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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Girls On The Run Of Wnc Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 352177794
NC · NTEE O50
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nicole Lowery, Executive Director / CEO ($45,001) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 377 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 45th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Nicole Lowery — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

377 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 377 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17 total compensation of comparable organizations → $143,530 $45,001
$10,18010th
$25,81125th
$48,231Median
$67,35575th
$86,28590th
$45,001This org · 45th
p10$10,180
p25$25,811
p50$48,231
p75$67,355
p90$86,285
$45,001

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
Achla Alianza Chicana Hisp Lat Amer Alli MN$209,950 Executive Dir. $58,666 $56,102 2024
P-town Car Club Inc IL$210,562 Executive Director $130,680 $128,010 2023
On Mission Martial Arts Inc FL$209,821 President $57,100 $51,914 2024
Helping Our People Eat CA$210,750 Ceo $18,626 $15,566 2024
Promise Youth Development Inc NC$209,535 Executive Director $73,749 $75,927 2023
Global Unites Inc MA$211,115 President $24,000 $20,872 2024
Gift4s Giving Individuals The TX$211,333 Executive Dir. $50,000 $48,405 2024
Colors Plus OH$211,438 President $43,125 $44,205 2024
The Askinosie Foundation MO$208,946 Executive Di $39,771 $41,972 2023
805 Mustangs Llc CA$211,639 President $72,000 $60,171 2024
I Am Empowering The Next Generation Inc LA$211,685 Executive Director $64,000 $70,218 2023
Re Coded Co NY$208,688 Ceo $122,316 $104,212 2025
Ace Project Inc KY$208,639 Executive Director $50,000 $51,989 2024
Boys To Men Mentoring Network Of HI$212,456 Secretary $60,661 $52,562 2024
Raceway Gives Foundation IL$212,544 Director $31,500 $29,971 2024
Building Mosaics Solutions Inc MD$212,650 Officer $111,716 $101,081 2024
10-10 Academy CA$207,742 Secretary $53,403 $43,478 2025
Ann Arbor A's Travel Baseball MI$212,922 President $54,855 $56,415 2023
Sasc CA$213,204 Secretary $6,575 $5,495 2024
Children Of Promise Mentoring IA$213,274 Officer $101,792 $107,867 2024
Central Area Youth League Inc LA$206,813 League Commissioner $9,000 $9,875 2023
The E3 Robotics Center Inc IN$213,698 Executive Di $66,000 $69,349 2023
318 Foundation Inc MD$213,987 President & $85,000 $76,909 2024
Franklin Kids CA$206,402 President $40,500 $34,845 2023
Reclaiming Youth At Risk SD$206,142 Director $8,950 $9,313 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 default45th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted44th

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 (Nicole Lowery) 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 377 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,001 is reasonable (approximately the 45th 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.