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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Middle Project Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311689641
NY · NTEE P99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Genesis Briggs, Executive Director / CEO ($42,411) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 198 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 30th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Genesis Briggs — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

198 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 198 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$875 total compensation of comparable organizations → $611,678 $42,411
$18,63910th
$37,28825th
$66,561Median
$88,53675th
$110,67490th
$42,411This org · 30th
p10$18,639
p25$37,288
p50$66,561
p75$88,536
p90$110,674
$42,411

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 NY 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
One Heart Warriors MT$329,576 President $62,499 $74,555 2024
Angels Of Las Vegas NV$331,487 President $36,961 $42,211 2023
Hackettstown Business Improvement NJ$328,862 Executive Di $83,538 $82,541 2024
National Association Of Black Women Entrepreneurs MI$328,482 Ceo $78,000 $89,096 2024
Establish HI$333,478 Executive Director $109,286 $108,280 2024
Northwest Sarcoma Foundation WA$334,731 Executive Director $101,440 $100,506 2024
Open Door Recovery House TX$325,511 Executive Director $157,492 $174,343 2024
Casa For Lancaster County NE$335,549 Executive Di $80,622 $95,962 2024
Guardianship & Protective Services OH$324,533 Executive Di $62,378 $73,114 2024
Flourish Homes Incorporated OK$324,273 Ceo/founder $36,000 $45,164 2023
Peopleworks - Nm NM$321,450 Executive Di $64,693 $79,276 2023
Workable Career Trends CA$341,514 Ceo $98,750 $97,152 2023
Ministry Against The Death Penalty LA$343,734 Director $42,406 $51,675 2024
Foundations For Franklin County Inc MO$317,178 Executive Di $25,625 $30,923 2023
Horsin' Around Camp Inc KY$316,030 Executive Director $82,169 $100,580 2023
Supportive Healthy Initiatives For Tulsa OK$347,950 Ceo $20,300 $25,468 2023
3hopeful Hearts CO$347,957 Executive Director $40,704 $43,193 2024
Evergreen Life Services Of Florida Inc LA$312,332 President/ceo $21,418 $26,099 2024
Oregon Representative Payee Program OR$349,233 Executive Director $85,589 $87,960 2024
Girls Helping Girls Period NJ$311,382 Executive Director $75,000 $76,293 2023
His Hands Auto Repair Ministry Inc PA$350,054 Member / Emp $59,644 $65,823 2024
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc KY$310,813 Nhn Director $54,573 $66,801 2023
Carleton-willard At Home Inc MA$310,206 President & Ceo $60,724 $60,387 2024
Sisters Of Grace Inc GA$308,824 President $61,250 $68,154 2024
Femergy OH$308,518 Director $43,542 $51,036 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default30th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)35th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted33rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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 (Genesis Briggs) 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 198 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,411 is reasonable (approximately the 30th 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.