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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Successful Living Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 721523528
AL · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Veronica Mckenzie, Executive Director / CEO ($20,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 94 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 37th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

94 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 94 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$240 total compensation of comparable organizations → $130,435 $20,400
$3,20010th
$7,92525th
$25,430Median
$43,48775th
$61,26390th
$20,400This org · 37th
p10$3,200
p25$7,925
p50$25,430
p75$43,487
p90$61,263
$20,400

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 AL 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
Indian American Impact Project DC$60,623 Former Executive Director $29,829 $24,229 2024
Lights 4 Hope Inc FL$62,011 President, Treasurer, Director $4,937 $4,420 2023
Rainbow Wellness Collective Inc MN$59,260 Executive Dir. $25,962 $23,746 2024
Neighbor 2 Neighbor TN$59,224 Executive Di $70,521 $66,846 2025
Dark Horse Futures Foundation NC$59,210 Incorporator $3,000 $2,869 2024
The Bridge Of Central Massachusetts MA$59,173 President & Ceo $29,151 $24,964 2023
Orlando Police Foundation Inc FL$59,146 Executive Director $26,073 $22,672 2024
Pandemic Patients SC$62,724 President $26,000 $25,107 2024
Neighbors Who Care Inc MA$58,913 Secretary & Executive Dire $2,000 $1,713 2023
Nigerian Center Inc DC$63,152 Executive Director $4,750 $3,972 2023
Npx Charitable Inc CA$63,502 President $10,000 $8,229 2023
The Carolinas Foundation For Hospice And NC$58,047 Executive Director $27,901 $27,473 2023
The Abbey Inc CO$57,930 Secr/exec Dir $25,200 $21,790 2025
Htedc Arts And Education Association AZ$57,667 Chief Executive Officer $400 $367 2023
Northeast Minneapolis Lions Community MN$64,518 Gambling Manager $42,813 $39,158 2024
United Way Of North Central Arkansas AR$64,594 Executive Director $36,540 $38,018 2024
Spiritual United Nations IL$64,644 President $9,360 $8,518 2024
Vida Spiritual Learning Center Inc CA$64,776 Spiritual Director $44,808 $35,815 2024
Wellness Works Inc AK$65,228 President $7,364 $6,517 2024
Loaves & Fishes Warming Center NY$56,416 Vice President / Director Of Operations $30,417 $26,193 2023
Mohonk Education & Neuropsychological Foundation Inc CT$65,483 Executive Director $17,917 $15,550 2024
New Each Morning OR$56,206 Executive Di $8,800 $7,564 2024
Infinity Equine Therapy Inc NJ$65,726 Secretary $3,200 $2,645 2024
Highlawn Community Alliance Inc WV$56,000 Former Executive Director 7/23-3/24 $38,667 $38,753 2024
Rising Above Bakery Inc NJ$55,927 President $67,750 $55,992 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default37th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)36th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Veronica Mckenzie) 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 94 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,400 is reasonable (approximately the 37th 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.