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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

United Way Of Southeast Georgia

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 581427518
GA · NTEE T70Z
FY ending 2024-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carey Cassedy, Executive Director / CEO ($55,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 118 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 51st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

118 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 118 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$20 total compensation of comparable organizations → $160,539 $55,200
$14,56410th
$38,46525th
$53,854Median
$72,11675th
$86,17590th
$55,200This org · 51st
p10$14,564
p25$38,465
p50$53,854
p75$72,116
p90$86,175
$55,200

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 GA 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
United Way Of Danville-pittsylvania VA$362,518 President/ceo $73,847 $69,085 2025
Burlington County Farm Fair Inc NJ$356,297 Manager $12,000 $10,656 2024
Sanctuary In The Ordinary MO$353,515 Executive Director $82,209 $86,597 2024
Earthshare Chapters Inc DC$352,363 Ceo $45,046 $39,314 2024
United Way Of Corinth And Alcorn MS$366,629 Executive Di $72,000 $82,109 2023
United Way Of Wilkes County Inc NC$367,727 Secretary $55,900 $57,445 2024
United Way Of Yuma County Inc AZ$370,731 President And Ceo $75,589 $72,299 2024
Association For Benevolent Care Inc OH$373,732 Executive Director $18 $20 2023
Corona Norco United Way CA$377,249 Chief Executive Officer $105,960 $90,998 2024
United Way Of Maury County Inc TN$378,346 Exec Director $49,468 $51,714 2024
United Way Of The Flint Hills Inc KS$379,032 Executive Di $68,959 $76,281 2023
United Way Of Eastern La Salle County IL$338,512 Executive Dir. $62,400 $59,440 2025
Branch County United Way Inc MI$334,091 Executive Di $49,855 $51,178 2024
Uwgr Holding Company Inc NY$384,924 President & Ceo $55,237 $48,362 2025
United Way Of Grays Harbor WA$332,853 Executive Director $79,600 $72,971 2023
Jewish Community Center And Federation GA$332,699 Executive Director $38,462 $38,462 2024
United Way Of Mcpherson County Inc KS$332,669 Executive Director $39,849 $42,816 2024
Northwest Montana United Way Inc MT$332,083 Executive Director $29,600 $32,670 2023
United Way Of Carlton County Inc MN$331,291 Executive Director $40,250 $40,723 2023
United Way Of Lincoln County NC$388,180 Executive Director $65,015 $66,811 2024
United Way Of Lawrence County PA$389,138 Executive Director $82,598 $81,920 2024
Perry County Community Health Task Force MO$328,753 Director $50,688 $53,394 2024
United Way Of Pekin IL$328,737 Executive Dir. $50,310 $47,923 2025
United Community Services For Working Families PA$390,913 Executive Director $65,832 $65,292 2024
United Way Of 1000 Lakes MN$326,308 Executive Director $63,093 $63,835 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default51st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted55th
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 (Carey Cassedy) 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 118 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $55,200 is reasonable (approximately the 51st 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.