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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Help The Homeless Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 470771964
NE · NTEE P44
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Candace Gregory, Executive Director / CEO ($45,022) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 291 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 80th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

291 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 291 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2 total compensation of comparable organizations → $253,471 $45,022
$4,49110th
$10,39525th
$21,428Median
$38,16375th
$59,75690th
$45,022This org · 80th
p10$4,491
p25$10,395
p50$21,428
p75$38,163
p90$59,756
$45,022

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 NE 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
Kelly Apartments Inc MN$53,979 Chief Executive Officer $8,191 $7,747 2023
The Real Love Company Inc GA$53,599 Key Employee $30,500 $28,513 2024
Association For The Development Of Human Potential Inc WA$55,558 Treasurer $12,000 $9,989 2024
Conversations To Remember NJ$53,528 Executive Director $60,000 $49,807 2024
Age Wise Colorado Inc CO$55,684 Executive Director $10,250 $9,408 2023
Bay Cove Orchardfield Residence Inc MA$53,403 President/ceo $14,439 $12,420 2023
Senior Health Foundation NE$55,915 President Ceo $19,321 $19,892 2023
Rising Above Bakery Inc NJ$55,927 President $67,750 $56,241 2024
The Home Place ND$53,187 Ceo $23,150 $24,318 2023
Aviation Family Fund Inc NC$55,967 Treasurer $10,000 $9,890 2023
Highlawn Community Alliance Inc WV$56,000 Former Executive Director 7/23-3/24 $38,667 $38,925 2024
Life Enrichment Trust Of New Jersey Inc PA$53,075 Ceo & President $36,502 $33,844 2024
New Each Morning OR$56,206 Executive Di $8,800 $7,598 2024
Lifespan Of Greater Rochester NY$56,291 President/ceo $56,826 $47,742 2024
Connecticut Counseling Centers Fund Inc CT$52,807 Executive Director And Pre $57,005 $49,694 2024
Nami Acs Aka Nami Alameda County South CA$52,731 Executive Director $64,480 $51,767 2024
Loaves & Fishes Warming Center NY$56,416 Vice President / Director Of Operations $30,417 $26,309 2023
Mental Retardation Community Services Of Nassau County Inc NY$52,678 Chief Executive Officer $214,386 $185,436 2023
Vision For Independence Center WA$52,537 Clinic Director $24,934 $21,368 2023
Forever Families Home Study FL$52,368 Director $25,000 $22,480 2023
Veteran Empowerment Neighborhoods MI$52,343 Executive Di $4,680 $4,491 2024
Peace Of Thread Inc GA$52,300 President $24,432 $23,515 2023
Lutheran Homes And Health Services WI$52,273 Ceo $22,653 $21,996 2024
Healing Justice Center NC$52,208 Executive Director/board Member $3,832 $3,681 2024
Shelby County Arc Inc OH$52,184 Current Dire $15,296 $15,063 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NE 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 NE 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 default80th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (Candace Gregory) 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 291 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,022 is reasonable (approximately the 80th 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.