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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Artist Mentorship Program

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 320181541
OR · NTEE P85
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of William Kendall, Executive Director / CEO ($87,850) 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 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: William Kendall — reported title “Executive Director”, 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

$4,949 total compensation of comparable organizations → $108,093 $87,850
$22,97310th
$35,07925th
$57,456Median
$70,43575th
$92,15190th
$87,850This org · 87th
p10$22,973
p25$35,079
p50$57,456
p75$70,435
p90$92,151
$87,850

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 OR 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
Would-works Inc CA$203,244 Executive Director $38,582 $34,846 2024
Shower The People TN$200,531 Executive Director $45,000 $49,474 2024
Power Safe Place Resource Center Of Virginia VA$210,475 Executive Director $33,963 $35,312 2023
Next Step Ministries Inc NM$211,130 President $49,609 $57,456 2023
Haight Ashbury Food Program CA$215,790 Treasurer $23,000 $20,773 2024
Homeless Hookup OH$219,275 Executive Director $60,783 $67,335 2024
Brian Gibbons Homeless Outreach Inc CT$224,973 Program Director $78,375 $76,860 2024
Wave Project MI$228,420 Executive Director $20,000 $22,229 2023
Dandelion House OR$230,189 President $11,470 $11,141 2024
Shelter Tech CA$231,418 Co - Executive Director $80,000 $72,253 2024
New Futures Inc AL$237,789 Executive Director $53,700 $60,678 2024
Henderson County Homeless Ministry TX$239,860 Executive Dir. $21,500 $23,159 2023
Family Promise Of Greater Chattanooga TN$240,312 Executive Director (Ended July 2025) $47,572 $52,301 2024
Operation In My Backyard PA$161,547 Executive Di $23,105 $24,811 2023
Ncompass OR$246,301 Executive Dir. $34,670 $34,670 2023
The Samaritan Well Inc IL$248,473 Executive Director $56,661 $56,761 2025
Wecare Of Clinton County IN$158,825 Director $36,800 $40,590 2024
Weaver Foundation WA$250,008 Executive Director $72,324 $69,727 2023
Crossroads At Park Place Inc TX$152,059 Executive Director $29,250 $30,603 2024
Second Chances Inc MA$255,587 Ceo President $106,575 $100,168 2024
Family Promise Of Laurens County SC$151,504 Executive Director $61,245 $68,802 2023
Family Promise Of Birmingham Inc AL$150,108 Executive Director $81,318 $91,886 2024
Hands And Feet Foundation FL$258,760 President $80,740 $79,333 2024
Love-a-child Missions CA$261,556 Secretary Treas $5,479 $4,949 2024
Dignity Project CO$263,060 Ceo $74,800 $75,018 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)95th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted87th

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 (William Kendall) 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 (P85), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $87,850 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.