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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

On Our Own Of Howard County Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 521899771
MD · NTEE F70M
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bryan Johnson, Executive Director / CEO ($52,465) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 624 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 46th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Bryan Johnson — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

624 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 624 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $234,120 $52,465
$15,76410th
$33,07625th
$56,342Median
$78,61975th
$103,13490th
$52,465This org · 46th
p10$15,764
p25$33,076
p50$56,342
p75$78,619
p90$103,134
$52,465

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
Summit County Community OH$255,950 Executive Director $74,630 $90,614 2022
Titus Community Inc TX$255,927 Treasurer & Executive Dire $44,258 $48,753 2023
Center For Early Childhood Connections CA$256,654 Secretary And Co-executive Director $49,038 $46,630 2023
Champions For Children's Mental Health DE$255,744 Executive Director $100,121 $107,957 2023
Pals For Healing OH$256,948 Executive Di $38,500 $43,617 2024
Firecracker Foundation MI$255,487 Co-director $43,776 $49,758 2023
Positive Communication Practices Inc CA$256,977 President $93,460 $88,872 2023
Michiana Biblical Counseling Center Inc IN$254,975 Executive Director $57,015 $64,312 2024
Crossroads Inc OK$257,621 Executive Dir. $65,000 $76,557 2024
Progress House IN$254,750 President/ceo & Board Chair $89,097 $103,469 2023
Amazing Grace Advocacy NC$254,651 Executive Di $69,341 $76,636 2024
Healing Arts Project Inc TN$257,976 Executive Director $48,780 $54,845 2024
Living Scripture Institute PA$254,423 President $13,962 $14,893 2024
Aasf Valley Central Office CA$254,095 Director $75,841 $70,049 2024
Our House Therapy Collective IL$258,445 Executive Director $67,999 $71,506 2024
The Center For Safe And Healthy Children OH$258,669 Executive Director $73,553 $85,790 2023
Pri Counseling Services Inc NC$258,830 Secretary $32,200 $35,588 2024
Schranks Clubhouse CA$253,574 President/ Executive Director $51,447 $48,922 2023
Jackson County Court Service Inc AL$253,351 Exec Director $30,462 $36,241 2023
Angels At Risk CA$259,116 President $138,490 $131,691 2023
Fields Of Grace Ministries Inc GA$253,311 Executive Dir. $9,000 $9,679 2024
Benji Project WA$253,155 Executive Director $65,132 $60,765 2025
Yesh Tikva Inc CA$253,135 Executive Dir. $70,655 $67,186 2023
Hepc Alliance Inc MO$253,053 Executive Director $70,323 $82,022 2023
The Liv Project PA$259,477 Executive Director/ Board Director $2,000 $2,196 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD cost of living and 2024 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 default46th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)49th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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 (Bryan Johnson) 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 624 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,465 is reasonable (approximately the 46th 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.