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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Care-a-vansaint Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 840626086
CO · NTEE P52Z
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Connie Nelson-cleverley, Executive Director / CEO ($48,734) against the 2000 closest of 3,035 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 52nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Connie Nelson-cleverley — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

3,035 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$19 total compensation of comparable organizations → $399,108 $48,734
$12,33310th
$27,85325th
$47,630Median
$67,71775th
$88,17790th
$48,734This org · 52nd
p10$12,333
p25$27,853
p50$47,630
p75$67,717
p90$88,177
$48,734

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 CO 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
Loveland Boxing Gym CO$247,524 President $67,067 $69,048 2023
The Christmas Cheer All Year Program CA$247,503 Vice President $54,000 $48,629 2024
Capstone Ministries Inc IN$247,501 Parish $28,634 $31,491 2024
Rural Alternative For Transportation CO$247,498 Executive Director $44,668 $45,987 2023
Ach Landowner Iii TX$247,485 Ceo $26,417 $27,558 2024
Williamsburg Area Faith In Action I VA$247,693 Executive Director $69,615 $70,099 2024
Community For Woodstock VT$247,832 Director $9,442 $10,204 2023
Gift Of Hope Inc MO$247,837 Executive Di $83,121 $89,446 2025
Christian Resource Center Inc IN$247,281 Executive Director $49,658 $54,613 2024
Dayspring Academy Ne Foundation NE$247,255 Director $17,191 $19,853 2023
Family House Inc IN$247,890 Executive Director $23,296 $26,377 2023
Seeds Of Hope Oh OH$247,245 Executive Di $44,400 $49,043 2024
The Forsaken Children Inc TN$247,227 Communication Manager $29,649 $33,462 2023
Elite Women Of Excellence GA$247,207 Executive Director/ceo $49,979 $53,956 2023
The Open Door Christian Center SC$247,984 Executive Di $16,231 $17,659 2024
Good Neighbors Inc KY$247,075 Exec Director $32,583 $36,507 2024
Enlighten Communications Inc CO$248,085 President $64,800 $64,800 2024
Early Matters Inc TX$247,048 Directorpresident $80,000 $83,457 2024
Narrow Door CA$248,104 President, Director $65,658 $59,127 2024
Roads To Freedom PA$248,112 Ceo $32,726 $35,041 2023
Waterfront Village Inc DC$248,116 Executive Director $77,500 $70,925 2024
Streator Area United Way Inc IL$248,135 Executive Dir. $35,467 $37,438 2023
Harlem Pride Incorporated NY$246,990 President & Ceo $18,792 $18,232 2023
Amarillo Area Mental Health TX$246,960 Executive Di $50,230 $52,400 2024
Rock Haus Foundation TX$246,930 Admin Director $44,683 $47,991 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default52nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
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 (Connie Nelson-cleverley) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,734 is reasonable (approximately the 52nd 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.