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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Real Love Company Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464774012
GA · NTEE P50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alicia Smith, Executive Director / CEO ($30,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 279 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Alicia Smith — reported title “KEY EMPLOYEE”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

279 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 279 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2 total compensation of comparable organizations → $271,136 $30,500
$4,68710th
$10,78025th
$22,449Median
$40,64475th
$62,54190th
$30,500This org · 65th
p10$4,687
p25$10,780
p50$22,449
p75$40,644
p90$62,541
$30,500

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 GA 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
Conversations To Remember NJ$53,528 Executive Director $60,000 $53,278 2024
Bay Cove Orchardfield Residence Inc MA$53,403 President/ceo $14,439 $13,285 2023
Kelly Apartments Inc MN$53,979 Chief Executive Officer $8,191 $8,287 2023
The Home Place ND$53,187 Ceo $23,150 $26,013 2023
Life Enrichment Trust Of New Jersey Inc PA$53,075 Ceo & President $36,502 $36,202 2024
Connecticut Counseling Centers Fund Inc CT$52,807 Executive Director And Pre $57,005 $53,157 2024
Nami Acs Aka Nami Alameda County South CA$52,731 Executive Director $64,480 $55,375 2024
Mental Retardation Community Services Of Nassau County Inc NY$52,678 Chief Executive Officer $214,386 $198,359 2023
Help The Homeless Inc NE$54,573 President/ceo $45,022 $48,160 2024
Vision For Independence Center WA$52,537 Clinic Director $24,934 $22,857 2023
Forever Families Home Study FL$52,368 Director $25,000 $24,047 2023
Veteran Empowerment Neighborhoods MI$52,343 Executive Di $4,680 $4,804 2024
Peace Of Thread Inc GA$52,300 President $24,432 $25,154 2023
Lutheran Homes And Health Services WI$52,273 Ceo $22,653 $23,529 2024
Healing Justice Center NC$52,208 Executive Director/board Member $3,832 $3,938 2024
Shelby County Arc Inc OH$52,184 Current Dire $15,296 $16,112 2024
Vinfen Corporation Of Plain Inc MA$52,151 Former Director & Ceo $21,978 $20,222 2023
Lauren Mccluskey Foundation WA$51,698 Executive Director $71,875 $65,890 2023
Association For The Development Of Human Potential Inc WA$55,558 Treasurer $12,000 $10,685 2024
Age Wise Colorado Inc CO$55,684 Executive Director $10,250 $10,064 2023
Mountain Lake Services Foundation NY$51,373 Executive Dir. $27,595 $24,800 2024
Senior Health Foundation NE$55,915 President Ceo $19,321 $21,278 2023
Rising Above Bakery Inc NJ$55,927 President $67,750 $60,160 2024
Aviation Family Fund Inc NC$55,967 Treasurer $10,000 $10,579 2023
Highlawn Community Alliance Inc WV$56,000 Former Executive Director 7/23-3/24 $38,667 $41,638 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)65th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted78th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted43rd

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 (Alicia Smith) 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 279 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,500 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.