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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Highway City Community Development Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 770459711
CA · NTEE P29
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of April Henry, Executive Director / CEO ($62,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 61 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

61 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 61 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,043 total compensation of comparable organizations → $101,029 $62,500
$19,04710th
$28,14725th
$42,312Median
$60,36975th
$77,10490th
$62,500This org · 79th
p10$19,047
p25$28,147
p50$42,312
p75$60,369
p90$77,104
$62,500

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 CA 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
The Treasure House PA$280,626 Executive Di $50,718 $58,573 2023
Bridging The Gap Together Incorporated OK$289,148 President $35,760 $44,293 2024
Harvest House Inc FL$290,251 Executive Director $62,683 $66,238 2024
Brysonns Closet TN$277,665 President $22,851 $27,018 2024
Dividing Bread Ministry Inc OK$293,737 President $30,600 $39,021 2023
Castle Thrift Store & Health Food Inc CA$275,610 President $41,284 $40,100 2024
Around Again WA$299,555 President $24,010 $23,557 2025
Traded Treasures Thrift Store And WI$305,314 Exec Dir, Pr $83,533 $101,029 2023
Volunteers Serving The Need TX$261,528 Ceo $83,200 $93,617 2024
Bull City Fair Trade NC$255,049 Executive Director $55,089 $64,029 2024
Church Street Ministries Inc OH$317,165 Executive Director $48,000 $58,876 2023
Pray 1 Inc FL$319,897 Vice President $39,300 $42,755 2023
Welcome Home Inc MA$320,776 Executive Di $25,000 $26,017 2023
The Open Door Christian Center SC$247,984 Executive Di $16,231 $19,047 2024
Twice Blessed Inc VT$321,863 Secretary $25,803 $29,214 2024
Capstone Ministries Inc IN$247,501 Parish $28,634 $33,966 2024
Princeton Nearly New Shop Corp NJ$246,648 Trustee $68,464 $70,790 2023
The Fringe Thrift Closet OH$328,067 President $37,500 $44,677 2024
Crafted Collective Inc KS$233,930 Co-executive Director $51,010 $60,390 2025
Caterkids Hawaii HI$229,440 President $26,846 $27,835 2023
Holding Hands Resale Shop MS$340,782 Executive Di $38,271 $49,362 2023
Duxbury Thrift And Consignment Shop Inc MA$342,898 Former Director $27,846 $28,147 2024
Project Redesign Inc TN$225,583 Accountant $10,000 $11,824 2024
Treasure City TX$225,572 President $8,662 $9,746 2024
Treasures In Heaven WA$344,571 President $75,000 $77,762 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (April Henry) 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 61 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P29), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,500 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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.