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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Bloom Project Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 462796032
IN · NTEE O50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Arnetta Scruggs, Executive Director / CEO ($60,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 487 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: Arnetta Scruggs — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

487 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 487 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$16 total compensation of comparable organizations → $142,918 $60,000
$10,43410th
$27,48025th
$49,478Median
$68,30475th
$88,33590th
$60,000This org · 63rd
p10$10,434
p25$27,480
p50$49,478
p75$68,304
p90$88,335
$60,000

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 IN 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
Lanai Youth Center Inc HI$269,839 Executive Di $51,385 $43,625 2023
Nica Nadadores Inc PA$269,883 President $27,225 $25,745 2023
Ccdi Inc MO$270,212 President $28,909 $29,035 2023
Firsthome Iq CA$268,537 Executive Director And Secretary $120,000 $95,440 2024
Berkshire Summer Music Inc MA$268,484 President $52,000 $43,039 2024
Msi Youth Foundation Inc IN$268,433 Director $2,341 $2,274 2024
Independent Order Of Oddfellows NC$268,213 Exec Director $15,000 $14,276 2024
Sumanda Inc CA$270,753 Secretary/chief Financial $3,000 $2,456 2023
Team Factory NE$270,855 President $33,750 $33,435 2024
Supreme Family Foundation Inc GA$271,011 Executive Dir. $65,000 $61,975 2023
Akron Youth Mentorship OH$271,035 Executive Di $46,945 $47,150 2023
Under The Lights Flag Football Foundation Inc FL$267,380 President $24,320 $21,665 2023
Habesha Inc GA$271,617 Executive Director $50,000 $47,673 2023
You Are Beautiful People Inc NY$271,834 Executive Di $82,500 $68,664 2024
Farmingdale Soccer Club Inc NY$266,920 1st Vice President $61,480 $51,169 2024
Rockteen Youth Foundation TX$266,614 C.o.o. $50,000 $49,373 2022
Ethos Volleyball Club TN$272,794 Director $70,000 $67,771 2024
Citizen Scholars Institute Inc SC$272,860 Executive Director $75,000 $74,195 2023
I Am Academy MI$273,198 Director $50,615 $48,119 2024
Turning Point Inc GA$265,638 Secretary $19,050 $17,642 2024
Girls On The Run Of Greater CA$273,329 Executive Dir. $75,923 $60,384 2024
Inner City Youth And Family Services Inc NY$265,000 Ceo $71,106 $63,427 2022
Be Smooth Inc CA$264,506 Executive Dir. $106,314 $87,053 2023
Youth Celebrate Diversity CO$274,583 Executive Di $92,814 $79,858 2025
Worthy Beyond Purpose Inc CA$263,745 Executive Director $61,007 $48,521 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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)56th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Arnetta Scruggs) 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 487 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,000 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.