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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Johnston County Youth Services Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311768667
NC · NTEE I21
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Johnston County Youth Services, Executive Director / CEO ($56,656) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 39 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 41st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Johnston County Youth Services — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

39 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 39 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$12,671 total compensation of comparable organizations → $324,082 $56,656
$26,60910th
$37,50225th
$65,722Median
$83,26675th
$95,34790th
$56,656This org · 41st
p10$26,609
p25$37,502
p50$65,722
p75$83,266
p90$95,347
$56,656

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
Aliive Roberts County Inc SD$322,713 Executive Director $303,418 $324,082 2024
Public Safety Foundation MN$323,739 Executive Director/director $31,500 $30,123 2024
Good Kids Mad City - Englewood IL$327,251 Foundation Mgr. $66,667 $63,431 2024
E3 Education Excellence & Equity CA$329,664 Board Member $60,000 $51,623 2023
Changing The Health Of Adolescents Impacting The Nation Reaction Inc CA$308,759 Ceo $19,600 $17,555 2022
The Brothers Redefining Opportunity Experience Fdn Inc NY$335,308 Director $39,226 $35,318 2023
Skillful Living Center Inc TX$300,351 Chief Executive Office $85,000 $82,289 2024
The Free Root Operation Inc IL$347,806 President $60,865 $57,911 2024
Rivington Housing Development Fund NY$281,793 President/ed $61,872 $54,109 2024
Roosevelt Park Ministries Inc MI$280,833 Executive Director $78,751 $80,991 2023
Virginia Mentoring Partnership VA$275,801 Executive Di $83,246 $75,785 2025
Heroes Academy Inc KS$366,125 Executive Director; Thru July 2022 $66,731 $71,832 2023
Granite Falls Community Coalition & Food WA$271,359 Food Bank Director $51,400 $45,853 2023
Reimagine Justice Illinois IL$378,213 Co-executive Director $95,264 $90,640 2024
Saveone TN$379,989 President $92,431 $94,030 2024
Childrens Rescue Center Inc OH$381,142 Co-president $37,604 $39,685 2023
Wilmington Youth Rowing Association DE$383,901 Executive Director $34,842 $33,017 2024
A Vision Of Change Incorporated OH$254,025 Executive Director $80,400 $84,849 2023
Collective Climb PA$388,511 Executive Director $69,713 $67,282 2024
New Vision Inc TN$250,643 President $51,000 $51,882 2024
1614-1622 Jonquil Terrace IL$249,733 Executive Director/ceo $19,212 $18,819 2023
Asservo Project Inc PA$393,666 Chairman Exec Dir $120,000 $115,815 2024
Peacemaker Resources MN$395,842 Executive Di $45,446 $44,743 2023
The Delta Project MI$244,281 Director $75,000 $74,920 2024
Restorative Justice Partners Inc CA$399,233 Executive Director $85,365 $69,501 2025

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 default41st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)36th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted41st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted31st

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 (Johnston County Youth Services) 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 39 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,656 is reasonable (approximately the 41st 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.