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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Diaper Bank Of Greater Cleveland

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841957545
OH · NTEE P99
FY ending 2023-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nakeisha Wells, Executive Director / CEO ($26,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 379 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 59th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Nakeisha Wells — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

379 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 379 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2 total compensation of comparable organizations → $201,145 $26,000
$4,83410th
$11,31225th
$21,471Median
$37,74275th
$55,78390th
$26,000This org · 59th
p10$4,834
p25$11,312
p50$21,471
p75$37,742
p90$55,783
$26,000

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 OH 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
Lewis County Senior Citizens Inc TN$66,770 Executive Director $25,000 $24,099 2024
Francis Foundation Inc VT$66,407 Executive Director $115,126 $106,267 2024
Independence House VA$66,389 Executive Director $15,818 $14,006 2024
Im Young And Empowered Inc NV$66,379 Secretary $31,800 $30,095 2023
Gateway Apartments Inc AR$66,915 Executive Director $21,642 $22,968 2023
Peaceful Knights Inc PA$66,941 Executive Director $6,000 $5,649 2023
Connecting Paths Pr Inc PR$66,966 Employer $23,300 $24,255 2022
Wilmington Hope House OH$66,254 Director $19,544 $18,983 2024
Vesta Severn Inc MD$66,228 President $21,417 $18,363 2024
Alpha Omega Kappa Inc NV$66,159 Vp, Treasurer, Secretary, $32,000 $29,416 2024
Get America Working Inc VA$66,075 President $53,090 $48,398 2023
One Percent For America Inc MA$65,994 Ceo & Ex-officio Board Member $244,082 $201,145 2024
Schuyler Ministerial Association NE$67,286 Director $20,200 $19,924 2024
Malayaka House Inc VT$67,288 President $35,000 $32,307 2024
Casa De Mariposa NM$67,355 Executive Director $6,000 $5,918 2024
New Beginnings Outreach Inc NY$65,814 President $11,000 $9,115 2024
Infinity Equine Therapy Inc NJ$65,726 Secretary $3,200 $2,620 2024
Floyd Kress Inc MD$65,705 President $20,272 $17,894 2023
Quiet Storm Outreach Group Inc AL$67,713 President $2,500 $2,477 2024
Mohonk Education & Neuropsychological Foundation Inc CT$65,483 Executive Director $17,917 $15,406 2024
Anchorage Foundation Inc FL$67,794 Executive Director $6,609 $5,862 2023
Family Ministries Of America Inc NC$65,398 Executive Director $50,000 $47,379 2024
By Provision AL$65,242 Executive Di $44,300 $45,186 2023
Loaves And Fishes International Inc FL$65,242 Asst Manager $24,000 $21,287 2023
Wellness Works Inc AK$65,228 President $7,364 $6,457 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default59th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Nakeisha Wells) 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 379 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $26,000 is reasonable (approximately the 59th 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.