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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 392053712
OR · NTEE I43
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carla Grant, Executive Director / CEO ($50,580) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,034 total compensation of comparable organizations → $201,834 $50,580
$6,38610th
$41,13025th
$61,580Median
$84,05875th
$124,91090th
$50,580This org · 39th
p10$6,386
p25$41,130
p50$61,580
p75$84,058
p90$124,910
$50,580

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 OR 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
Unite Greensboro Jail Ministry NC$209,528 Chaplain $34,314 $38,179 2024
Prison Impact Ministries MT$210,665 President $126,000 $146,255 2024
The Verb Kind Inc FL$213,816 President $9,250 $9,633 2023
Heart Of Clay MN$191,134 Mens Coordinator $56,240 $61,608 2023
International Prison Ministry Inc CA$226,747 Asst Director $51,750 $49,541 2023
Second Chance And Reentry Services OK$228,340 Executive Dir. $10,462 $13,296 2022
Poetic Justice Inc OK$231,741 Executive Dir. $37,188 $45,397 2023
Human Rights Coalition PA$235,535 Executive Dir. $49,284 $52,923 2024
Anchor Of Hope International Ministries Inc CA$245,329 Executive Directorboardmember $56,160 $52,220 2024
Hands Of Luke Medical Ministries TX$249,383 Executive Director $4,500 $4,847 2024
Hope Prison Ministry Inc MA$253,024 President $85,000 $84,680 2023
Redeeming The Family OK$156,611 Exec Directo $54,999 $65,214 2024
Covered Bridge Therapeutic Communities Inc VT$155,009 Executive Director $58,830 $62,120 2025
Clicc Inc CT$259,741 Executive Dir. $80,000 $80,771 2024
Chebar Ministries Inc GA$263,486 President $5,000 $5,574 2023
Buried Alive Project TX$142,193 National Director,board Member $182,000 $201,834 2023
Ourjourney Co NC$268,885 Executive Director $39,617 $44,080 2024
Bay Area Chaplains CA$290,309 Chaplain $144,072 $133,964 2024
Interaction Transition WA$291,073 Executive Director $91,401 $85,847 2025
Human Kindness Foundation NC$292,470 Executive Dir. $74,988 $83,435 2024
Freedom Grow WA$294,749 Executive Director $1,000 $1,034 2022
Project Pooch OR$295,316 Executive Director $88,693 $88,693 2024
Chicago Bible Society IL$304,334 Executive Director $56,500 $61,580 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)39th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted39th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Carla Grant) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I43), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,580 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.