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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Soul River Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 454860210
OR · NTEE O50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Chad Brown, Executive Director / CEO ($80,040) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 255 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Chad Brown — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

255 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 255 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$19 total compensation of comparable organizations → $159,698 $80,040
$6,88510th
$23,17125th
$48,686Median
$72,80375th
$91,28790th
$80,040This org · 85th
p10$6,885
p25$23,171
p50$48,686
p75$72,803
p90$91,287
$80,040

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
Hornets Hive MN$165,935 Executive Director $15,080 $16,519 2023
Girls Rock St Pete Inc FL$165,821 Director $68,083 $68,872 2024
Child Evangelism Fellowship Of Dauphin County Inc PA$164,829 Ministry Director $48,787 $52,390 2024
Latinos Count Inc IN$167,459 Executive Dir. $24,000 $28,059 2023
Young Nation MI$167,748 Executive Director $62,400 $69,355 2024
Kidnected World UT$163,909 Coo $72,000 $79,352 2024
Brookline Teen Outreach PA$168,881 Executive Dir. $25,000 $26,846 2024
Girls On The Run Of The Shenandoah VA$168,998 Executive Director $50,885 $51,542 2025
Horsepower Experiential Learning MO$169,057 Executive Director $30,156 $34,394 2024
Sis Circles Inc GA$162,427 Key Employee $63,900 $69,186 2024
My Blind Spot Inc NY$169,551 President/treas $23,425 $22,794 2024
Girls On The Run Greater Connecticut CT$161,914 Executive Director $39,334 $38,690 2025
Young Women Lead Inc KY$161,844 Executive Director $56,583 $65,461 2024
Shoreline Sports Foundation WA$161,614 Executive Dir. $58,900 $56,785 2024
Center For The Study Of Boys And DE$170,224 Executive Director $44,850 $48,686 2023
Inland Circle CA$161,393 Chief Executive Officer $26,550 $24,687 2024
Go For Yours Foundation CA$171,060 President & Ceo $30,000 $28,719 2023
Childrens Books On Wheels TX$159,781 President $72,800 $80,733 2023
Wayfinders On The Hudson Corp NY$172,068 President $22,200 $22,240 2023
Girls On The Run Of The Flint Hills KS$172,372 Executive Dir. $64,900 $73,554 2025
South Central Education Development Inc WV$158,951 President/executive Director $90,208 $105,176 2024
Toughest Kids Inc GA$158,664 Executive Di $3,000 $3,248 2024
Hip-hope Inc IA$158,432 Chaplain/bookkeeper $1,500 $1,769 2024
Rise Above MI$173,456 Executive Di $72,116 $78,088 2025
Tilghman Area Youth Association Inc MD$158,317 Executive Dir. $26,839 $27,020 2024

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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)87th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted86th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted85th

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 (Chad Brown) 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 255 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,040 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.