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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Be Well Cafe

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 843733533
MO · NTEE J22
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gloria F Muhammad, Executive Director / CEO ($65,000) 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 51st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Gloria F Muhammad — reported title “President”, 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

$486 total compensation of comparable organizations → $197,781 $65,000
$20,24210th
$41,07225th
$61,508Median
$82,53475th
$101,95890th
$65,000This org · 51st
p10$20,242
p25$41,072
p50$61,508
p75$82,534
p90$101,958
$65,000

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 MO 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
Bullington Gardens Inc NC$314,727 Director $36,236 $35,350 2024
Flourish Of Cullman Inc AL$315,179 Executive Di $44,642 $46,880 2023
Justice Jobs Of Maryland Inc MD$316,033 Executive Director $62,977 $55,589 2024
Bbl Ministries Inc CA$316,128 President $128,808 $105,014 2024
Roofers Local 44 Joint Apprenticeship Fund OH$318,648 Administrator $71,270 $71,270 2024
Qualitative Solutions CA$303,988 President & Ceo $169,343 $138,061 2024
Menzfit PA$320,437 60executive Director $28,000 $27,142 2023
Sheet Metal Workers' Local 15 Apprentice FL$326,390 Former Chairman $43,283 $37,400 2025
Tech Exposure & Access CA$326,971 President $62,374 $50,852 2024
Spotted Eagle Inc WI$295,806 Executive Dir. $66,221 $65,296 2024
Neurodiversity Works CO$292,414 Executive Director $108,973 $98,656 2024
Midlands Mechanical Apprentice Coal SC$332,386 President $14,400 $14,184 2024
Training Grounds Inc DC$335,337 Executive Dir. $95,306 $81,295 2023
Second Chance Center Of Hope OH$335,700 Director $43,900 $43,900 2024
Laborers Agc Apprenticeship Training & WA$337,413 Training Director $77,707 $65,686 2024
Western Pennsylvania Apprenticeship PA$340,147 Director $73,232 $68,951 2024
Automotive Mentoring Group Inc IL$340,495 President $91,987 $87,905 2023
Tech Frederick Inc MD$341,979 Executive Director $114,025 $100,649 2024
Oakwood Arts Inc VA$342,805 Executive Director $54,550 $49,729 2024
Alexandria Pipe Trades Joint LA$280,822 Business Manager $13,200 $13,723 2024
Local 470 Apprenticeship Fund SC$346,177 Training Director/trustee $61,473 $60,550 2024
Youths Unleashed Corp FL$347,605 Vice President $45,000 $39,913 2024
Sheet Metal Contracting Industry PA$348,144 Trustee $76,513 $72,040 2024
Montana Operating Engineers & MT$273,249 Director $58,094 $59,124 2024
Bricklayers Local 1 Md Va & Dc MD$351,202 Vice Chairman $39,290 $34,681 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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 default51st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted66th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted43rd

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 (Gloria F Muhammad) 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 (J22), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,000 is reasonable (approximately the 51st 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.