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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The South Carolina Juneteenth Freedom Fest

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 852886861
SC · NTEE P20
FY ending 2022-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jamal Bradley, Executive Director / CEO ($20,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 762 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 21st percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jamal Bradley — reported title “PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

762 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 762 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$261 total compensation of comparable organizations → $191,074 $20,000
$10,71110th
$22,62025th
$39,291Median
$59,64675th
$80,27490th
$20,000This org · 21st
p10$10,711
p25$22,620
p50$39,291
p75$59,646
p90$80,274
$20,000

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 SC 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
Crestone Eagle Community Media CO$209,008 Former Director $30,000 $25,728 2024
Crack The Wellness Code CA$208,999 Co-founder $60,000 $47,707 2023
Deaf & Hard Of Hearing Services Center Inc VA$208,988 Executive Director $9,950 $8,593 2024
The Lion Project CO$209,109 Executive Director $70,000 $60,032 2024
Nurturing Newborns CO$208,925 Manager $11,000 $9,434 2024
Apple Seeds Inc TN$208,913 Exec Director $61,704 $59,723 2023
Global Disaster Relief Team Inc MA$208,427 President $60,000 $49,647 2023
Park County Senior Coalition Inc CO$208,416 Exec Directo $38,002 $32,591 2024
We Are Brave Together CA$208,296 Executive Dir. $42,000 $32,436 2024
Empower Me MO$207,979 Executive Director $76,500 $70,600 2025
Liga De Justicia Foundation Inc NY$207,870 Executive Director $6,154 $4,974 2024
Ananda Valley Farm CA$207,786 President $26,944 $20,809 2024
Equasion OH$210,318 Executive Di $26,400 $25,009 2024
Camp Inclusion Inc MD$207,690 Program Deve $12,893 $10,781 2024
Licking Co Coalition Of Care OH$210,399 Executive Director $51,140 $49,875 2023
Native American Development Center ND$207,608 Executive Director $39,483 $39,897 2023
She Project Inc MS$207,586 Chief Executive Officer $68,315 $70,060 2023
Stop Trafficking Us ME$210,493 Director $22,416 $20,075 2024
Backpack Friends Incorporated TX$207,581 Executive Director $82,955 $76,409 2023
The Veranda Ministries Inc TN$207,550 Executive Di $51,600 $49,943 2023
Juniper Community Missions PA$210,693 President $16,800 $15,426 2023
Thinking Huts FL$210,796 Ceo Founder $30,000 $25,206 2024
Life In Abundance SC$207,262 President, Dir. $48,000 $46,110 2023
Southern Door Community Land Trust Inc NY$207,189 Executive Director $70,408 $56,903 2024
The Long Short Road Inc PA$207,159 President & Ceo $92,032 $82,084 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC cost of living and 2022 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 SC 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 default21st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted24th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted20th

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 (Jamal Bradley) 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 762 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,000 is reasonable (approximately the 21st 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.