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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Fresh Start Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841266993
CO · NTEE I21Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeanne Granville, Executive Director / CEO ($42,998) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 22 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jeanne Granville — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

22 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 22 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,139 total compensation of comparable organizations → $88,808 $42,998
$20,23810th
$36,31525th
$60,025Median
$75,18475th
$84,22590th
$42,998This org · 36th
p10$20,238
p25$36,315
p50$60,025
p75$75,184
p90$84,225
$42,998

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
Rebound Of Whatcom County WA$191,583 Executive Director $76,830 $71,736 2023
Stanly County Juvenile Restitution NC$190,578 Executive Di $74,610 $76,078 2025
Community Youth Athletic Center CA$198,373 President/exec. Dir. $72,500 $63,416 2024
Babylon Inc VA$202,845 Director $72,000 $72,500 2023
Lived Experiences Inc CA$205,975 Founder $42,000 $36,737 2024
Dayonenotdaytwo PA$207,532 Executive Director $10,565 $10,672 2024
Inner Banks Stem Center NC$208,896 President $6,625 $7,139 2023
Take Action Mon Valley PA$210,446 President & Ceo $70,250 $70,964 2024
Nokomis East Neighborhood Association MN$214,947 Executive Director $70,513 $70,578 2024
Gang Free Inc NC$164,557 Executive Di $29,770 $32,079 2023
Kim Logan Communications MI$224,139 President $24,000 $25,093 2024
Jeffco Deangelis Foundation CO$147,262 Executive Di $90,000 $85,165 2025
301 Housing Development Fund Corporation NY$239,065 President $38,386 $36,174 2023
Dukes Foundation Corporation GA$140,064 President $40,000 $40,740 2024
The Delta Project MI$244,281 Director $75,000 $78,416 2024
1614-1622 Jonquil Terrace IL$249,733 Executive Director/ceo $19,212 $19,698 2023
New Vision Inc TN$250,643 President $51,000 $54,303 2024
A Vision Of Change Incorporated OH$254,025 Executive Director $80,400 $88,808 2023
Granite Falls Community Coalition & Food WA$271,359 Food Bank Director $51,400 $47,992 2023
Virginia Mentoring Partnership VA$275,801 Executive Di $83,246 $79,321 2025
Roosevelt Park Ministries Inc MI$280,833 Executive Director $78,751 $84,770 2023
Rivington Housing Development Fund NY$281,793 President/ed $61,872 $56,634 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 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 default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)36th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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 (Jeanne Granville) 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 22 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,998 is reasonable (approximately the 36th 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.