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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Westside Community Center Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 570962032
SC · NTEE P28
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Beatrice Thompson, Executive Director / CEO ($27,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,211 total compensation of comparable organizations → $64,847 $27,000
$8,23210th
$15,80025th
$40,746Median
$47,81075th
$52,75090th
$27,000This org · 42nd
p10$8,232
p25$15,800
p50$40,746
p75$47,810
p90$52,750
$27,000

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 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
Western Montana Gay And Lesbian MT$172,396 Executive Director $41,503 $42,883 2023
Brookhaven Outreach Ministries MS$154,346 President $15,700 $16,761 2023
Peer Recovery Connection Inc VA$174,081 Executive Director $45,325 $40,746 2024
Bronx Bethany Community Corporation NY$149,250 Chief Operating Officer $55,008 $47,646 2023
Life Challenge Of Michigan Inc MI$181,043 Executive Director $9,000 $8,649 2024
Peace Valley Foundation Inc MA$143,268 Executive Director $58,561 $50,443 2023
Redeemer Center For Life Inc MN$185,002 Cfo $11,250 $10,350 2024
North Spencer Community Action IN$187,118 Manager $48,860 $47,973 2024
Borrego Springs Community Resource CA$208,120 Treasurer $1,546 $1,211 2025
The Highland Center VA$212,829 Executive Director $66,968 $61,980 2023
Trinity Restoration Inc RI$218,086 Executive Director $16,620 $14,838 2024
Love In The Name Of Christ Of Clackamas County Oregon OR$225,056 Executive Director $75,000 $64,847 2024
Cherokee County Family Resource Ctr AL$226,294 Administrator $49,380 $49,668 2024
Crested Butte Film Festival CO$236,685 Executive Directo $48,333 $44,424 2023
Masaryktown Community Center Inc FL$236,862 Secretary $20,768 $18,701 2023
Christlife Inc NY$236,935 President $7,800 $6,562 2024
Macon County Heritage Center NC$237,870 Executive Director $49,038 $47,175 2024
Castaways Thrift Co NC$238,574 Executive Director - Store Manager $34,824 $32,638 2025
Monroe Street Neighborhood Center OH$240,704 Interim Executive Director (June-october) $27,325 $26,946 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)37th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted42nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Dr Beatrice Thompson) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P28), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $27,000 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.