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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Communitycare Of Lyme

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472388800
NH · NTEE S20
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Fauve Dela Cruz, Executive Director / CEO ($19,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 318 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 10th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Fauve Dela Cruz — reported title “Executive Director (former)”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

318 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 318 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$679 total compensation of comparable organizations → $277,275 $19,200
$19,65510th
$45,68625th
$73,303Median
$94,22075th
$128,01090th
$19,200This org · 10th
p10$19,655
p25$45,686
p50$73,303
p75$94,220
p90$128,010
$19,200

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 NH 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
Main Street Oregon City OR$384,442 Executive Director $68,557 $70,774 2024
Kingsbridge Riverdale Van Cortland Development Co NY$384,653 Executive Director $37,668 $38,956 2023
Mobu Enterprises Foundation Corp GA$383,520 Operations Manager $2,000 $2,302 2023
The Michigan Environmental Council MI$383,497 Former Presi $63,775 $73,176 2024
Renew Moline Inc IL$385,922 Executive Director $132,242 $144,525 2024
Flatland Productions Inc TX$386,794 Vp/secretary $112,800 $129,138 2023
Focused Outreach Richmond Inc VA$381,351 Executive Dir. $67,500 $72,451 2024
Vp Community Impact Foundation MO$387,402 Director $139,313 $168,873 2023
Bison Boosters Club Of Milnor Nd ND$387,613 President $540 $679 2023
79th Street Corridor Neighborhood Initiave Inc FL$380,551 Executive Director $51,054 $53,316 2024
Vancouvers Downtown Association WA$387,829 Executive Director $90,000 $92,220 2023
West Brighton Community NY$388,047 Executive Di $80,000 $80,362 2024
East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District PA$379,868 Executive Director $31,731 $35,177 2024
San Antonio Fighting Back Inc TX$389,892 President/di $17,344 $19,856 2023
Groundwork Bridgeport Inc CT$377,786 President And Ceo $146,150 $152,332 2024
Durham Central Park NC$377,564 Executive Dir. $86,377 $99,215 2024
Carpenters For Hope Charitable MA$390,948 President $131,734 $135,482 2023
Centro Nueva Creacion PA$391,102 Director $45,040 $51,405 2023
First African Community Development Corporation GA$376,657 Executive Director $70,000 $78,242 2024
Seedleaf Inc KY$392,362 Executive Director $65,000 $77,631 2024
Southern Palmetto Foundation SC$392,774 President And Ceo $79,281 $91,944 2024
Rebuild Johnston Square Neighborhood MD$373,940 Executive Dir. $75,000 $77,946 2024
Renewall Inc WV$396,012 Executive Dir. $42,700 $52,913 2023
Friends Of Finland And Community MN$396,245 Executive Director $38,628 $42,430 2024
The Tatanka Funds Incorporated SD$396,706 Executive Director (Thru July 24) $69,954 $85,824 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NH cost of living and 2025 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 NH 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 default10th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)10th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted13th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted9th

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 (Fauve Dela Cruz) 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 318 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,200 is reasonable (approximately the 10th 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.