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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hale County Meals On Wheels

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 521705453
TX · NTEE P99Z
FY ending 2025-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ashley Mayberry, Executive Director / CEO ($62,813) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 187 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 48th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

187 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 187 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,047 total compensation of comparable organizations → $567,176 $62,813
$19,13210th
$36,39625th
$63,285Median
$82,61475th
$104,38090th
$62,813This org · 48th
p10$19,132
p25$36,396
p50$63,285
p75$82,614
p90$104,380
$62,813

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
Fiel Houston Inc TX$360,472 President $23,400 $24,019 2024
Upstate Carolina Adaptive Golf SC$360,613 Executive Director $68,497 $73,327 2024
Family Advocacy In Champaign County IL$359,272 Executive Director $53,050 $53,518 2024
The Kindness Project PA$361,734 Executive Director $62,810 $66,172 2023
Pennsylvania Furniture Mission PA$356,280 Director $2,940 $3,009 2024
Goodwill East Building Inc LA$356,182 President And Ceo $20,500 $23,163 2024
Amani Project Inc GA$364,340 Ceo $10,000 $10,623 2023
Hope Impacts TX$365,397 Executive Di $61,066 $62,682 2024
Inner City Youth Opportunities OH$365,922 Pres $27,800 $30,215 2024
In Step With Horsesinc OH$369,696 President $16,500 $17,933 2024
His Hands Auto Repair Ministry Inc PA$350,054 Member / Emp $59,644 $61,034 2024
Oregon Representative Payee Program OR$349,233 Executive Director $85,589 $81,561 2024
The Hope Shot Inc FL$371,933 Executive Director $21,892 $21,103 2024
Community Kitchen Of Torrington Inc CT$371,968 Executive Dir. $69,500 $68,842 2023
3hopeful Hearts CO$347,957 Executive Director $40,704 $40,050 2024
Supportive Healthy Initiatives For Tulsa OK$347,950 Ceo $20,300 $23,615 2023
Lifenet Foundation VA$374,374 Board Member $572,453 $567,176 2024
Spirit Of A Hero Foundation TX$376,309 Secretary $21,828 $22,406 2024
Ministry Against The Death Penalty LA$343,734 Director $42,406 $47,915 2024
Gendernexus Inc IN$377,270 Executive Director $67,100 $72,610 2024
Workable Career Trends CA$341,514 Ceo $98,750 $90,084 2023
Hampton Transitional Academy Inc SC$379,061 President $120,538 $129,037 2024
St Francis Food Pantry Inc WI$380,101 Executive Di $63,618 $68,177 2024
United Citizens Coalition Inc FL$380,105 President $53,995 $52,050 2024
Twu Local 100 Widows & Orphans Fund NY$380,217 President $5,715 $5,455 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 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 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 default48th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)52nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted44th

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 (Ashley Mayberry) 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 187 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,813 is reasonable (approximately the 48th 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.