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Compensation Comparability Determination

First Tennessee Human Resource Agency

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 620928394
TN · NTEE P200
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jason Cody, Executive Director / CEO ($122,144) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 197 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jason Cody — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

197 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 197 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,024 total compensation of comparable organizations → $655,843 $122,144
$103,31810th
$127,64025th
$166,859Median
$219,50075th
$305,33790th
$122,144This org · 23rd
p10$103,318
p25$127,640
p50$166,859
p75$219,500
p90$305,337
$122,144

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 TN 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
Impact Nw OR$16,287,493 Executive Director $176,127 $160,200 2023
Scott Carver Dakota Cap Agency Inc MN$16,178,086 Executive Director $144,302 $135,650 2024
Kids' Meals Inc TX$16,380,763 Ceo $232,184 $220,957 2024
Daniel Boone Community Action Agency KY$16,090,603 Executive Director $113,390 $115,896 2024
Moore Impact Inc CO$16,505,944 President $239,356 $218,347 2024
🔒 192 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)21st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted15th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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:

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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.