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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Tennessee Children's Home

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 621826358
TN · NTEE P30
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brian King, Executive Director / CEO ($26,282) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 89 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Brian King — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

89 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 89 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$643 total compensation of comparable organizations → $176,465 $26,282
$10,93910th
$24,89225th
$45,904Median
$59,64275th
$71,69490th
$26,282This org · 26th
p10$10,939
p25$24,892
p50$45,904
p75$59,642
p90$71,694
$26,282

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
134 Collaborative RI$174,661 Executive Director $57,365 $52,330 2023
Crown Heights Youth Collective Inc NY$170,871 Chief Executive Officer $73,720 $63,375 2023
Sam Cac Inc NC$169,969 President/director $81,500 $77,816 2024
Boxes Of Basics VA$181,389 Executive Dir. $25,731 $23,636 2023
Silence Of Mary Home PA$166,323 Executive Director- N/v $40,950 $36,763 2025
Empower Youth OH$165,479 Executive Director $39,513 $38,672 2024
Harbor58 Ministries Inc FL$164,688 Executive Di $28,286 $23,921 2025
Interagency Support Council Of Eastern Williamson County TX$163,630 Executive Director $33,080 $30,577 2024
St Joseph's House Ltd MD$186,424 Executive Director $53,917 $46,579 2024
The Bus Stop Club Inc NY$187,923 Executive Director $43,352 $36,199 2024
Life Skills San Diego CA$188,341 Executive Director $34,500 $27,528 2024
Operation North Pole Inc IL$189,550 President & Ceo $37,390 $33,967 2024
Newton County Family Connection GA$189,783 Executive Di $58,000 $55,481 2023
House Of Hope Ministry Inc MI$191,833 Co-executive Director $33,114 $31,584 2024
Dove Uganda Children's Fund WA$157,535 Exec Director $10,000 $8,517 2023
Memories For Kids NE$193,666 Executive Director $33,400 $33,196 2024
Minnesota Special Hockey Assoc MN$194,134 Program Coor $10,000 $9,131 2024
Shelby County Casagal Program Inc OH$194,565 Director $56,297 $55,099 2024
Above The Clouds Inc MA$196,306 Incoming Exec. Director $78,678 $67,262 2023
Casa Of Mckean County PA$196,709 Executive Director $54,384 $50,115 2024
Life Saver Ministries Inc NY$152,152 Executive Di $31,499 $27,079 2023
Turner 12 TX$197,803 Executive Dir. $91,000 $86,600 2023
St James Lutheran Child Care Minist IN$200,528 Treasurer $5,703 $5,722 2023
Grahamtastic Connection ME$201,115 Executive Director $57,723 $54,988 2023
Gates Of Freedom WA$202,481 Secretary $10,000 $8,517 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted99th

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 (Brian King) 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 89 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $26,282 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.