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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cahec Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 460842173
NC · NTEE L199
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dana Boole, Executive Director / CEO ($49,599) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1022 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 63rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,022 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,022 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$148 total compensation of comparable organizations → $463,592 $49,599
$9,39310th
$19,96325th
$37,620Median
$61,51075th
$78,85190th
$49,599This org · 63rd
p10$9,393
p25$19,963
p50$37,620
p75$61,510
p90$78,851
$49,599

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 NC 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
Handy Dandy Handyman Co CT$239,530 President $60,000 $56,053 2023
Sitka Homeless Coalition AK$239,078 Executive Di $66,561 $61,587 2024
Alloway Housing Development NY$239,066 Director And President $3,026 $2,646 2024
Andover Community Trust MA$238,748 Executive Dir. $50,972 $44,330 2024
Scott County Habitat For Humanity KY$239,980 Executive Director $49,000 $50,949 2024
Albemarle Older Adult Housing Inc NC$240,107 President/ceo $48,900 $48,900 2024
Crossroads Village Mutual Housing CA$238,420 Director $5,430 $4,421 2025
O'bannon Terrace Of Goshen Inc OH$238,262 Chief Executive Officer $7,729 $8,156 2023
Presbyterian Home Quitman Retirement GA$238,240 President/ceo $54,562 $53,095 2024
Sanctuary Village PA$240,537 Executive Di $98,654 $95,214 2024
Sands Horizon Inc GA$238,134 Secretary, Manager $8,334 $7,901 2025
Community Catalysts MI$240,876 Pres & Ceo $187,622 $187,423 2024
Ashland Church Community Emergency OH$237,807 Executive Di $49,920 $52,682 2023
Independent Living Horizons Thirteen In GA$241,393 President/ceo $21,151 $21,191 2023
Gospel Homes For Women CO$241,398 Treasurer $25,000 $23,200 2024
North Central Housing Inc FL$237,214 President $7,500 $6,819 2024
Reach Apartments Inc OR$241,618 President & Ceo (Until Oct. 2023) $27,042 $25,022 2023
Mattoon Area Pads Community IL$241,802 Exec Dir $74,287 $70,682 2024
Compass Center Housing Development WA$236,649 President From 10/23 $1,117 $996 2023
Sepp Rural Elderly Housing Inc NY$242,040 Executive Director $21,973 $19,216 2024
Twentieth Association Properties Inc MA$236,638 President & Ceo $7,164 $6,230 2024
Homes For Shippensburg Inc MD$236,378 Vice President & Director $27,109 $24,528 2024
Saratoga Builders Association Inc NY$236,355 Executive Di $45,000 $40,516 2023
Good Shepherd Of Washington WI$236,337 President And Ceo $33,743 $34,105 2024
Dc Housing Solutions Inc DC$242,366 Former Ceo $6,224 $5,286 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default63rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)59th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted97th

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 (Dana Boole) 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 1022 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (L), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,599 is reasonable (approximately the 63rd 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.