759 $20,518 2024
Neighborhood Housing Inc WI$311,968 President $38,280 $36,663 2024
Mackenzie Place 202-ii MO$309,227 President/ceo $41,197 $40,015 2024
Keystone Development Inc TN$312,151 Executive Director $24,097 $23,229 2024
Steps 4 Life Community Services CA$312,208 President $65,680 $52,011 2024
New Vision Housing Development Fund NY$309,036 Ceo $23,171 $19,769 2023
Caring Residential Services Ii Inc NJ$312,393 Pres And Exec Director Ope $157,895 $129,283 2024
Mastic Beach Property Owners Associationinc NY$308,890 President $7,350 $6,091 2024
Exhale Women's Fellowship NJ$308,865 Executive Di $19,200 $16,185 2023
Catalyst Partnerships OR$312,453 Executive Di $37,387 $32,781 2023
Independent Living Horizons Eight Inc GA$312,750 President/ceo $21,151 $20,079 2023
Keats Gardens Inc RI$312,852 Chief Executive Officer $47,926 $42,144 2024
Switzerland County Housing Inc IN$312,921 Office Manager $19,501 $18,860 2024
Roxbury Development Corporation MA$313,126 Director $4,247 $3,500 2024
Lancaster Housing Development Fund NY$313,548 Board Member/board President $25,080 $21,397 2023
Wider Path Home Foundation RI$313,582 Director (Jan-july); President (July-dec) $46,354 $40,761 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH cost of living and 2023 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 OH 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 default90th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted94th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted37th

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 (Megan Whitt) 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 1146 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (L), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,293 is reasonable (approximately the 90th 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.