Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kevin W Bell, Executive Director / CEO ($2,766) against the 2000 closest of 3,870 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 1st percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations
Benchmarked executive: Kevin W Bell — reported title “Vice President”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.
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 CA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmers Ending Hunger | OR | $458,002 | Executive Director | $43,992 | $47,311 | 2024 |
| Centro Esperanza Inc | PR | $457,947 | Executive Director | $6,733 | $6,733 | 2024 |
| Trauma & Resilience Initiative Inc | IL | $457,924 | Executive Dir. | $86,718 | $96,186 | 2025 |
| Domestic Abuse Center | CA | $458,203 | Executive Di | $71,872 | $71,872 | 2024 |
| Lighthouse Ministries Of Canton | OH | $457,609 | Executive Director | $67,692 | $83,030 | 2024 |
| Senior Care Of Orange County Inc | NC | $457,599 | Executive Director | $63,657 | $76,172 | 2024 |
| Kids Are Kids Learning Center Inc | MS | $457,510 | President | $19,500 | $25,894 | 2023 |
| Bethany Community Ministries | PA | $458,595 | Executive Di | $50,000 | $57,744 | 2024 |
| Nagomi Foster Homes | HI | $458,650 | President, Treasurer, Secr | $54,171 | $60,196 | 2022 |
| Literacy Volunteers Of Somerset County | NJ | $458,723 | Executive Director | $88,250 | $88,896 | 2025 |
| Community Working Group | CA | $457,355 | Chief Real Estate Officer | $28,315 | $29,151 | 2023 |
| Goshen Interfaith Hospitality | IN | $457,306 | Executive Director | $73,130 | $89,311 | 2024 |
| Aa Swartz Adoption Attorneys And | MI | $457,230 | President | $28,915 | $34,563 | 2024 |
| Learn Foundation Inc | GA | $458,887 | Project Advisor | $27,596 | $33,083 | 2023 |
| Catalyst San Gabriel Valley Incorporated | CA | $459,052 | Ceo | $50,909 | $52,413 | 2023 |
| Payee Services Inc | WI | $457,007 | President | $2,463 | $2,979 | 2024 |
| Ruth's Gleanings | SC | $459,119 | Executive Director | $72,456 | $87,538 | 2024 |
| Guilford Green Foundation | NC | $459,128 | Executive Di | $92,131 | $113,500 | 2023 |
| Community Child Care Center Of | NY | $459,282 | Executive Director | $67,745 | $70,893 | 2024 |
| North Georgia Programs And Services | GA | $456,747 | Ceo | $54,721 | $65,600 | 2023 |
| Ruth's Refuge Inc | NY | $456,741 | Executive Director | $45,411 | $48,924 | 2023 |
| Bridges Safehouse Inc | TX | $459,379 | Executive Director | $51,104 | $59,201 | 2024 |
| Micronesia Climate Change Alliance Inc | GU | $456,651 | Director Of Adminitrative Affairs | $28,000 | $28,827 | 2023 |
| Franklin County Senior Citizens | AR | $456,639 | Executive Director | $33,636 | $43,785 | 2024 |
| Golden Age Council Inc | CO | $456,624 | Executive Director | $17,275 | $19,749 | 2023 |
Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.
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 CA 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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 1st |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 2nd |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 7th |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 1st |
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.
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
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 13, 2026.