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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Chas Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 460761549
VA · NTEE F80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Beau Kirkwood, Executive Director / CEO ($45,867) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 254 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 52nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Beau Kirkwood — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

254 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 254 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$247 total compensation of comparable organizations → $269,046 $45,867
$10,64610th
$25,32025th
$44,823Median
$67,27275th
$82,67990th
$45,867This org · 52nd
p10$10,646
p25$25,320
p50$44,823
p75$67,272
p90$82,679
$45,867

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 VA 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
Mft Worldwide Inc FL$141,597 Director $10,800 $10,508 2024
Gregory Hugh Montgomery Jr Foundation For Ultimate FL$142,018 President $21,500 $20,918 2024
Fountain Hills Youth Substance Abuse Prev Coalition AZ$141,379 Executive Director $27,550 $28,252 2023
Ocl Properties V Inc NY$141,200 Chief Financial Officer $73,290 $68,590 2024
Brandon Apartments Inc FL$141,075 Ceo $38,719 $37,672 2024
Ten Ten Life Inc VA$142,516 Board Member At Large $21,750 $21,189 2025
Casa Juan Pablo Ii Inc PR$140,713 President $247 $247 2024
Suicide Prevention Of Yolo County CA$140,548 Executive Dir. $77,187 $69,030 2024
Parkview Housing Corporation IL$142,954 Executive Di $1,300 $1,289 2025
Youthwell New Hampshire NH$143,033 Executive Director And Board Secretary $64,904 $63,902 2023
Law Enforcement Chaplaincy Service CA$143,149 Executive Dir. $60,000 $53,659 2024
Summit Terrace Development Corporation OH$143,330 President $9,146 $10,033 2024
Hope Valley - Helping Others Through Per OH$143,526 Executive Director $90,069 $101,719 2023
Recovery Support And Personal Growth Alliance Inc TN$139,950 Executive Director $25,910 $29,040 2023
River's Edge Drop In MI$143,603 Director $32,643 $33,996 2025
Broken Chains NC$143,611 Treasurer/coo $38,450 $41,147 2024
Denver Area Central Committee A A CO$143,824 Office Manager $66,080 $67,562 2023
Avenue Resource Inc CA$139,195 President $80,000 $71,545 2024
Moms Mental Health Initiative Inc WI$145,042 Co-founder Executive Director $45,400 $50,557 2023
Life Skills International Inc TX$145,284 President Ceo $45,500 $48,531 2023
Family Assessment Clinic MI$145,514 Co-director $3,500 $3,852 2023
Michael P Donatucci Foundation Inc PA$145,875 Executive Director $41,799 $43,171 2024
The Helio Health Foundation Inc NY$146,339 President/ceo $41,519 $38,857 2024
Oklahoma Harm Reduction Alliance OK$146,387 Executive Di $24,818 $28,303 2024
Foundation Thinkagain CA$146,736 President/exec. Director $109,641 $98,054 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default52nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)56th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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 (Beau Kirkwood) 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 254 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,867 is reasonable (approximately the 52nd 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.