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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Can Council Great Lakes Bay Region

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 382695952
MI · NTEE I70
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Emily Yeager Holty, Executive Director / CEO ($5,169) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Emily Yeager Holty — reported title “PRESIDENT/CE”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$22,362 total compensation of comparable organizations → $78,955 $5,169
$23,92010th
$47,68725th
$58,423Median
$71,61475th
$75,62690th
$5,169This org · 0th
p10$23,920
p25$47,687
p50$58,423
p75$71,614
p90$75,626
$5,169

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
Pedal The Pacific TX$244,736 Director $65,000 $62,994 2023
Rock The Walls Foundation Inc FL$238,222 Executive Director $86,750 $78,955 2023
Rutland County Child First VT$233,936 Executive Di $50,346 $47,687 2024
The Childrens Advocacy Center Of Cleveland County NC$232,013 Executive Director $68,289 $64,689 2025
The Ace Fiduciary Group A Non-profit CA$265,875 Executive Director & Corporate Secretary $59,265 $48,158 2024
Ceces Hope Center AZ$267,116 Pres/ceo $24,000 $22,362 2023
Time Of Change CA$269,415 Directorpresident $30,000 $23,749 2025
Goochland-powhatan Casa VA$274,505 Executive Director $66,000 $58,423 2025
Court Appointed Special Advocates AL$283,833 Executive Director $54,298 $55,201 2024
Casa Of West Central Illinois IL$290,129 Executive Director $61,849 $55,745 2025
Guardians Of Our Children Inc NY$189,936 Director $45,500 $38,691 2024
Stories Foundation MN$293,668 Executive Director $52,000 $49,780 2023
East-central Court Appointed Specia SD$299,959 Executive Di $60,022 $64,178 2023
Casa Of East Central Wisconsin WI$305,316 Director $76,951 $75,626 2024
Create Your Statement WA$177,226 Executive Dir. $85,000 $71,614 2024
Hope & Justice Foundation Incorporated FL$176,127 President $40,500 $36,861 2023
Northern California Tribal Court Coalition CA$309,849 Executive Director $77,069 $62,625 2024
Soap Project OH$320,738 Executive Director & Found $24,000 $23,920 2024
In Our Backyard OR$343,058 Executive Dir. $84,400 $73,758 2024
Tennessee Voices For Victims TN$350,346 Secretary Co Founder $74,900 $76,277 2023
Tyrrell-washington Partnership For Children Inc NC$353,668 Executive Director $74,595 $74,674 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 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 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Emily Yeager Holty) 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 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $5,169 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.