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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Carroll County Casa Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 582405072
GA · NTEE R200
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Paula Rodenberry, Executive Director / CEO ($63,840) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 59 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Paula Rodenberry — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

59 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 59 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,687 total compensation of comparable organizations → $133,050 $63,840
$22,86110th
$38,36725th
$62,711Median
$76,64275th
$102,04890th
$63,840This org · 53rd
p10$22,861
p25$38,367
p50$62,711
p75$76,642
p90$102,048
$63,840

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
Muslim American Leadership Alliance IL$246,473 Chairperson $75,617 $75,891 2024
Sampson County Child Advocacy NC$246,315 Executive Di $52,670 $55,558 2024
Cair National Legal Defense Fund Inc DC$249,901 Director/secretary $25,927 $23,226 2024
Central Georgia Casa Inc GA$253,174 Executive Di $70,000 $70,000 2025
Casa Of Southwest Georgia Inc GA$254,994 Executive Di $54,288 $57,370 2023
Casa Of Southern Illinois Inc IL$240,246 Executive Dir. $67,056 $65,564 2025
Muslim Justice League MA$256,525 Executive Director $87,374 $78,087 2025
Loud And Proud MI$238,733 Executive Director $20,313 $21,403 2024
Casa Partners 4nmkids Inc NM$256,941 Executive Director $45,000 $49,410 2024
Strategic Advocacy For Human Rights Inc CA$261,338 Co-executive Director $33,723 $30,606 2023
Rappahannock Casa Inc VA$233,323 Executive Director $62,658 $63,586 2023
Fw Black Collective WA$232,327 Executive Director $70,758 $64,671 2024
Massachusetts Casa Association MA$231,759 Executive Director $106,716 $100,789 2023
Court Appointed Special Advocate Of CA$264,947 Former Executive Director $76,923 $67,809 2024
Moveon Education Fund OR$265,211 Executive Director $7,769 $7,366 2024
People Engaged In Active Community Efforts Inc FL$230,087 Lead Organizer $60,000 $59,241 2023
Casa - 15th Judicial Circuit IL$266,550 Executive Director $71,250 $71,508 2024
The Buffalo Trace Casa Program Inc KY$268,498 Executive Dir. $72,431 $77,393 2025
Palm Beach Fellowship Of Christians And FL$270,435 Executive Director $78,350 $75,139 2024
Casa Of North Arkansas AR$221,089 Executive Director $25,831 $28,877 2025
Casa Of Midwest Kentucky Inc KY$220,428 Executive Di $59,788 $63,884 2025
Eddy County Casa Auxiliary NM$218,495 Executive Di $56,333 $61,853 2024
The Diverse Future Foundation Inc NY$215,800 Director $40,000 $37,989 2023
Cofa Alliance National Network OR$213,286 Board Member $15,544 $15,172 2023
American Liberties Institute Inc FL$211,598 President $127,748 $131,303 2022

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA cost of living and 2025 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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted49th

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 (Paula Rodenberry) 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 59 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $63,840 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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.