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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mount Zion Community Development Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 562018982
NC · NTEE L80
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Belinda Grant, Executive Director / CEO ($72,334) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 60 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: Belinda Grant — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

60 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 60 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,018 total compensation of comparable organizations → $166,567 $72,334
$11,61210th
$19,30025th
$31,249Median
$52,92075th
$66,09490th
$72,334This org · 90th
p10$11,612
p25$19,300
p50$31,249
p75$52,920
p90$66,094
$72,334

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 NC 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
Trans Housing Coalition Inc GA$156,187 Executive Dir. $89,470 $89,636 2023
Mid-peninsula Murphy's Inc CA$157,402 Cfo / Assistant Secretary $77,467 $64,739 2024
Fox Township Manor Inc PA$158,421 Director $34,650 $33,442 2024
Cannelton & Neighbors Development Inc IN$158,750 Executive Director $13,950 $14,237 2024
Wisconsin Rapids Figure Skating Club Inc WI$150,751 Program Director $2,075 $2,044 2025
Housing Continuum Inc IL$160,761 Executive Director $30,156 $29,540 2023
Prairie Haven Inc IA$162,717 Top Management Official $19,545 $21,323 2023
Narragansett Affordable Housing Inc RI$163,584 President $37,500 $33,903 2025
The Rise Center OH$165,354 President/ceo $76,379 $78,293 2024
Oak Hill Apartments CA$144,861 Secretary/treasurer $39,437 $32,958 2024
Ebsv Community Development Inc CA$143,735 President & Ceo $28,109 $24,184 2023
Dh Inc OR$170,222 President $15,031 $13,908 2023
Newburyport Affordable MA$140,347 Executive Director $18,309 $15,923 2024
Strategic Community Investments AR$172,088 Exec Dir/sec $22,377 $25,062 2023
Lexington Senior Center Inc MO$138,378 Executive Di $58,000 $59,453 2024
Stanton Accessible Apartments CA$138,256 Ceo $61,000 $52,484 2023
Ocl Properties Xiii Inc NY$136,186 Chief Financial Officer $73,290 $64,095 2024
Ascendant Neighborhood Development NY$135,879 Executive Dir/ President $185,000 $166,567 2023
Abigail's Place TX$177,282 Executive Director $48,000 $46,469 2024
Wentworth Corporation RI$131,813 President $52,490 $50,150 2023
Lotus Care House MO$179,774 Executive Director $77,885 $82,195 2023
His Daughters House CA$180,015 Ceo $20,097 $17,292 2023
Cmrs Iv Inc NH$181,273 President & Ceo $32,010 $28,605 2024
Mp Mezes Inc CA$181,422 Cfo/assistant Secretary $59,660 $51,330 2023
Asi - Anoka County Inc MN$127,371 President/tr $68,006 $63,358 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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)87th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted92nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Belinda Grant) 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 60 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,334 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.