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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Roads Of Hope Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 471566544
AL · NTEE I73
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joseph C Savage, Executive Director / CEO ($100,132) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 90th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Joseph C Savage — reported title “CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,928 total compensation of comparable organizations → $112,399 $100,132
$29,16710th
$40,13325th
$70,468Median
$89,33875th
$99,46990th
$100,132This org · 90th
p10$29,167
p25$40,133
p50$70,468
p75$89,338
p90$99,469
$100,132

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 AL 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
Sosa - Safe From Online Sex Abuse Inc CT$460,373 Executive Director $125,800 $106,048 2024
The Lifeguard Group Inc MT$452,558 President $7,148 $6,928 2024
Sexual Assault Support Center Inc GA$439,024 Executive Di $54,500 $49,268 2024
Justice Ministries SC$425,649 President $96,560 $90,570 2024
The Inner Truth Project Inc FL$497,800 Executive Director $47,500 $40,119 2024
The Innocent Inc ID$501,174 President & Ceo $104,000 $99,469 2024
Delaware Alliance Against Sexual Violence Inc DE$408,603 Executive Director $85,000 $74,829 2024
Skull Games OR$374,105 President $33,931 $29,167 2023
Erin Michele Levitas Education MD$552,004 Executive Director $100,833 $87,259 2023
Created Gainesville Inc FL$561,273 Executive Director $36,050 $30,449 2024
Jane Doe No More Incorporated CT$323,024 President $74,312 $62,644 2024
Fear 2 Freedom Inc VA$321,814 Former, Ceo $47,454 $40,133 2025
Valley Children's Advocacy Center VA$597,564 Executive Di $77,277 $67,084 2024
Fight Against Domestic Violence UT$601,778 Executive Director $45,269 $42,886 2023
Wounded Healers International Inc ME$314,250 Executive Dir. $28,000 $25,953 2023
Not Abandoned WA$602,987 Executive Director $120,140 $96,707 2024
Bishopaccountabilityorg MA$311,745 President/di $96,000 $77,561 2024
Rappahannock Council Against Sexual Assault VA$610,344 Executive Director $78,846 $70,468 2023
Jackson Center For Independent Living TN$622,448 Executive Director $93,949 $86,498 2025
Rape Crisis Intervention Service MD$638,170 Executive Director $106,284 $89,338 2024
Black & Brown Womyn Power Coalition Inc WI$645,509 Executive Director $116,271 $112,399 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default90th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted90th

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 (Joseph C Savage) 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 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I73), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100,132 is reasonable (approximately the 90th 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.