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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Community Chest Of Knox Co Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 800004996
TN · NTEE S20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Richard Brittain Jr, Executive Director / CEO ($6,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 317 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 4th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

317 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 317 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$580 total compensation of comparable organizations → $237,292 $6,000
$18,29710th
$45,28325th
$67,014Median
$88,45675th
$117,35290th
$6,000This org · 4th
p10$18,297
p25$45,283
p50$67,014
p75$88,456
p90$117,352
$6,000

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 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
Neighborhood Engagement Hub MI$460,324 Executive Director $77,599 $76,199 2024
Hbcu Cares AL$463,977 Part-year Executive Director $59,500 $61,153 2024
Mt Airy Community Services Corp PA$464,584 President $45,000 $43,953 2023
Riverfront Plaza Garage Management NJ$459,223 President $33,427 $29,231 2023
Castle Hill District Management Association Inc NY$465,000 Executive Director $34,094 $29,309 2024
100 Black Men Greater Mobile Inc AL$458,808 Executive Director $50,995 $52,412 2024
Mobilisation Lab Collective Inc NY$465,600 Officer $23,071 $20,419 2023
Teachers Supporting Teachers IL$465,984 Executive Director $125,189 $117,088 2024
Family First Center Of Lake County IL$466,631 Executive Dir. $84,285 $81,160 2023
Conway Downtown Alive Inc SC$457,137 Executive Director $73,363 $72,812 2024
Wellfleet Preservation Hall Inc MA$456,639 Executive Di $92,000 $78,651 2024
San Ysidro Improvement Corporation CA$456,534 Executive Director $115,074 $97,325 2023
The 516 Project Inc VA$456,330 President $76,650 $70,408 2024
Navigating From Good To Great Foundation SC$454,288 Ceo $20,683 $20,528 2024
Woodhaven District Management NY$454,160 Executive Dir. $65,772 $56,542 2024
Next Step Learning Center Inc CA$453,357 Board President $150,000 $123,224 2024
Fw4k Enterprise Inc FL$452,226 Executive Director $72,000 $64,348 2024
Comunidades Enraizadas Community Land Trust Inc MA$473,492 Executive Director $84,468 $72,212 2024
Catholic Community Relations NY$450,000 Executive Director $276,028 $237,292 2024
Integrative Communities Inc CA$449,798 $72,572 $59,617 2024
Sabana Grande Community And Economic Development PR$447,371 President $66,800 $68,773 2023
Madison Ave - Crossroads Community NJ$446,823 Executive Di $97,183 $82,548 2024
Limitless Community Development SC$477,269 Executive Di $59,216 $58,771 2024
Neighborhood Conservation Services OH$446,181 Exec Dir $59,246 $61,461 2023
Rich Restoring Inner City Hope Inc MD$477,815 Executive Director $125,000 $111,178 2024

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 default4th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)4th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted9th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted4th

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 (Richard Brittain Jr) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 317 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $6,000 is reasonable (approximately the 4th 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 10, 2026.