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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ace Project Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 833117851
KY · NTEE O50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rosetta Smith, Executive Director / CEO ($50,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 373 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 56th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Rosetta Smith — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

373 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 373 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17 total compensation of comparable organizations → $138,039 $50,000
$9,69510th
$24,64625th
$46,259Median
$64,38075th
$82,88790th
$50,000This org · 56th
p10$9,695
p25$24,646
p50$46,259
p75$64,380
p90$82,887
$50,000

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 KY 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
Re Coded Co NY$208,688 Ceo $122,316 $100,225 2025
The Askinosie Foundation MO$208,946 Executive Di $39,771 $40,366 2023
Promise Youth Development Inc NC$209,535 Executive Director $73,749 $73,022 2023
10-10 Academy CA$207,742 Secretary $53,403 $41,815 2025
On Mission Martial Arts Inc FL$209,821 President $57,100 $49,928 2024
Achla Alianza Chicana Hisp Lat Amer Alli MN$209,950 Executive Dir. $58,666 $53,956 2024
Girls On The Run Of Wnc Inc NC$210,221 Executive Dir. $45,001 $43,279 2024
Central Area Youth League Inc LA$206,813 League Commissioner $9,000 $9,497 2023
P-town Car Club Inc IL$210,562 Executive Director $130,680 $123,113 2023
Helping Our People Eat CA$210,750 Ceo $18,626 $14,970 2024
Franklin Kids CA$206,402 President $40,500 $33,512 2023
Global Unites Inc MA$211,115 President $24,000 $20,074 2024
Reclaiming Youth At Risk SD$206,142 Director $8,950 $8,957 2025
Koa Foundation Inc NV$206,059 Secretary $1,500 $1,441 2023
Gift4s Giving Individuals The TX$211,333 Executive Dir. $50,000 $46,553 2024
Slater Family Network Foundation Inc PA$205,903 Executive Director $46,673 $43,322 2024
Ileri Inc VI$205,864 Founder/executive Director $48,231 $48,231 2024
Colors Plus OH$211,438 President $43,125 $42,514 2024
805 Mustangs Llc CA$211,639 President $72,000 $57,869 2024
I Am Empowering The Next Generation Inc LA$211,685 Executive Director $64,000 $67,532 2023
Change The World Kids Inc VT$205,308 Interim Facilitator $33,800 $32,601 2023
Boys To Men Mentoring Network Of HI$212,456 Secretary $60,661 $50,551 2024
Raceway Gives Foundation IL$212,544 Director $31,500 $28,825 2024
Barnabas Movement Inc KS$204,720 Executive Director $20,400 $20,513 2024
Building Mosaics Solutions Inc MD$212,650 Officer $111,716 $97,214 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 KY 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 default56th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)48th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted58th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted55th

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 (Rosetta Smith) 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 373 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,000 is reasonable (approximately the 56th 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.