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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Team Guts Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 461756544
MI · NTEE P50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Paul Turner, Executive Director / CEO ($50,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Paul Turner — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,825 total compensation of comparable organizations → $119,795 $50,000
$10,68910th
$23,92725th
$39,456Median
$60,99675th
$69,54890th
$50,000This org · 69th
p10$10,689
p25$23,927
p50$39,456
p75$60,996
p90$69,548
$50,000

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 MI 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
Americas Gold Star Families IL$124,008 Executive Dir. $37,500 $34,693 2024
Tacoma Slavic Association WA$117,550 Director Of Info&ref Srvs $17,524 $15,200 2023
Mount Washington Valley Supports NH$139,493 Vice President / Exec. Dir $44,555 $38,715 2024
Tetelestai House Inc AR$112,480 Director $38,000 $40,196 2024
Accord Inc CO$144,800 Ex Officio Director $30,000 $27,870 2023
Lifeline Outreach International Ministry AK$146,671 President $48,010 $43,194 2024
Kula Kamala Foundation PA$103,819 President & $127,654 $119,795 2024
A Brighter Day CA$154,387 Business Develo $77,000 $62,569 2024
Regional Representative Payee Servi OH$156,554 Ceo $70,240 $72,076 2023
Fort Collins Community Action Network CO$96,770 President $4,239 $3,825 2024
Common Ground Healing Arts VA$171,879 Excutive Director $28,688 $26,836 2023
Family & Community Services Inc OH$176,962 Executive Director $60,671 $60,471 2024
Healing Paws For Warriors Inc FL$180,841 Executive Director $15,534 $13,732 2024
Brain Injury Alliance Of Vt VT$180,846 Executive Director $8,073 $7,646 2024
Open Door Resource Center OH$183,478 Executive Di $49,816 $49,652 2024
3sixty MI$191,368 President $69,000 $67,020 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI cost of living and 2023 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 MI 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)69th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted69th

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 (Paul Turner) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,000 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.