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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Grace Abounds

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853638070
AR · NTEE F60
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniel Grace, Executive Director / CEO ($79,040) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Daniel Grace — reported title “therapist- executive director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,383 total compensation of comparable organizations → $53,051 $79,040
$4,33410th
$9,43825th
$19,645Median
$27,33775th
$46,25390th
$79,040This org · 100th
p10$4,334
p25$9,438
p50$19,645
p75$27,337
p90$46,253
$79,040

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 AR 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
Dutchess Arc Foundation Inc NY$30,091 Executive Director (Started 3/23) $51,546 $41,438 2023
Gls Legacy Inc TX$30,057 President $5,000 $4,322 2024
Douglas Gardens Community Mental Health FL$29,374 Chief Executive Officer $8,167 $6,826 2023
Arise CO$33,988 Executive Di $61,632 $51,067 2024
Virginia Crisis Intervention Team Coalition VA$34,160 President $12,000 $10,308 2023
Phoenix Houses Of New York Inc NY$36,699 President & Ceo $67,941 $53,051 2024
Still Wind Ministries Inc SC$38,207 Executive Director $14,830 $13,369 2024
C3 Pastoral Ministries Inc OK$38,321 Ceo $24,000 $23,511 2023
Devereux Cleo Wallace CO$23,843 Chair, Treasurer, Trustee $33,001 $27,344 2024
Sundown M Foundation WA$39,356 Executive Director $28,878 $22,341 2024
Colorado Veterinary Medical Association CO$22,426 Ceo $27,141 $22,488 2024
The Openminds Foundation CA$40,330 Executive Director $1,800 $1,383 2023
Ground For Growth Inc GA$41,154 President $5,000 $4,345 2024
Bloom In The Dark Inc TN$43,599 President Chairman $18,125 $16,949 2023
Resilience Across Borders Inc MD$44,588 Executive Director $15,608 $12,982 2023
Country Valley Industries Inc NY$46,243 Chief Executive Officer $35,005 $27,334 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AR 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 AR 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted56th

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 (Daniel Grace) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $79,040 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.