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Compensation Comparability Determination

Simply The Basics

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 811369151
CA · NTEE P28
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Meghan Freebeck, Executive Director / CEO ($104,638) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 62 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

62 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 62 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,054 total compensation of comparable organizations → $175,743 $104,638
$17,31110th
$44,59525th
$64,326Median
$84,77075th
$104,57790th
$104,638This org · 89th
p10$17,311
p25$44,595
p50$64,326
p75$84,770
p90$104,577
$104,638

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
United Christian Ministries Inc PA$440,856 Secretary/treasurer $14,450 $17,129 2024
Macedonia Family Resource Center I NC$445,984 Executive Di $85,377 $104,865 2024
Yamhill Carlton Together Cares Inc OR$446,053 Executive Dir. $49,985 $55,179 2024
Woodford County Heartline And Heart Hous IL$437,445 Executive Director $54,908 $64,168 2024
Kidz Dreamz Klub NC$449,084 Executive Director $17,082 $21,601 2023
Girard Community Committee Inc OH$434,669 Administrative Director $65,850 $82,907 2024
Grace Mission Inc NE$453,159 General Dire $74,758 $98,404 2023
The Deposit Community Center Inc NY$425,564 New. Executive Director $28,437 $30,545 2024
O'gorman Garden Inc NY$460,899 Head Of Scho $73,500 $81,282 2023
East Bluff Community Center Nfp IL$425,103 Exec Director $17,500 $20,451 2024
The Center IA$462,932 Director $45,799 $59,611 2024
Diaper Train NC$423,201 Exec Directo $52,500 $64,484 2024
East Cleveland Neighborhood Center OH$464,074 Exec Directo $65,000 $84,255 2023
The Community Service Center Of Northern Champaign County Inc IL$464,374 Executive Director $62,118 $72,595 2024
Palmyra Community Center NY$421,460 Member $4,830 $5,054 2025
Regional Engagement Center PA$407,028 President $55,000 $65,198 2024
Dysart Community Center AZ$480,569 Executive Director $68,250 $80,329 2023
Trinity Village Center VA$483,251 Executive Di $70,000 $82,716 2023
Westside Community Center PA$485,544 Executive Di $86,035 $101,988 2024
Maricopa Community Alliance Against AZ$399,475 Director $52,434 $59,943 2024
Hebron Food Pantry Inc MA$395,135 Executive Dir. $41,458 $45,594 2023
Alpine Community Center Inc CA$385,727 Executive Dir. $88,734 $91,082 2024
Mary J Treglia Community House IA$503,066 Executive Director $40,000 $53,600 2023
Zion City Care Center Inc AZ$503,388 Ceo $73,365 $83,872 2024
Coconut Grove Cares Inc FL$381,152 Executive Director $48,788 $54,482 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA cost of living and 2025 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)92nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted92nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted82nd

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 (Meghan Freebeck) 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 62 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P28), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $104,638 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.