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Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 474829697
SC · NTEE I40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ed Troha, Executive Director / CEO ($85,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 40 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: Ed Troha — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

40 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 40 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$402 total compensation of comparable organizations → $124,544 $85,000
$7,14610th
$24,44725th
$47,442Median
$64,99975th
$81,32590th
$85,000This org · 90th
p10$7,146
p25$24,447
p50$47,442
p75$64,999
p90$81,325
$85,000

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 SC 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
Battered But Not Broken SC$245,008 Executive Director And Founde $50,485 $50,485 2023
Women Of Hope Inc OH$245,629 Executive Director $62,500 $63,453 2023
Made New Foundation Inc CA$246,584 Executive Director $16,500 $13,266 2024
Ronnies House CA$230,126 Executive Director $500 $402 2024
Treatment Court Foundation Of Sweetwater County WY$250,657 Coordinator $55,750 $57,224 2023
Inside Out Network Inc AZ$225,997 President And Executive Director $89,165 $79,839 2024
Made Transitional Services NY$255,204 Executive Dir. $30,327 $27,345 2022
The Help MO$220,300 President $97,812 $96,455 2024
The Rise Partnership Inc NY$220,000 Director/president $68,554 $59,379 2023
On My Grind Reentry Services Inc CA$218,608 President & Ceo $7,360 $6,092 2023
Haiti Prison And Rehabilitation Ministry TX$218,379 Chairman $9,150 $8,521 2024
Sustainable Alamance NC$215,496 Director $50,000 $48,102 2024
New Life Mission Inn - Missouri MO$212,605 Executive Di $36,193 $36,745 2023
Greater Falls Community Justice Center VT$212,483 Executive Director $49,920 $46,781 2024
Reaching Out From Within Inc KS$209,688 Executive Director $68,125 $70,547 2023
Getpaid Inc PA$204,940 Executive Vice President $45,523 $42,267 2024
Black Liberation Fund SC$203,633 President $120,000 $116,557 2024
The Four-seven Inc OH$280,797 Executive Director $73,392 $72,373 2024
Ekolu Mea Nui HI$198,570 President $23,444 $20,120 2023
A Safe Space Of St Charles LA$289,384 Executive Director $26,004 $26,660 2024
Unlock Tomorrow CA$292,428 President $48,560 $39,041 2024
North Alabama Court Referral AL$301,657 Exec Dir $123,820 $124,544 2024
Bethany House Ministries Inc MA$175,854 President $60,000 $50,200 2024
R-3 Restorations KY$303,947 Executive Di $77,809 $80,130 2023
Released FL$307,763 Executive Director $20,142 $17,163 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

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 (Ed Troha) 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 40 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $85,000 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.