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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Collective Empowerment Group

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 521888637
MD · NTEE S200
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rev Dr Bobby Manning, Executive Director / CEO ($10,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 63 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Rev Dr Bobby Manning — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

63 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 63 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $162,063 $10,000
$4,43410th
$13,64125th
$34,050Median
$54,92975th
$83,43090th
$10,000This org · 19th
p10$4,434
p25$13,641
p50$34,050
p75$54,929
p90$83,430
$10,000

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 MD 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
Omro Area Community Center Inc WI$99,281 Executive Director $21,713 $23,559 2024
Oakland Renaissance Nmtc Inc CA$99,920 President $145,905 $130,895 2024
Laurel Redevelopment Corporation DE$100,146 Executive Di $75,000 $76,296 2024
Promote Carmel Inc IN$100,190 Officer $48,750 $53,411 2024
Mckinley Park Development Council IL$100,234 Managing Dir. $5,167 $5,278 2024
Osgood Beautification And Main Street De IN$102,008 Treasurer $475 $520 2024
Shreveport Common Inc LA$96,199 Executive Director $60,000 $70,668 2023
Our Village Community Center UT$95,109 President $10,500 $11,495 2023
Quality Life Blueprint NC$93,278 Executive Director $31,154 $33,444 2024
Urbandale Community Action Network IA$106,206 Executive Director $40,357 $47,265 2023
Aberdeen Main Street Inc MS$106,433 Coordinator $17,450 $20,191 2024
Sakan Community Resources Inc MN$91,376 Managing Director $70,475 $72,349 2024
Town Square Inc NY$107,852 Executive Director $30,000 $28,164 2024
Yvonne Perkins Legacy Fund Inc IN$91,002 President And Director $7,923 $8,681 2024
Loving Library AZ$107,908 Ceo $30,000 $29,975 2024
Decatur County Development Corp IA$108,957 Executive Director $45,824 $52,128 2024
Christmas In April St Marys County MD$109,551 Executive Director $54,750 $51,808 2025
Lakewood Seward Park Community WA$111,789 Executive Dire $20,017 $19,169 2023
Eky Heritage Foundation Inc KY$86,871 Executive Director $66,154 $76,022 2023
Nourishing Networks Consortium WA$84,445 Director $10,000 $9,302 2024
Motivated Young Scholars PA$114,532 Youth And Family Services $12,000 $12,433 2024
Theclevelandobserver OH$115,375 Vice President $700 $793 2023
Arise Detroit MI$82,190 Executive Director $78,700 $84,395 2024
Greater Bandon By-the-sea Corp OR$81,792 Executive Director $35,291 $34,050 2024
Center City Development Corporation IN$81,791 Executive Director $7,364 $8,068 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD 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 MD 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (Rev Dr Bobby Manning) 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 63 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,000 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.