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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sacred Ground

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853496016
OH · NTEE P82
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Griffin Long, Executive Director / CEO ($74,044) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 116 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Griffin Long — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

116 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 116 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$285 total compensation of comparable organizations → $200,449 $74,044
$12,68110th
$32,06725th
$56,360Median
$72,63275th
$84,93290th
$74,044This org · 76th
p10$12,681
p25$32,067
p50$56,360
p75$72,632
p90$84,932
$74,044

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
North Carolina Down Syndrome NC$420,752 Executive Di $10,031 $9,786 2023
Shenandoah County Search Incorporated VA$419,767 Director $57,802 $49,862 2025
Choice Living Community TX$421,150 Ceo $45,541 $43,011 2023
Working Wonders CA$418,412 President $49,819 $40,616 2023
Therapy Solutions Children's Services PA$418,205 President $41,043 $36,567 2025
Hope North Carolina Inc NC$417,537 Executive Di $74,592 $68,859 2025
Ultimate Care CO$424,440 President $48,000 $43,456 2023
Horses Of Hope Missouri Inc MO$415,120 Executive Director $2,466 $2,395 2024
Down Syndrome Partnership Of North Texas TX$414,776 Exec Dir $84,846 $77,834 2024
Statewide Independent Living Council AZ$409,235 Chief Executive Of Strategy & Innovation $37,596 $33,158 2024
Central California Adaptive Sports CA$407,265 President & Ceo $41,880 $32,309 2025
Nellie Byers Training Center Inc LA$434,240 Executive Dir. $16,410 $16,571 2024
Respite Care Of Charleston SC$405,701 Executive Director $92,916 $88,894 2024
Wings Of Hope Equitherapy TX$435,486 Executive Director $58,062 $53,263 2024
Elderly Behavioral Wellness Services Inc CA$403,884 President & Ceo $12,000 $9,503 2024
Lee's Foster Home Inc FL$438,839 President $36,900 $32,729 2023
Grand Prairie Job Center AR$399,485 Executive Director $66,295 $66,577 2025
Horsepower Therapeutic Riding IL$399,093 President $67,771 $61,101 2024
Brain Injury Association Of Wyoming WY$442,350 Executive Director $28,635 $28,119 2024
Kids Mobility Network Inc CO$398,036 President $120,000 $105,522 2024
Disabilitysa Dba Fiesta Especial TX$396,835 Ceo & Exec Dir $81,654 $74,905 2024
Independence Unlimited Inc CT$443,862 Executive Di $90,268 $77,617 2024
Legacy Farms VA$396,346 Executive Director $60,000 $53,128 2024
Greener Life Solutions Inc MD$444,521 Executive Director $149,520 $128,193 2024
Southside Services Inc MN$446,143 Executive Director $73,260 $66,385 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)66th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted71st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Griffin Long) 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 116 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $74,044 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.