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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Conway Downtown Alive Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 570831098
SC · NTEE S200
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Hillary A Howard, Executive Director / CEO ($73,363) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 317 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 58th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

317 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 317 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$585 total compensation of comparable organizations → $239,087 $73,363
$17,21910th
$44,32525th
$67,212Median
$87,10175th
$118,24090th
$73,363This org · 58th
p10$17,219
p25$44,325
p50$67,212
p75$87,101
p90$118,240
$73,363

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 SC 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
Wellfleet Preservation Hall Inc MA$456,639 Executive Di $92,000 $79,246 2024
San Ysidro Improvement Corporation CA$456,534 Executive Director $115,074 $98,061 2023
The 516 Project Inc VA$456,330 President $76,650 $70,941 2024
100 Black Men Greater Mobile Inc AL$458,808 Executive Director $50,995 $52,808 2024
Riverfront Plaza Garage Management NJ$459,223 President $33,427 $29,453 2023
Navigating From Good To Great Foundation SC$454,288 Ceo $20,683 $20,683 2024
Woodhaven District Management NY$454,160 Executive Dir. $65,772 $56,970 2024
Neighborhood Engagement Hub MI$460,324 Executive Director $77,599 $76,775 2024
Next Step Learning Center Inc CA$453,357 Board President $150,000 $124,156 2024
Community Chest Of Knox Co Inc TN$461,949 President $6,000 $6,045 2024
Fw4k Enterprise Inc FL$452,226 Executive Director $72,000 $64,835 2024
Hbcu Cares AL$463,977 Part-year Executive Director $59,500 $61,616 2024
Catholic Community Relations NY$450,000 Executive Director $276,028 $239,087 2024
Integrative Communities Inc CA$449,798 $72,572 $60,068 2024
Mt Airy Community Services Corp PA$464,584 President $45,000 $44,286 2023
Castle Hill District Management Association Inc NY$465,000 Executive Director $34,094 $29,531 2024
Mobilisation Lab Collective Inc NY$465,600 Officer $23,071 $20,573 2023
Teachers Supporting Teachers IL$465,984 Executive Director $125,189 $117,974 2024
Family First Center Of Lake County IL$466,631 Executive Dir. $84,285 $81,774 2023
Sabana Grande Community And Economic Development PR$447,371 President $66,800 $68,773 2023
Madison Ave - Crossroads Community NJ$446,823 Executive Di $97,183 $83,172 2024
Neighborhood Conservation Services OH$446,181 Exec Dir $59,246 $61,926 2023
Staten Island Immigrant Center NY$445,062 Executive Director $66,167 $57,312 2024
360 Detroit Inc MI$442,089 President $70,004 $69,261 2024
West Virginia Land Stewardship WV$442,083 Executive Director $50,000 $53,426 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default58th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)52nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted62nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted52nd

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 (Hillary A Howard) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 317 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $73,363 is reasonable (approximately the 58th 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 10, 2026.