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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

House Of Grace

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 384128319
AZ · NTEE P40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Candace Carter, Executive Director / CEO ($931) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 91 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 1st percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Candace Carter — reported title “Treasurer”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

91 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 91 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$356 total compensation of comparable organizations → $283,473 $931
$2,76910th
$10,50625th
$21,688Median
$46,06375th
$71,89890th
$931This org · 1st
p10$2,769
p25$10,506
p50$21,688
p75$46,063
p90$71,898
$931

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 AZ 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
The Bergen-passaic Arc Foundation Inc NJ$31,681 Secretary/president/ceo $21,145 $20,211 2023
Sole Effects CA$31,560 Ceo $77,000 $69,136 2024
Adoption Hope Foundation Inc CT$31,298 President $12,570 $12,255 2024
Agc Charities Inc VA$31,213 Director $62,812 $63,062 2024
Arabella Wellness Center Inc TX$32,145 Ceo $11,653 $12,121 2024
Connected Foundation VA$32,200 Executive Director $88,800 $91,786 2023
Nassau Community Mental Retardation Services Company Inc NY$32,246 Chief Executive Officer $214,386 $201,435 2024
New England Musicians Resource Fund Inc MA$32,256 Vice President $2,100 $2,020 2023
Mckenzie Community Develoment Corporation OR$31,093 Executive Director $40,000 $39,765 2023
Lutheran Mission Society San Diego CA$30,915 Missionary Director $135,418 $125,179 2023
Lutheran Social Services Foundation Of CA$30,451 President & Ceo $12,340 $11,407 2023
The Cutty Legacy Foundation AZ$30,133 President/ceo $28,500 $28,500 2024
All-in Charitable Events And Services I GA$33,290 President $86,688 $90,632 2024
Mountaineer Life Lines Inc WV$29,893 President $38,926 $45,119 2023
Eras Home Ii CA$29,742 President/ceo $4,050 $3,744 2023
Mobc-boscobel Inc TN$29,154 Secretary $16,502 $18,569 2023
Sheboygan County Ymca Endowment Trust WI$29,080 Finance Director $5,474 $6,120 2023
All Housing Inc CA$28,557 Ceo $47,732 $44,123 2023
Project Ohr - Office For Homecare NY$34,904 Chief Executive Officer $55,479 $53,668 2023
Walk & Talk Inc AZ$28,332 President $8,709 $8,966 2023
Nature Ninos NM$28,011 President $10,600 $11,855 2024
Straight From The Streets NV$35,465 Executive Director $3,600 $3,863 2023
Pinecrest Voluntary Home For The NY$35,652 President $1,215 $1,142 2024
Prosperity Of Humanity CA$36,000 Ceo $2,000 $1,849 2023
Raphaels Refuge Inc TX$27,023 Director $12,660 $13,557 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default1st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)1st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted40th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted1st

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 (Candace Carter) 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 91 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $931 is reasonable (approximately the 1st 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.