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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

South Carolina Witness Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 814838208
SC · NTEE E70
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jacqueline Talley, Executive Director / CEO ($37,543) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 239 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 57th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

239 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 239 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$439 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,651,405 $37,543
$5,76010th
$15,43925th
$32,249Median
$56,87875th
$91,45590th
$37,543This org · 57th
p10$5,760
p25$15,439
p50$32,249
p75$56,878
p90$91,455
$37,543

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
Spirits For Smiles Inc IN$93,421 Director, Patient Coordinator $666 $712 2023
Hunters Point Biomonitoring Foundation Inc CA$93,516 Ceo Pi Secretary $36,500 $31,011 2024
Schc Wbc Prop Corp CA$93,588 Chief Executive Officer $72,331 $63,268 2023
Rivers Health Foundation WV$93,937 President & Ceo Mhn $168,499 $179,505 2024
Tennessee Health Information NC$92,894 Exec Directo $23,918 $25,034 2023
The Gaston & Porter Health DC$94,108 President $542 $468 2024
The Whole Person Foundation MO$92,427 Ceo/cfo (Thru 04/2024) $27,851 $29,024 2024
Colorado Dental Association Foundation CO$92,158 President $19,332 $17,769 2025
First Step Foundation FL$91,823 President $7,732 $7,147 2024
Healthways CA$95,133 Executive Director $37,426 $34,078 2022
Christian H Buhl Legacy Trust PA$95,171 Executive Director & Cfo $23,315 $22,877 2024
Patty Brisben Foundation For Women's Sexual Health OH$95,252 Executive Director $34,375 $35,823 2024
Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc GA$91,427 Ceo/presiden $39,076 $38,658 2024
Southcoast Health Ambassadors Inc MA$95,485 Trustee $3,997 $3,534 2024
Greater Rome Affiliates Inc NY$95,576 Ceo $12,528 $11,138 2024
Advocates For The Disabled NY$91,008 Executive Director $38,557 $34,280 2024
Crippled Childrens Relief Association CA$96,049 Treasurer $6,000 $5,098 2024
Wheatland Emergency Medical Service IA$96,686 President $488 $512 2025
Wyoming County Community Health Fou PA$90,142 Executive Director $44,929 $44,084 2024
Jcahpo Education And Research Foundation MN$96,793 Secretary/ceo $29,406 $28,589 2024
Bayhealth Cancer Institute DE$89,939 Interim President $69,078 $66,550 2024
Pivotal Health & Wellness Inc KS$89,848 President $58,500 $64,019 2023
Lakeshore Medical Training Program Inc IN$89,600 Program Director $10,605 $11,004 2024
Be Healthy Inc FL$97,263 President $61,800 $57,122 2024
Family Health West Foundation CO$98,173 Lvha President/ceo $47,683 $44,987 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 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 default57th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Jacqueline Talley) 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 239 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (E), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $37,543 is reasonable (approximately the 57th 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.