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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Equasion

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 815350765
OH · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert Harrod, Executive Director / CEO ($26,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Robert Harrod — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$412 total compensation of comparable organizations → $201,707 $26,400
$14,98910th
$36,49825th
$49,621Median
$64,68375th
$94,55390th
$26,400This org · 17th
p10$14,989
p25$36,498
p50$49,621
p75$64,683
p90$94,553
$26,400

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 OH 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
Licking Co Coalition Of Care OH$210,399 Executive Director $51,140 $52,651 2023
To Whom It May Concern OH$203,951 Secretarydirector Prison Reentry $47,840 $47,840 2024
Black Leaders Against Sex Trafficking Inc OH$217,049 President $60,000 $60,000 2024
Destination Canal Winchester OH$202,723 Executive Di $45,000 $46,329 2023
Seven Baskets Community Development Corporation OH$202,529 Executive Director $3,960 $3,858 2025
Bellbrook Sugarcreek Community Support Center OH$218,168 Executive Director $36,000 $35,072 2025
Happen Inc OH$220,770 President $34,674 $35,698 2023
The National Threshers Association OH$197,015 Treasurer $800 $824 2023
Faith For Culture OH$227,574 President $130,619 $130,619 2024
Never Give Up Never Quit OH$230,250 Ceo $100,000 $100,000 2024
Ahead Inc OH$185,500 Executive Director $61,478 $61,478 2024
Southwest India Christian Mission Inc OH$239,515 Missionary $81,836 $81,836 2024
Lancaster-fairfield County Charity Newsies Inc OH$246,080 Secretary $400 $412 2023
Downtown Chillicothe OH$173,376 Program Manager $49,000 $49,000 2024
The Israel Story Inc OH$171,747 President $91,253 $93,948 2023
Juvenile Justice Coalition OH$249,390 Executive Di $85,834 $88,369 2023
Adventures In Truth Ministries OH$249,483 President $48,801 $50,242 2023
Her Academy OH$249,626 Executive Di $207,044 $201,707 2025
Black Child Development Institute Ohio OH$169,105 President $41,750 $42,983 2023
Potters House Ministries Inc OH$167,060 Executive Director $65,167 $65,167 2024
Childrens Lantern Inc OH$166,793 Executive Director $42,956 $44,225 2023
Neighborhood Allies OH$255,099 Presidentceo $54,079 $55,676 2023
Serving Beyond Borders OH$260,473 Presidentexecutive Director $90,600 $90,600 2024
Mid-ohio Board For An OH$267,250 Exec Dir $52,003 $50,663 2025
Getting To We OH$274,928 Ex-officio/d $16,226 $16,226 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted20th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 (Robert Harrod) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + OH + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $26,400 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.