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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Grassroots Aid Partnership Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 831999509
NC · NTEE M20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Anderson, Executive Director / CEO ($12,879) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 39 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 8th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

39 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 39 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,645 total compensation of comparable organizations → $286,578 $12,879
$14,26510th
$38,72525th
$60,934Median
$89,67775th
$148,72790th
$12,879This org · 8th
p10$14,265
p25$38,725
p50$60,934
p75$89,677
p90$148,727
$12,879

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 NC 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
Florida Emergency Prepareness FL$479,466 Executive Di $100,000 $90,918 2023
Collier Disaster Alliance FL$479,909 Executive Di $23,706 $20,935 2024
Beasley Community Volunteer Fire TX$482,667 Assist Fire Chief $17,550 $16,502 2024
Solidarity Inc PA$470,062 President $33,210 $31,132 2024
Central United States Earthquake TN$485,331 Executive Director $66,341 $67,489 2023
Thomas Jefferson Emergency VA$505,148 Executive Director $99,856 $88,298 2025
Kenova Volunteer Fire Dept WV$445,672 Treasurer $7,500 $7,634 2024
Rebuilding Together Baton Rouge Inc LA$509,191 Executive Director $60,000 $60,505 2025
Hostage Aid Worldwide Inc DC$439,922 President $180,000 $148,484 2024
Relevant Expeditions MO$436,381 President $40,133 $41,139 2023
Recovering Oklahomans After Disaster Inc OK$432,295 President $66,000 $68,317 2024
Yall Squad Incorporated KY$426,692 Director $13,654 $14,197 2023
Rebuilding Hope Inc GA$421,993 Executive Director $55,858 $54,356 2023
Grace's Place Inc MO$416,555 Executive Di $81,341 $83,379 2023
Louisiana Troopers Charities Inc LA$407,070 Executive Director $13,798 $14,282 2024
Illinois Medical Emergency Response Team IL$547,917 Executive Director $104,280 $96,372 2024
Homeland Preparedness Project TX$405,069 Executive Director $79,310 $74,578 2024
Rebuild Bay County Inc Fka Bay County Long Term Disaster Recov FL$398,977 Executive Director $118,000 $107,283 2023
Community Center Of St Bernard LA$397,956 Executive Dir. $62,500 $66,605 2023
House Of Hope International SC$565,585 Director $41,940 $41,130 2024
Hatching Hope AL$566,127 Director $85,010 $86,333 2024
Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge F And A M Of Alabama AL$566,882 Grand Master $60,000 $60,934 2024
Never Alone Inc GA$567,029 President $49,650 $46,929 2024
Kentucky Bankers Relief Fund Company KY$572,202 Director $275,614 $286,578 2023
Coastal Alabama Partnership AL$374,253 Executive Director $177,000 $179,754 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default8th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted8th

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 (David Anderson) 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 39 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (M20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,879 is reasonable (approximately the 8th 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.