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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Common Grounds Community Development Corp

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 760789910
FL · NTEE B122
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kelly Olive, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Kelly Olive — reported title “treasurer”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,222 total compensation of comparable organizations → $167,382 $12,000
$9,90410th
$16,87725th
$41,959Median
$54,69275th
$61,84890th
$12,000This org · 19th
p10$9,904
p25$16,877
p50$41,959
p75$54,692
p90$61,848
$12,000

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 FL 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
Alexandria Education Foundation MN$133,805 Executive Dir. $46,960 $46,740 2025
Franklin Education Association MA$133,990 President $8,500 $7,694 2025
Preston Brown Foundation FL$136,155 Executive Di $52,000 $50,508 2024
Community Choice Credit Union IA$112,571 Non-voting Board Member $63,980 $72,431 2024
Yakima Schools Foundation WA$140,137 Executive Dir. $50,233 $46,501 2024
League Of Idaho Cities Inc ID$110,582 Executive Director $45,944 $50,534 2024
Mission Starfish Haiti IA$106,507 Director $36,000 $41,959 2023
Friends Of Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy TX$146,358 Key Employee $16,750 $16,877 2025
Comprehensive Action Model For NY$99,095 President $11,685 $11,240 2023
Shippensburg Area School District PA$156,958 Executive Di $55,385 $58,793 2023
Seven Dreams Education Foundation MN$94,983 Exec Drctr-p $27,297 $27,169 2025
Psesd Learning Communities WA$94,732 Executive Di $66,813 $61,848 2024
Foundation For Culinary Arts IL$158,050 Executive Director $164,667 $167,382 2024
Get Cooking Incorporated FL$160,555 President $35,000 $33,996 2024
Latino Educational Equity TX$160,864 Founder $54,000 $55,851 2024
Ninos Del Sol Inc NY$166,747 Director $10,600 $9,904 2024
Camden Schools Foundation NJ$173,544 Vice President $16,500 $15,232 2024
Cape Henlopen Educational Fund DE$182,706 Admin Manage $24,578 $24,242 2025
Raymond Schools Foundation WA$182,859 Secretary/treas $2,400 $2,222 2024
Heights Schools Foundation OH$186,278 Executive Di $26,085 $29,410 2023
Jonas Realty Corp MA$186,388 Vice President $57,176 $54,692 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted33rd
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:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Kelly Olive) 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 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.