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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Songs For Sound Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 274519248
TN · NTEE P87
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jaime Motes-formerly Jaime Vernon, Executive Director / CEO ($32,450) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1623 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 46th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jaime Motes-formerly Jaime Vernon — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,623 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,623 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$104 total compensation of comparable organizations → $353,633 $32,450
$8,74410th
$19,90625th
$35,442Median
$54,46575th
$70,92790th
$32,450This org · 46th
p10$8,744
p25$19,906
p50$35,442
p75$54,465
p90$70,927
$32,450

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 TN 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
Gastonia Potters House Inc NC$158,983 Executive Director $60,000 $55,811 2025
Meridian Place Development OH$159,011 Ceo $5,477 $5,519 2023
Immigration Community Center WA$159,038 Program Manager $34,000 $28,129 2024
Gods Heart Ministry CA$159,130 Director $18,175 $14,931 2023
Wecare Of Clinton County IN$158,825 Director $36,800 $35,860 2024
Reaching 360 TN$158,822 President $84,800 $84,800 2023
Sterrs Day Care Center Inc AL$159,181 Director $20,308 $20,273 2024
Miracle League Of San Diego CA$159,184 Executive Director $77,100 $63,337 2023
Down Syndrome Association Of Brevard FL$158,682 Executive Director $64,308 $55,824 2024
Bloomfield Hills CA$158,545 Board Member/ceo/cfo $25,600 $21,030 2023
Academy For Grassroots Organizations CA$159,606 President & Ceo $80,624 $64,332 2024
Christmas Commandos CO$158,334 Trustee $15,000 $13,291 2024
Heels To Heal Inc FL$158,329 Executive Director $38,400 $33,334 2024
Food For Thought Toledo Inc OH$159,657 Executive Director $73,687 $74,249 2023
One Step Forward Inc OH$159,666 Manager $15,000 $14,681 2024
Mrcs V Inc NY$159,666 Chief Executive Officer $214,386 $184,300 2023
Knowledge Is Power Foundation CA$159,673 President $39,000 $31,119 2024
Ma Hilas Heart Project Foundation TX$159,688 President & Ceo $180,000 $166,382 2024
Orphans Treasure Box Books IL$159,725 Chair $10,133 $9,205 2024
Fathers Alive In The Hood NY$158,240 Executive Director $9,691 $8,331 2023
All Babies Cherished Inc NY$158,208 Executive Director $29,584 $24,702 2024
Love Cradle Usa Inc PA$159,805 President $62,278 $57,389 2024
Pathways Inc RI$159,807 President $52,490 $47,883 2023
Don't Stop Dreamin' PA$158,110 Executive Direcotr $7,726 $7,330 2023
Jonesboro Day Care Center Inc NC$159,900 Director $46,316 $43,083 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default46th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted51st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted36th

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 (Jaime Motes-formerly Jaime Vernon) 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 1623 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,450 is reasonable (approximately the 46th 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.