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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chains Of Grace Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 474859287
TX · NTEE I43
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rick Davis, Executive Director / CEO ($56,700) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 81 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 74th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

81 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 81 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,828 total compensation of comparable organizations → $182,000 $56,700
$11,62010th
$19,74525th
$39,462Median
$58,80575th
$91,25790th
$56,700This org · 74th
p10$11,620
p25$19,745
p50$39,462
p75$58,805
p90$91,257
$56,700

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 TX 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
The Innocent Lives Foundation PA$115,232 Coo $115,910 $109,346 2025
Failsafe-era Inc VA$115,465 President/ceo $6,000 $5,791 2023
Taking Action For Good TN$115,785 Founder & Ceo $150,000 $164,084 2022
Court Watch Nola LA$114,762 Executive Director $82,901 $91,257 2023
Life After Justice IL$113,155 Executive Director $77,184 $73,681 2024
Nofires Inc MA$113,064 Executive Di $54,600 $47,642 2024
Spf-iimc IL$112,649 President/ceo $30,975 $30,443 2023
Parents Against Child Sex Abuse IL$111,911 Executive Director $25,566 $24,406 2024
Arkansas Policy Foundation AR$118,975 Executive Direc $96,056 $104,841 2024
Easterseals Housing Solutions Inc MT$111,085 President/ce $16,543 $17,315 2024
Morgantown Area Youth Services Project WV$120,319 Exec Director $37,765 $40,877 2023
Alliance For Higher Education CO$122,429 Executive Di $22,349 $20,809 2024
The National Foundation To End CO$122,441 Ceo $138,598 $129,046 2024
Clarinda Youth Corporation IA$108,216 President $3,600 $3,828 2024
Nevada Peace Officer Association NV$107,204 President $9,600 $9,344 2024
Pathways For Change Inc FL$106,135 Executive Director $22,237 $20,284 2024
Apoyo Legal Al Emprendimiento Comunitario Inc PR$106,009 Director $32,000 $32,000 2023
Citizens For Community Justice Inc IN$103,218 Executive Director $50,000 $51,200 2024
Midland Kids First MI$128,391 President & $50,667 $52,281 2023
Sixth Judicial Court Casagal Program Inc MT$128,567 Exec. Director $28,596 $30,815 2023
Minnesota Freedom Fund Action MN$101,127 Director Programs Operatio $12,406 $11,903 2024
Legal Accountability Project DC$129,621 President $79,720 $67,929 2024
The National Legal Foundation VA$129,741 President And Director $87,598 $80,011 2025
Finequity Inc NY$100,802 Executive Director $116,040 $101,817 2024
Bayberry Courts Inc RI$100,704 President $52,490 $50,316 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default74th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)74th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted58th

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 (Rick Davis) 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 81 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (I), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,700 is reasonable (approximately the 74th 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.