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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Roots 2empower

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 852146598
RI · NTEE P19
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tarshire Battle, Executive Director / CEO ($56,700) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 70th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,536 total compensation of comparable organizations → $112,314 $56,700
$4,87210th
$12,04025th
$39,248Median
$63,17675th
$98,35490th
$56,700This org · 70th
p10$4,872
p25$12,040
p50$39,248
p75$63,176
p90$98,354
$56,700

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 RI 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
St Mary's Villa At Riverview Ii Inc CO$353,883 Director $34,463 $35,481 2023
Safe Alternative Foundation For MD$359,980 President & Ceo $65,000 $65,247 2023
Equal Rights Institute NC$360,912 Executive Dir. $102,781 $110,754 2024
Everymom Nfp IL$342,510 Pres&exec. Dir $50,769 $52,052 2024
Life House TX$368,305 Executive Director $14,568 $15,197 2024
Sea Change Yoga ME$325,842 Director $8,390 $8,762 2024
Neon Real Estate Holding Company MN$399,999 President $38,459 $39,632 2024
Esarc Inc NJ$408,893 President $35,882 $33,411 2024
Unico National Inc NJ$409,643 Auditor $1,650 $1,536 2024
Christian Alliance For Orphans VA$428,341 President $85,846 $84,214 2025
Gesmv West Campus Center OH$429,948 President $8,042 $8,883 2024
Jewish Healing And Hospice Center CA$274,725 Exec Director,ceo,director $109,897 $101,889 2023
Odc Foundation Inc WI$266,992 President $7,800 $8,495 2024
Columbia County Mental Retardation NY$265,390 Ceo $4,209 $3,966 2024
Rmdc Eagle Rock Inc MT$443,756 Director $13,504 $15,629 2023
Valleycast Inc MA$252,652 President & Ceo $29,151 $28,126 2023
Forever Family Inc GA$246,223 Ceo $38,419 $39,248 2025
Red Tail Academy Inc KS$244,036 Executive Director $3,077 $3,467 2024
Selahs Center Of Hope Inc MI$241,834 Ceo Executor Director $45,600 $49,085 2024
Simple Needs Ga Inc GA$466,614 President $42,000 $45,343 2023
The Center For Volunteer Caregiving NC$483,667 Executive Director $106,986 $112,314 2025
Iniciativa Guatemala VA$508,728 President/executive Direct $68,017 $68,490 2024
Fox Fellowship NV$510,041 Director $60,000 $61,104 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to RI 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 RI 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 default70th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted70th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Tarshire Battle) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P19), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,700 is reasonable (approximately the 70th 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.