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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

New Light Community Resource Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 800550210
SC · NTEE I21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Wendy Jones, Executive Director / CEO ($18,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 47 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 2nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

47 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 47 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$12,550 total compensation of comparable organizations → $162,087 $18,500
$32,29910th
$53,57025th
$73,167Median
$89,61975th
$99,01890th
$18,500This org · 2nd
p10$32,299
p25$53,570
p50$73,167
p75$89,619
p90$99,018
$18,500

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 SC 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
Tri-agency Intervention Inc KS$494,131 Executive Director $89,273 $95,178 2023
East Baton Rouge Truancy LA$483,761 Executive Di $89,800 $94,783 2024
Brother Carl Hardrick Institute For CT$473,644 President $103,968 $93,441 2024
Calvary Community Outreach Network MO$472,490 Executive Director/ceo $26,601 $27,007 2024
Dupage County Area Project Inc IL$508,763 Executive Director $79,982 $75,372 2024
Save Our Youth CA$510,572 Executive Director $94,507 $80,534 2023
Hollywood Police Activities League CA$522,167 Executive Di $117,381 $97,157 2024
Court Appointed Special Advocates CA$449,269 Executive Director $76,387 $65,093 2023
Mustard Seed Project NC$448,990 President $32,000 $31,694 2024
Children's Advocacy Center Of The First TN$531,335 Executive Director $57,060 $56,010 2025
Restoration Outreach Programs CO$531,686 Executive Director $76,880 $72,750 2023
South Central Indiana Community Resources Inc IN$533,148 President Executive Director $26,264 $26,549 2024
Three Sisters Gardens NV$442,200 Ceo $104,000 $99,926 2024
Restoration Generation Inc SD$543,514 President $138,901 $146,942 2024
Keene Housing Kids Collaborative NH$548,684 Executive Director $86,648 $76,691 2024
Police And Kids Foundation Inc FL$427,255 President $90,000 $83,437 2023
Urbanpromise Honduras Inc TN$424,978 Executive Director $76,563 $79,421 2023
The Bridge Ministry Center MI$424,808 Executive Di $87,829 $89,463 2023
Girls On The Run Michiana IN$554,689 Executive Director $72,382 $73,167 2024
Youth Odyssey Inc TX$560,374 Executive Director $60,000 $57,531 2024
Atwood Elder Housing Inc MA$416,558 President/treasurer $14,570 $12,550 2024
Books Over Balls IL$405,059 Chief Executive Office $59,020 $57,261 2023
Thaise Educational & Exposure Tours Inc FL$574,843 Ceo/exec Dir $180,000 $162,087 2024
Unmask Youth Program PA$402,893 Founder/board Member $100,000 $98,413 2023
Restorative Justice Partners Inc CA$399,233 Executive Director $85,365 $68,836 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default2nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)2nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted2nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Wendy Jones) 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 47 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $18,500 is reasonable (approximately the 2nd 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.