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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

True Freedom Enterprises

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823134351
OH · NTEE T50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael Swiger, Executive Director / CEO ($65,526) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 83 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

83 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 83 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,235 total compensation of comparable organizations → $388,188 $65,526
$16,55910th
$30,08025th
$61,734Median
$93,99475th
$120,17690th
$65,526This org · 53rd
p10$16,559
p25$30,080
p50$61,734
p75$93,994
p90$120,176
$65,526

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
The Salvage Yard Inc TX$455,686 President $72,000 $70,009 2023
Soundcheck Prevention Network NC$455,375 Executive Di $96,200 $93,849 2024
Raisedby Us Inc NY$463,543 Executive Director $179,580 $157,736 2023
Childrens Advocacy Center Of AR$465,673 Executive Dir. $55,681 $59,093 2024
Hadassah's Hope Inc FL$466,864 Ceo $65,000 $57,652 2024
Fond Du Lac Festivals Inc WI$467,560 Executive Di $79,325 $78,217 2024
Altar Fly Fishing IL$445,834 President $107,500 $102,730 2023
Slingshot Fund Inc NY$470,772 Executive Director $253,897 $216,615 2024
Social Venture Partners Charlotte Inc NC$475,506 Executive Dir. $93,000 $90,727 2024
Armenia Fund Inc CA$477,839 Executive Director $125,670 $105,482 2023
High Impact Athletes Inc DE$480,243 Founder & Executive Direct $63,298 $58,517 2024
Salt Ventures Nfp IL$481,688 President $17,500 $16,244 2024
Planting Seeds International IL$432,813 Executive Director $30,165 $27,999 2024
Fostering Community LA$483,465 Director $64,000 $68,502 2023
Eugene And Jeanne Savage Scholarship Fund MD$431,246 Trustee $14,412 $12,721 2024
Cleveland Social Venture Partners OH$485,267 Executive Director $135,518 $135,518 2024
Ohio Coalition On Black Civic Participation OH$429,183 President And Treasurer - Board Member $31,000 $31,000 2024
Jewish Charity Review Inc NJ$424,877 Treasurer $22,320 $19,371 2023
Manhattan Community Health Foundation KS$424,828 Executive Director $14,568 $14,859 2024
Kyiv Mohyla Foundation Of America IL$424,013 President $60,000 $55,693 2024
100 Humanitarians International UT$418,726 Programs Director $10,533 $10,178 2024
Treasury Institute For KY$497,576 Co-exec Dire $30,000 $31,330 2023
Life Santa UT$416,897 Executive Director $22,000 $21,259 2024
Fundacion Para El Futuro De La Salud Inc PR$500,000 Executive $28,462 $28,462 2024
St Philips On The Park Housing NY$411,256 Maintenance $110,342 $94,139 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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)51st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted54th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted46th

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 (Michael Swiger) 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 83 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,526 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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.