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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Water Drop

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 852327993
CA · NTEE P85
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Folasade Kammen, Executive Director / CEO ($6,479) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 87 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 2nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Folasade Kammen — reported title “CO-PRESIDENT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

87 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 87 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,479 total compensation of comparable organizations → $137,609 $6,479
$25,23010th
$44,44625th
$64,923Median
$83,27475th
$101,29290th
$6,479This org · 2nd
p10$25,230
p25$44,446
p50$64,923
p75$83,274
p90$101,292
$6,479

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 CA 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
Help Right Here TN$328,137 Co-executive Director $53,428 $66,959 2023
Serenity Homes MN$327,799 Executive Director $22,000 $25,919 2023
Sisters Of Solace MO$327,391 Executive Di $33,348 $40,904 2024
Together Helping Others Inc NY$341,620 Chairman $60,000 $64,642 2023
The Open Door Community (Presbyteri MD$324,893 Former Direc $18,915 $20,479 2024
Kinsman Redeemer Homeless Ministry TN$343,282 Executive Director $16,155 $19,665 2024
The Widows Mite NV$321,504 Board Member, Community Member $24,419 $28,346 2024
Street Ministries Inc OH$319,760 President/executive Director $4,420 $5,582 2023
Isaiah 55 Inc OH$319,550 Founder/ceo $12,000 $14,719 2024
Women's Medical Respite MO$318,497 Executive Director $8,545 $10,481 2024
Every Avenue TX$350,028 Ceo $100,000 $115,844 2024
Growgood Inc CA$353,609 Executive Director $97,146 $100,015 2023
Little Birthday Angels Inc FL$356,626 Executive Di $51,201 $55,703 2024
Friends Of The Carpenter WA$357,085 Executive Director $53,371 $55,337 2024
Oregon Trail Of Hope OR$360,635 Director Of Development $56,660 $60,935 2024
People Helping People In Hernando County Inc FL$307,245 Executive Director $39,814 $44,594 2023
Boxes Of Love For The Homeless NH$302,994 President (1 $23,400 $25,761 2023
Verde Valley Homeless Coalition AZ$365,915 Executive Dir. $58,462 $65,112 2024
Hands For Homeless Inc FL$367,506 Ceo $30,200 $33,826 2023
Shoreline Community Services CA$369,173 Executive Director $66,008 $67,958 2023
New Beginning Center CA$296,616 Ceo $66,738 $66,738 2024
Gather Make Shelter OR$296,091 Executive Dir. $55,000 $60,898 2023
Residency CA$293,428 Ceo $52,367 $52,367 2024
Encompass Yamhill Valley OR$375,109 Executive Director $60,223 $64,767 2024
Greater Cincinnati Coalition For The Homeless OH$375,871 Executive Director $47,536 $58,307 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default2nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)2nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted2nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted2nd

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 (Folasade Kammen) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 87 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P85), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $6,479 is reasonable (approximately the 2nd 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 10, 2026.