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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bj's Heart Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 821620534
TN · NTEE O50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Renardo Baker, Executive Director / CEO ($36,961) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 498 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 29th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

498 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 498 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$173 total compensation of comparable organizations → $198,553 $36,961
$14,31410th
$31,63625th
$55,646Median
$73,83675th
$92,13890th
$36,961This org · 29th
p10$14,314
p25$31,636
p50$55,646
p75$73,836
p90$92,138
$36,961

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 TN 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
Pelham Together Inc NY$334,542 Executive Dir. $100,000 $85,967 2024
Spot 31 OK$334,704 Executive Director $53,088 $57,256 2023
World Soccer Organization Inc NY$334,856 Director $21,000 $18,053 2024
Next Generation Academy-salisbury NC$335,315 Excutive Director $53,237 $52,332 2024
Brausa United Futebol Club Inc MD$335,435 President $77,000 $68,486 2024
Fostering Youth Independence CA$335,766 Treasurer $62,000 $52,437 2023
East-west Cultural And Educationalcenter Inc MD$336,077 Director $23,560 $21,574 2023
Clergy Community Children Youth Coalition WA$332,750 Executive Director $105,652 $92,647 2023
Dreamcatcher Initiative Inc MA$332,636 President/chair $84,316 $72,082 2024
Black Men Achieve Of Greater Rochester Inc NY$336,288 Ceo & Program Leader $41,225 $36,487 2023
Gentlemens Quest Of Tampa Inc FL$336,307 Executive Director $40,608 $37,364 2023
Hope Extreme Inc LA$336,340 Director $56,309 $58,987 2024
Transformation Life Center TN$332,341 Founder/ceo $55,000 $56,625 2023
Alma Domestic Violence Foundation Inc GA$331,859 Founder Ceo $100,000 $102,520 2022
Birch Creek Service Ranch UT$337,516 Director $57,500 $55,987 2024
Girls On The Run Tri County Sc SC$337,571 Executive Dir. $70,167 $69,640 2024
Prodigy Preparatory PA$337,818 Ceo $70,000 $66,410 2024
Kim's Open Door Inc FL$330,616 President $93,500 $86,031 2023
Saint Florian Center Inc IN$338,695 Executive Director $51,000 $51,166 2024
Little Friends For Peace Inc MD$339,254 Co Director $80,800 $71,865 2024
Peruvian Hearts CO$328,418 Executive Director $65,000 $61,046 2023
Chicago Mobile Makers IL$327,876 Executive Director $114,444 $107,038 2024
Girls On The Run Rhode Island RI$327,669 Executive Dir. $60,674 $53,922 2025
Crested Butte Development Team CO$327,642 Director $34,000 $31,932 2023
Camp Claire Inc CT$327,605 Camp Co-director $8,000 $7,346 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default29th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)28th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted29th

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 (Renardo Baker) 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 498 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $36,961 is reasonable (approximately the 29th 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.