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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rooted In Grace & Love Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472238352
NC · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Crissy Heath, Executive Director / CEO ($64,176) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 34 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 59th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Crissy Heath — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

34 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 34 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$908 total compensation of comparable organizations → $180,344 $64,176
$18,09810th
$36,07325th
$60,000Median
$80,16675th
$100,18290th
$64,176This org · 59th
p10$18,098
p25$36,073
p50$60,000
p75$80,166
p90$100,182
$64,176

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 NC 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
Winstonnet Inc NC$408,371 Executive Director $86,107 $88,650 2023
Back On Track Addiction Ministries NC$407,903 Executive Director $53,750 $53,750 2024
Bertie County Hive House NC$402,250 Ceo $50,500 $50,500 2024
Freedom United NC$395,510 Executive Dir. $131,242 $131,242 2024
Jubilee Home NC$384,440 Executive Director $82,140 $82,140 2024
Dream Team Foundation Inc NC$369,829 Executive Director $42,292 $42,292 2024
Community Partners Of Hope Inc NC$452,915 Board Member $980 $980 2024
Guilford Green Foundation NC$459,128 Executive Di $92,131 $94,852 2023
Abandon Project Inc NC$459,940 Executive Director $65,000 $66,920 2023
Alongside Families NC$359,076 Executive Director $31,675 $32,611 2023
Southern Alamance Family Empowerment Inc NC$350,382 Executive Director $72,115 $74,245 2023
Family Promise Of Moore County NC$349,773 Executive Director $62,072 $60,472 2025
Emite Inc NC$485,187 Executive Director $59,064 $59,064 2024
Gaston Residential Development Inc NC$329,537 President $19,201 $18,706 2025
Donate Life North Carolina NC$324,314 Executive Dir. $92,829 $92,829 2024
Piedmont Environmental Alliance Inc NC$320,119 Exeutive Director $62,500 $62,500 2024
One Place NC$319,653 President $10,797 $11,116 2023
Christ Cares 4 U Ministries Inc NC$313,388 President $60,000 $60,000 2024
Pineville Neighbors Place NC$506,759 Executive Dir. $70,000 $70,000 2024
Norooz Foundation Inc NC$509,005 President $42,000 $43,241 2023
Strong Life Ministries NC$304,867 Presdent/director $17,800 $18,326 2023
Cape Fear Flying Association Inc NC$517,814 President $34,000 $34,000 2024
Hope Abounds Inc NC$297,741 Vice President $60,000 $60,000 2024
Casa Azul De Wilson NC$296,270 Herrera-picasso $52,000 $53,536 2023
Unete Inc NC$524,543 Executive Director $99,600 $99,600 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default59th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)59th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted62nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Crissy Heath) 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 34 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + NC + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $64,176 is reasonable (approximately the 59th 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.