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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Core Essentials Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 582433196
GA · NTEE B99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Reggie Joiner, Executive Director / CEO ($143,106) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 297 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 97th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

How comparable organizations were selected

297 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 297 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$183 total compensation of comparable organizations → $268,878 $143,106
$12,56810th
$29,02725th
$47,260Median
$69,65075th
$94,70890th
$143,106This org · 97th
p10$12,568
p25$29,027
p50$47,260
p75$69,650
p90$94,708
$143,106

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.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Millennium Research IncTX $207,758$15,919 990
Wisconsin Pharmacy Foundation IncWI $207,784$35,936 990
Logos Homeschool Academy IncFL $207,287$18,529 990
Impact PlayersWA $208,109$211,759 990
Off-grid RetreatsCA $208,253$23,895 990
Stories On StageCO $207,046$64,376 990
Religious Coalition For A Nonviolent Durham IncNC $207,000$39,726 990
Continuing Professional EducationNJ $206,413$44,421 990
Ascension 33 IncFL $208,942$48,533 990
E3 Educate Empower ElevateSC $206,364$49,743 990
We Are Moving The Needle IncCT $206,034$55,816 990
Whittier Friends SchoolCA $209,474$14,119 990
Triangle Bikeworks IncNC $205,262$33,937 990
Annunciation AustinTX $205,036$46,485 990
Boosted DiplomasNV $204,559$67,484 990
Central Pennsylvania July 4th IncPA $211,052$37,570 990
Groundworks New MexicoNM $211,520$123,855 990
Carefirst Community Health ServicesMI $211,704$84,345 990
The Learning Center Of Key West IncFL $211,729$56,058 990
Women Leading Kentucky IncKY $203,065$49,518 990
High Way Education IncNY $202,698$40,308 990
Alaska Prehospital Education Consortium IncAK $202,369$21,380 990
Faa Child Development CenterDC $214,087$23,966 990
Ukrainian School Of KnowledgeOR $200,613$29,065 990
Alabama Afl-cio Labor Institute ForAL $214,965$42,521 990

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 default97th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)97th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted96th

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 (Reggie Joiner) 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 297 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $143,106 is reasonable (approximately the 97th 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). 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.