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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Core City Neighborhoods Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 382622732
MI · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Willie Cambell, Executive Director / CEO ($39,327) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 40 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Willie Cambell — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

40 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 40 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,308 total compensation of comparable organizations → $142,159 $39,327
$18,40010th
$26,50025th
$50,448Median
$88,50175th
$102,66990th
$39,327This org · 38th
p10$18,400
p25$26,500
p50$50,448
p75$88,501
p90$102,669
$39,327

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 MI 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
Clara's Hope MI$372,046 Founder & Director $20,514 $20,514 2024
Soaring Unlimited MI$362,396 Executive Director $38,240 $38,240 2024
Residents In Action Llc MI$361,832 Executive Di $25,000 $25,000 2024
Education For Liberation Network MI$358,855 Executive Dir. $91,036 $93,725 2023
Life Line Ministries No 2 MI$356,049 President $54,096 $54,096 2024
Love Inc Of The Greater Livingston MI$392,813 Executive Di $44,577 $45,894 2023
Southeastern Dispute Resolution Ser MI$343,767 Executive Director $93,712 $93,712 2024
Tomas Venture Residence Ltd MI$343,563 President $99,424 $102,361 2023
The Human Utility MI$335,162 Executive Director $138,080 $142,159 2023
Mi Work Matters MI$329,101 Executive Di $68,077 $68,077 2024
Confident Sole MI$411,963 Executive Di $90,000 $90,000 2024
Vessel For Arts MI$416,992 President And Executive Director $88,500 $86,219 2025
The Lucas Project MI$317,067 Executive Di $48,000 $49,418 2023
Oasis Of Hope Center MI$315,411 Executive Di $18,500 $18,500 2024
The Diaper Alliance Inc MI$422,285 Interim Dire $30,000 $30,886 2023
Harvest Retreat Drop-in Center Inc MI$427,316 President $17,500 $17,500 2024
Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger MI$300,413 Process Coor $7,200 $7,200 2024
Jompeame Foundation MI$437,164 President $27,000 $27,000 2024
Northern Michigan Equine Therapy MI$298,479 Executive Director $65,000 $65,000 2024
St Suzanne Code Rouge Community MI$443,052 Project Dire $39,192 $40,350 2023
Better Wiser Stronger Inc MI$447,400 Executive Director $28,800 $29,651 2023
Living With Communities MI$450,129 President $6,127 $6,308 2023
Little Dresses For Africa MI$281,013 President $30,000 $30,000 2024
My Place Center For Wellness Inc MI$279,548 Exec. Director $38,622 $39,763 2023
House Of Love Agency MI$279,299 President $21,808 $22,452 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)45th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Willie Cambell) 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 40 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + MI + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $39,327 is reasonable (approximately the 38th 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.