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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Highlawn Community Alliance Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 854144095
WV · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Zane Parsley, Executive Director / CEO ($38,667) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 83 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Zane Parsley — reported title “FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 7/23-3/24”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

83 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 83 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$239 total compensation of comparable organizations → $243,417 $38,667
$3,08310th
$8,00825th
$24,175Median
$44,11875th
$75,65890th
$38,667This org · 71st
p10$3,083
p25$8,008
p50$24,175
p75$44,118
p90$75,658
$38,667

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 WV 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
Rising Above Bakery Inc NJ$55,927 President $67,750 $55,867 2024
New Each Morning OR$56,206 Executive Di $8,800 $7,548 2024
Loaves & Fishes Warming Center NY$56,416 Vice President / Director Of Operations $30,417 $26,135 2023
Htedc Arts And Education Association AZ$57,667 Chief Executive Officer $400 $366 2023
The Abbey Inc CO$57,930 Secr/exec Dir $25,200 $21,742 2025
Kelly Apartments Inc MN$53,979 Chief Executive Officer $8,191 $7,696 2023
The Carolinas Foundation For Hospice And NC$58,047 Executive Director $27,901 $27,412 2023
Conversations To Remember NJ$53,528 Executive Director $60,000 $49,477 2024
Neighbors Who Care Inc MA$58,913 Secretary & Executive Dire $2,000 $1,709 2023
Orlando Police Foundation Inc FL$59,146 Executive Director $26,073 $22,622 2024
The Bridge Of Central Massachusetts MA$59,173 President & Ceo $29,151 $24,908 2023
Dark Horse Futures Foundation NC$59,210 Incorporator $3,000 $2,863 2024
Neighbor 2 Neighbor TN$59,224 Executive Di $70,521 $66,698 2025
Rainbow Wellness Collective Inc MN$59,260 Executive Dir. $25,962 $23,693 2024
Indian American Impact Project DC$60,623 Former Executive Director $29,829 $24,175 2024
Mountain Lake Services Foundation NY$51,373 Executive Dir. $27,595 $23,030 2024
Successful Living Center AL$60,911 Executive Director/ceo $20,400 $20,355 2024
Bring It Home Florida Inc FL$50,995 Director $29,615 $25,695 2024
Lights 4 Hope Inc FL$62,011 President, Treasurer, Director $4,937 $4,410 2023
Pandemic Patients SC$62,724 President $26,000 $25,052 2024
Hope For Widows TX$49,108 President $6,000 $5,543 2024
East Savannah United Inc GA$49,030 Executive Di $81,477 $77,898 2023
Nigerian Center Inc DC$63,152 Executive Director $4,750 $3,963 2023
Npx Charitable Inc CA$63,502 President $10,000 $8,210 2023
Minorities For Equality In Employment Education Liberty And Justice TX$47,711 Executive Director $45,850 $43,610 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WV 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 WV 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted78th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted59th

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 (Zane Parsley) 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 83 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $38,667 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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.