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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Transformation Project Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841843518
SD · NTEE P20
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Susan Bill, Executive Director / CEO ($5,407) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 945 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

945 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 945 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$293 total compensation of comparable organizations → $198,699 $5,407
$11,38410th
$23,99725th
$43,391Median
$64,45575th
$86,52990th
$5,407This org · 5th
p10$11,384
p25$23,997
p50$43,391
p75$64,455
p90$86,529
$5,407

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 SD 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
Cool Ground Inc VT$256,962 Executive Director $68,000 $62,017 2025
Threads Of Hope Inc WI$256,408 Executive Director $58,000 $58,001 2023
Santa Barbara County Food Action Network CA$256,376 Executive Director $90,000 $72,280 2024
Berkshire Missions Inc MA$256,337 Execdirector $18,200 $15,211 2024
Ahec's For A Healthy Louisiana Inc LA$257,222 Ceo Southeeast La Ahec $36,000 $36,869 2024
Love Inc Of Washington County ID$257,282 Exec. Director $32,230 $31,889 2024
Fremont Youth & Community Outreach IN$255,884 Executive Director $54,000 $54,528 2023
Citystep Org Inc NY$255,832 Director $85,000 $71,437 2024
And Then A New Day TX$257,633 Executive Dir. $65,000 $62,260 2023
Dial In Ministries Inc TN$255,422 President $2,596 $2,538 2024
Coats Street Housing Development Fund NY$255,158 President $34,167 $27,975 2025
Neighborhood Allies OH$255,099 Presidentceo $54,079 $54,846 2023
Corwyns Cause Inc ID$258,402 President - Ceo $87,554 $86,626 2024
In Ky Oh Regional Council Of IN$254,844 President $93,836 $94,754 2023
Kingdom Of Heaven Ministries LA$254,608 President $30,700 $33,697 2022
Restore Recovery MN$258,857 Ceo $58,692 $53,939 2024
Helping Hands For Freedom AZ$254,431 Executive Director $60,000 $53,669 2024
La Promesa Honduras Inc GA$254,414 President $27,736 $26,704 2023
Rebuilding Together Spartanburg Inc SC$259,238 Executive Director $40,000 $38,811 2024
Senior Volunteer Services CA$259,241 Executive Dir. $32,068 $26,515 2023
Charlottes Community Outreach MO$253,986 Executive Director $123,482 $121,640 2024
Families First Community Center ME$259,412 Executive Director $59,640 $57,184 2023
S A Heals TX$259,654 President $30,000 $28,735 2023
Channeled Paths Inc GA$253,485 Office Coordinator $14,213 $13,292 2024
Bridge Of Hope Harrisburg Area PA$259,996 Executive Director $81,743 $73,862 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SD cost of living and 2025 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 SD 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)4th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted8th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Susan Bill) 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 945 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $5,407 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.