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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Carvel Club Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 350845462
IN · NTEE F20Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Grant Sellmer, Executive Director / CEO ($25,813) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 107 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: Grant Sellmer — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

107 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 107 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,729 total compensation of comparable organizations → $134,438 $25,813
$11,46110th
$21,69425th
$40,441Median
$58,44275th
$74,54890th
$25,813This org · 30th
p10$11,461
p25$21,694
p50$40,441
p75$58,442
p90$74,548
$25,813

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 IN 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
Cortez Addictions Recovery Services Inc CO$237,614 Executive Dir. $3,312 $2,925 2024
Miriam House TN$239,287 Executive Director $8,400 $8,373 2023
Spiritworks Foundation VA$240,324 Executive Director $46,978 $41,778 2024
House Of New Beginnings Inc IN$240,368 Program Director $53,000 $51,479 2024
Western Wellness Foundation Inc ND$233,635 Executive Director $79,095 $82,309 2023
East Bay Mens Recovery Center CA$233,558 Executive Director $63,767 $50,717 2024
Hawc Foundation WV$244,835 Director $2,000 $1,944 2025
Mothers For Awareness And CO$244,986 Chairman & C $35,000 $30,912 2024
Cullman Re-entry Addiction AL$246,332 Director $67,750 $67,415 2024
Desire 4 Hope Inc NJ$247,014 Executive Director $25,818 $21,859 2023
110 Inc MA$228,430 President $65,000 $53,799 2024
Turning Point Christian Center Inc CT$248,183 President/director $65,098 $56,218 2024
Grace Of God Recovery House Inc NY$248,554 President $52,486 $42,558 2025
Unity Acres Inc NY$227,169 Officer $33,945 $28,252 2024
Perfectly Loved Inc AR$249,589 Executive Di $45,066 $45,455 2025
Favor Grand Strand SC$251,550 Director $126,000 $121,072 2024
Iowa Board Of Certification IA$223,675 Executive Director $80,000 $80,680 2024
Jackson County Court Service Inc AL$253,351 Exec Director $30,462 $31,207 2023
Aasf Valley Central Office CA$254,095 Director $75,841 $60,319 2024
Rancho Park Recovery Inc CA$221,558 Ceo & Chair $40,000 $32,753 2023
Titus Community Inc TX$255,927 Treasurer & Executive Dire $44,258 $41,981 2023
Summit County Community OH$255,950 Executive Director $74,630 $78,029 2022
A Place Of Comfort Inc CA$220,156 Executive Dir. $75,500 $61,821 2023
Gateway House Inc OH$215,484 Executive Director (From 6/22) $63,312 $63,588 2023
Life Change Centers TX$215,002 President $15,461 $14,245 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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)28th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted33rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Grant Sellmer) 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 107 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,813 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.