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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Aphasia Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271771636
NC · NTEE E60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Justine Knight, Executive Director / CEO ($59,665) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 94 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: Justine Knight — reported title “PRIOR ED”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

94 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 94 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,684 total compensation of comparable organizations → $315,063 $59,665
$14,06610th
$33,28525th
$57,910Median
$95,49175th
$127,15490th
$59,665This org · 52nd
p10$14,066
p25$33,285
p50$57,910
p75$95,491
p90$127,154
$59,665

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
Albany Area Ems Inc WI$278,295 President $13,762 $13,910 2024
Right To Heal OR$274,480 Executive Dir. $44,366 $41,052 2023
Nature Nurture Farmacy WA$274,054 Executive Director $46,800 $40,551 2024
Community Partners-two Harbors Living At Home Block Nurse Program MN$280,300 Executive Director $69,049 $66,032 2024
Health For Everyone CA$270,756 Director Of Clinic $9,100 $7,605 2024
The J Moss Foundation CA$285,762 Ceo $58,333 $48,749 2024
Health Horizons International Foundation CT$285,935 President $72,340 $67,582 2023
Indiana Community Health Worke IN$266,886 Board Member $99,198 $101,242 2024
Health Care For All Oregon OR$264,676 Executive Director $78,929 $70,938 2024
Homecare & Hospice Assoc Of Utah UT$290,404 Hansen $308,950 $315,063 2023
Tundra Health Initiative Corp AK$262,597 President/treasurer $28,725 $26,578 2024
Lunenburg Health Service Inc VA$262,565 Secretary $20,280 $18,951 2024
The Care Project Inc CA$262,416 Secretary $19,897 $16,628 2024
California Alliance Of Caregivers CA$260,824 Executive Director $64,333 $55,351 2023
Cierra Sisters WA$260,526 Ceo $70,800 $63,159 2023
Replay For Kids OH$259,886 President $16,525 $17,439 2023
Cgs Inc WI$294,116 Program Director $67,675 $70,422 2023
In Concert For Cancer WA$294,599 Executive Director $41,580 $36,028 2024
Equihope TX$258,851 Officer $66,652 $64,526 2024
Grays Habor Ems Council Inc WA$258,155 Executive Director $40,057 $35,734 2023
T2 Fitness Foundation VA$258,061 Executive Director $26,808 $25,791 2023
Rural Minds Inc IL$296,906 Executive Director $118,011 $112,283 2024
The Ability Center Of Southern Nevada NV$256,018 President $57,500 $55,781 2024
Caldwell Council On Adolescent Health Inc NC$298,868 Executive Director $59,603 $59,603 2024
Stuck Community Acupuncture Inc AZ$299,256 President $87,867 $81,783 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)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted59th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted44th

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 (Justine Knight) 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 94 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $59,665 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.