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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Refuge For The Poor

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823672347
PA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gregory Drebes, Executive Director / CEO ($3,600) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 46 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 4th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

46 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 46 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,574 total compensation of comparable organizations → $142,503 $3,600
$20,68910th
$41,16325th
$62,463Median
$80,84775th
$102,78890th
$3,600This org · 4th
p10$20,689
p25$41,163
p50$62,463
p75$80,847
p90$102,788
$3,600

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 PA 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
Central Outreach Resource And Refer PA$339,015 Ex Dir $142,503 $142,503 2024
African Missions Project Inc PA$336,934 Executive Director $9,850 $9,850 2024
Philadelphia Grace Project Inc PA$335,113 President/founder $25,000 $25,738 2023
Father Bill Atkinson Center PA$329,726 Program Manager $33,852 $33,852 2024
Blue Mountain Escape Inc PA$326,936 Manager $20,560 $20,560 2024
International House Philadelphia Inc PA$369,626 President & Ceo (Until 10/22) $118,001 $121,486 2023
Germantown Avenue Crisis Ministry PA$372,355 Executive Director $64,226 $62,570 2025
P Michael Boone Foundation Inc PA$313,011 President $3,450 $3,450 2024
Small Town Hope Inc PA$379,615 Executive Director $20,935 $21,553 2023
Technology Learning Collaborative PA$385,578 Executive Director $79,355 $79,355 2024
Northeast Community Center PA$296,841 Executive Di $84,723 $84,723 2024
Hope Inspire Love Inc PA$292,395 President & $55,500 $57,139 2023
Sunday Love Project PA$292,020 Executive Di $66,983 $68,961 2023
Sweet Grace Ministries PA$289,134 President/ex $45,898 $47,254 2023
Women's Wellness Spa(ce) PA$401,009 President $97,500 $97,500 2024
Family Promise Of Carbon County PA$401,063 Executive Director $66,950 $66,950 2024
A Broader View Volunteers Corp PA$275,743 Employee $16,800 $16,800 2024
Candy's Place PA$273,900 Director $79,385 $81,730 2023
Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition PA$273,629 Executive Director $53,900 $53,900 2024
Pottstown Beacon Of Hope PA$270,745 Executive Director $109,660 $112,899 2023
Laughing At My Nightmare Inc PA$266,898 Vice Pres/treas/secrty $64,200 $66,096 2023
Don Mills Achievement Center PA$266,361 Executive Director Through 12/31/2022 $68,484 $70,507 2023
Strawberry Mansion Neighborhood Action Center PA$263,930 Executive Director $79,368 $79,368 2024
Thompson Social Services Inc PA$261,381 President $74,700 $74,700 2024
Bridge Of Hope Harrisburg Area PA$259,996 Executive Director $81,743 $79,636 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default4th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)4th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted4th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted4th

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 (Gregory Drebes) 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 46 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + PA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,600 is reasonable (approximately the 4th 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.