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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Elizabeth Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832388569
GA · NTEE P85
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tracy Thompson, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 411 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

411 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 411 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2 total compensation of comparable organizations → $211,881 $12,000
$5,11510th
$11,70625th
$22,822Median
$39,75675th
$61,45290th
$12,000This org · 26th
p10$5,115
p25$11,706
p50$22,822
p75$39,756
p90$61,452
$12,000

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 GA 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
Just Keep Smiling Inc AL$69,842 Founder/dire $2,400 $2,579 2023
La Crosse Area Veterans Mentor Program WI$69,466 Operations Manager $16,790 $16,939 2024
Creative Housing Ii Beechwood Inc OH$70,035 President $9,011 $9,219 2024
Wildcat Ultimate Frisbee IL$69,396 President $7,590 $7,421 2023
The 565 Mayfield Foundation CA$70,154 Assistant Treasurer $20,190 $16,842 2024
Alterra Mountain Company CO$69,315 Foundation Director (Thru 6/24) $181,460 $168,084 2024
Creative Housing I Bretton Woods OH$69,250 President $8,713 $9,178 2023
Handi-crafters' Foundation Inc PA$70,265 Executive Di $18,342 $17,670 2024
Life Services Network Foundation IL$69,222 President And Ceo $31,373 $29,795 2024
Drake Community Development Inc NC$70,334 President $22,305 $22,264 2024
Love The Child TX$70,410 President $6,500 $6,731 2022
Huntsville Commuity Of Hope AL$70,424 President & Director $55,000 $57,399 2024
Friends Of Gwinnett County Seniors Services Inc GA$69,043 Director $2 $2 2023
Just Partners Inc GA$68,923 President $125,000 $121,414 2024
Bridging Lives Inc FL$68,750 President $22,500 $20,418 2024
Family Reaching Out Connecting And Supporting Inc CO$68,721 President $37,373 $35,641 2023
Commmunity Help Center Of Ne Tn TN$68,602 Manager $8,790 $9,189 2023
Nami Athens Ohio OH$68,490 Exec Director $38,730 $39,627 2024
Sequel Inc SD$71,064 Executive Di $80,841 $86,187 2024
Jng Inc NY$68,380 Chief Executive Officer $24,419 $21,315 2024
West Street Corporation MA$68,223 President And Ceo $63,709 $56,938 2023
Orphans First CA$71,304 President $12,000 $10,306 2023
Central Mississippi Prevention MS$71,465 Executive Di $14,732 $15,850 2024
Polack Family Supporting Foundation WA$71,475 Ceo $65,540 $56,684 2024
Trempealeau County Homes Inc WI$71,490 President $25,912 $26,142 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)25th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Tracy Thompson) 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 411 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.