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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Giving Closet

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 273207322
WA · NTEE P60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Denise Currie, Executive Director / CEO ($45,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 111 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

111 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 111 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,852 total compensation of comparable organizations → $146,447 $45,000
$20,02710th
$33,18425th
$52,731Median
$76,85275th
$98,53390th
$45,000This org · 40th
p10$20,027
p25$33,184
p50$52,731
p75$76,852
p90$98,533
$45,000

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 WA 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
Family Promise Of The Chippewa WI$360,463 Executive Director $47,079 $54,917 2024
Ezra To Israel VA$363,668 Executive Di $60,000 $66,618 2023
Raw Ruth Anointed World Ministries CA$366,361 President $17,000 $16,880 2023
Movements Of Grace Inc CA$367,690 President $100,000 $96,448 2024
Colorful Closets Of Amarillo Inc TX$368,468 Co-ex. Director $39,985 $44,675 2024
Nc National Guard Soldiers & Airmen NC$372,002 Secretary/executive Director $39,000 $45,010 2024
The Record's People For People Fund Inc NY$373,259 Executive Director $33,390 $33,700 2024
Mainspring Portland OR$347,627 Executive Dir. $78,386 $83,707 2023
The Piggyback Foundation OH$347,353 Executive Di $5,792 $6,852 2024
Lighthouse Of Oakland County MI$346,016 President & Ceo $16,948 $20,116 2023
Elmhurst Walk-in Assistance Network IL$344,371 Executive Director $24,463 $26,862 2024
Community Response Coalition Of Kentucky Inc KY$379,634 Board Member $7,500 $9,000 2024
Rains County Good Samaritans TX$341,602 President $31,200 $34,859 2024
Goodwill Rescue Mission Inc NY$381,900 President/ceo $15,280 $15,422 2024
Diakonia CO$382,826 Executive Director $79,420 $87,572 2023
Shadow Buddies Foundation Inc KS$337,530 Ceo/exec Dir $82,204 $102,123 2023
Christian Service Program Institute LA$384,106 Executive Director $61,624 $75,791 2024
Berkshire Dream Center Inc MA$335,312 President $39,900 $40,048 2024
Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund Inc IL$387,303 Executive Director $65,000 $71,375 2024
World Compassion Network Inc IN$388,367 Executive Di $32,150 $38,988 2023
Manna House Ministries Inc GA$332,369 Director $29,333 $33,915 2023
One Need Inc GA$328,238 President & Ceo $130,400 $146,447 2024
Murray Calloway Need Line Association Inc KY$393,622 Executive Director $51,606 $61,927 2024
Ray Of Hope Mission Center Inc MD$326,553 President $43,680 $45,612 2024
Gainesville Community Ministryinc FL$398,510 Executive Director $51,753 $54,303 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)48th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted41st
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 (Denise Currie) 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 111 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,000 is reasonable (approximately the 40th 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.