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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Organize Tennessee

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841732329
TN · NTEE R99
FY ending 2022-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Renee Parker, Executive Director / CEO ($54,450) 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 49th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Renee Parker — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, 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

$3,788 total compensation of comparable organizations → $180,358 $54,450
$11,37810th
$24,95525th
$54,587Median
$81,27975th
$136,05690th
$54,450This org · 49th
p10$11,378
p25$24,955
p50$54,587
p75$81,279
p90$136,056
$54,450

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 TN 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
Bayard Rustin Center For Social Justice NJ$325,629 Chief Activist $130,000 $103,030 2024
Alaskans Take A Stand AK$323,150 President $15,000 $12,730 2024
Survivor Justice Action Inc TX$317,100 Ceo/secretary $46,354 $41,160 2024
Take Back The Court Action Fund CA$315,887 President $22,945 $17,587 2024
Brandworkers International Inc NY$355,015 Executive Director $74,972 $61,912 2023
Christian Family Life Services Inc ND$355,938 Director $60,449 $60,624 2023
New York Center For Law & Justice Inc NY$357,362 Executive Director $113,124 $93,419 2023
Oregon Donor Alliance OR$365,500 Executive Director $116,089 $95,696 2024
The Norml Foundation DC$301,217 Vice President $17,500 $13,631 2024
Filipino Migrant Center CA$371,775 Exec Director $101,185 $77,558 2024
Vivante Espero NC$295,530 President $23,086 $21,800 2023
Lead Filipino CA$377,114 Executive Dir. $50,452 $38,672 2024
Cross-movement Legacy Initiative CA$290,000 President $205,000 $157,133 2024
Election Reformers Network Inc MD$383,901 Executive Director $160,775 $137,365 2023
Oklahoma Donor Alliance Inc OK$283,764 Executive Director $84,000 $82,105 2024
Bipartisan Climate Action DC$283,645 President $5,654 $4,405 2024
Opportunities For All Floridians Inc FL$385,701 Officer $80,850 $69,412 2023
1 Million Madly Motivated Moms NV$276,045 President $59,583 $53,015 2024
Organization For Polyamory And CA$275,610 Executive Dir. $69,173 $54,587 2023
Dont Shoot Portland OR$273,365 Program Direct $160,000 $135,789 2023
World Without Hate Inc WA$266,442 Founder & President $38,000 $31,091 2023
The Echo Foundation NC$401,989 President $191,000 $180,358 2023
California Forward Action Fund CA$410,000 President & Ceo (Term 6/14/23) $30,482 $24,055 2023
Formed Foundation DC$255,102 Director $27,500 $21,421 2024
No More A Stranger Foundation UT$254,010 Executive Director $45,831 $41,638 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN cost of living and 2022 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 TN 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 default49th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted51st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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 (Renee Parker) 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 (R99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $54,450 is reasonable (approximately the 49th 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.