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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dragon Boat Charleston

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 320253953
SC · NTEE G30
FY ending 2023-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mary N Richards - Term Ended, Executive Director / CEO ($27,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 32 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Mary N Richards - Term Ended — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

32 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 32 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,465 total compensation of comparable organizations → $122,000 $27,500
$15,59410th
$29,14825th
$57,649Median
$74,16675th
$89,87090th
$27,500This org · 22nd
p10$15,594
p25$29,148
p50$57,649
p75$74,166
p90$89,870
$27,500

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 SC 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
Move Over Breast Cancer Inc NJ$205,826 Vice President $77,300 $64,258 2024
Friends In Pink Inc FL$207,988 President $33,500 $29,301 2024
Coalition Against Childhood Cancer PA$210,829 Executive Director (Until 12/23) $40,096 $37,228 2024
Camp Can Do 2014 Inc PA$198,089 Vice Preside $12,500 $11,949 2023
Taking Aim At Cancer In Louisiana LA$197,837 Executive Director $119,000 $122,000 2024
Madeline Fiadini Lore Foundation NJ$215,532 Executive Director $18,000 $15,405 2023
West Virginia Breast Health Initiative WV$189,363 Executive Director $54,245 $56,299 2023
Lighthouse For Hope Inc AZ$223,212 Executive Director $64,229 $59,210 2023
Ovarian Cancer Alliance Of Oregon And Sw WA$187,042 Executive Director $84,505 $70,442 2024
No Stomach For Cancer Inc WI$227,937 Executive Director $54,174 $51,318 2025
Ovarian Cancer Project Inc NY$180,466 Executive Dir. $54,916 $46,202 2024
Candelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation Of Southern Arizona AZ$237,573 Executive Director $24,000 $21,489 2024
Move For Jenn Foundation NC$173,487 Executive Di $59,422 $57,165 2024
Logan County Cancer Society Inc OH$172,885 President $111,927 $113,634 2023
Breast Cancer Network Of Western New Yorkinc NY$243,624 Executive Director $35,000 $28,688 2025
Obion County Cancer Agency TN$166,934 Director $17,671 $17,294 2024
Hss Screening And Early Detection Inc NY$165,500 President $36,000 $31,182 2023
Arizona Oncology Foundation AZ$250,440 Executive Director $85,000 $76,110 2024
Donna Terrell's Yoga Warriors AR$252,513 Director $10,000 $10,465 2024
Art Of Life Cancer Foundation Inc CA$252,814 Executive Dir. $91,445 $73,518 2024
Melanoma Know More OH$151,878 Executive Director $88,557 $87,328 2024
Asociacion Latina De Asistencia Y IL$260,744 Executive Di $70,000 $65,966 2023
Mesquite Cancer Help Society NV$262,030 Executive Administrator $12,075 $11,270 2024
Childrens Oncology Camping Association Intl AL$274,478 Executive Director $50,000 $51,778 2023
The Barry L Joyce Cancer Support Fund Inc NC$277,491 Executive Director $91,023 $90,152 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)22nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Mary N Richards - Term Ended) 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 32 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (G30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $27,500 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.