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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Community On The Rise

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841915069
AL · NTEE P85
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Avery Rhodes, Executive Director / CEO ($86,658) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 68 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 97th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

68 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 68 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,379 total compensation of comparable organizations → $92,593 $86,658
$15,66310th
$27,55825th
$48,338Median
$59,13975th
$74,05790th
$86,658This org · 97th
p10$15,663
p25$27,558
p50$48,338
p75$59,139
p90$74,057
$86,658

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 AL 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
Homemade Hope For Homeless Children TX$274,764 Exec. Director $86,536 $82,493 2023
Canopy Young Adult Community House Inc KY$281,396 Board Chair $50,000 $51,193 2023
Streetlives Inc NY$273,779 Executive Dir. $70,000 $58,550 2024
Matsu Valley Interfaith Hospitality Network AK$283,770 Executive Director $52,685 $48,001 2023
Blankets Of Hope Inc NY$269,048 President & Ceo $65,385 $54,690 2024
Family Promise Of Mid Michigan MI$288,472 Executive Director $56,160 $55,241 2023
Lee County Homeless Coalition Inc FL$266,454 Former Executive Director $70,327 $62,960 2023
A New Beginning For Women And Children KY$289,579 Director $40,000 $40,953 2023
Dignity Project CO$263,060 Ceo $74,800 $66,391 2024
Residency CA$293,428 Ceo $52,367 $41,856 2024
Love-a-child Missions CA$261,556 Secretary Treas $5,479 $4,379 2024
Gather Make Shelter OR$296,091 Executive Dir. $55,000 $48,675 2023
Hands And Feet Foundation FL$258,760 President $80,740 $70,209 2024
New Beginning Center CA$296,616 Ceo $66,738 $53,343 2024
Second Chances Inc MA$255,587 Ceo President $106,575 $88,648 2024
Boxes Of Love For The Homeless NH$302,994 President (1 $23,400 $20,591 2023
Weaver Foundation WA$250,008 Executive Director $72,324 $61,707 2023
The Samaritan Well Inc IL$248,473 Executive Director $56,661 $50,233 2025
People Helping People In Hernando County Inc FL$307,245 Executive Director $39,814 $35,643 2023
Ncompass OR$246,301 Executive Dir. $34,670 $30,683 2023
Family Promise Of Greater Chattanooga TN$240,312 Executive Director (Ended July 2025) $47,572 $46,286 2024
Henderson County Homeless Ministry TX$239,860 Executive Dir. $21,500 $20,495 2023
New Futures Inc AL$237,789 Executive Director $53,700 $53,700 2024
Women's Medical Respite MO$318,497 Executive Director $8,545 $8,377 2024
Isaiah 55 Inc OH$319,550 Founder/ceo $12,000 $11,765 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default97th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted97th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted97th

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 (Avery Rhodes) 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 68 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P85), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $86,658 is reasonable (approximately the 97th 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.