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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

525 Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 821309846
IN · NTEE F21
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rebecca Savage, Executive Director / CEO ($61,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 51 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 59th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

51 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 51 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,866 total compensation of comparable organizations → $113,399 $61,000
$22,30910th
$36,59025th
$54,827Median
$71,86975th
$96,86790th
$61,000This org · 59th
p10$22,309
p25$36,590
p50$54,827
p75$71,869
p90$96,867
$61,000

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 IN 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
The Peggie And Paul Shevlin Family PA$292,653 Executive Di $71,859 $66,003 2024
The Pier Foundation GA$282,695 Vice Chairma $68,296 $63,250 2024
Massac County Drug Awareness C IL$316,847 Program Dir $52,821 $47,830 2024
The Shepherds Fold Ministry Inc AR$276,142 Exec Director $56,012 $59,703 2023
Lets Be Clear Georgia Inc GA$274,503 Executive Dir. $27,616 $25,576 2024
Favor Western Pennsylvania PA$320,914 Executive Di $18,144 $17,158 2023
Coalition For Youth Drug Abuse AZ$322,094 President $52,000 $47,422 2023
Family Alliance Of Paulding Inc GA$323,600 Executive Director $39,186 $38,895 2022
Phillips County Coalition For Healthy MT$323,786 Executive Director $21,825 $22,309 2023
Lifeline-connect Inc IL$268,033 Exec Dir $12,000 $10,866 2024
Recovery Community Network Inc MN$330,973 Director $58,240 $54,570 2023
Influence Foundation Inc VT$333,588 President & Executive Director $115,315 $110,063 2023
Educational Alternatives OK$259,532 Executive Director $86,056 $87,279 2024
Angels At Risk CA$259,116 President $138,490 $113,399 2023
Come To Him Ministries CA$336,946 President $59,998 $47,719 2024
Travis House Inc CO$338,784 Executive Dir. $30,000 $26,495 2024
Project White Butterfly OH$342,179 Executive Dir. $14,648 $14,290 2024
Overton County Anti-drug Coalition Inc TN$344,408 Director $100,053 $96,867 2024
Cmc Initiative Inc GA$248,403 Executive Dir. $83,000 $76,867 2024
Christine Ortoll Recovery FL$346,095 Director/pro $81,555 $75,630 2022
Marin Healthy Youth Partnerships CA$347,416 President $91,345 $70,777 2025
Wswa Educational Foundation Inc DC$240,275 Secretary $83,620 $69,583 2023
Operation Snowball Inc IL$355,689 Ceo $32,780 $28,918 2025
Monroe County Coalition Inc FL$358,422 Executive Di $74,891 $64,800 2024
Boone County Prevention & IA$234,876 Executive Dir. $57,132 $59,319 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN cost of living and 2023 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 IN 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 default59th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)51st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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 (Rebecca Savage) 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 51 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $61,000 is reasonable (approximately the 59th 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.