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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Neighbors Who Care Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 860966061
AZ · NTEE P50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sheryl Keeme, Executive Director / CEO ($84,299) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 71 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 86th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

71 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 71 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,519 total compensation of comparable organizations → $144,847 $84,299
$17,03010th
$33,49525th
$56,160Median
$70,70475th
$86,85590th
$84,299This org · 86th
p10$17,030
p25$33,495
p50$56,160
p75$70,704
p90$86,855
$84,299

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 AZ 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
Wiregrass 2-1-1 AL$273,001 Executive Director $57,979 $65,130 2024
Global Mother Divine Org Usa IA$274,823 President $60,000 $68,311 2024
Community Grief Center CO$275,781 Executive Director $46,500 $46,362 2024
Coos Elderly Services Inc OR$277,188 Executive Director $51,532 $51,230 2023
Saving Our Seniors Inc FL$280,581 President $49,181 $48,041 2024
Desert Waters Correctional Outreach CO$263,171 Executive Di $39,087 $40,123 2023
Woman To Woman Mentoring Inc MD$262,597 Executive Di $73,519 $73,580 2023
Southern Minnesota Womens Center MN$282,337 Ex. Director $33,010 $34,918 2023
Donor Sibling Registry CO$261,555 Exceutive Director $145,277 $144,847 2024
Purposeful Living Inc IN$260,306 President $81,500 $89,367 2024
Haydens House Of Healing Inc NJ$285,958 Ceo $72,000 $66,843 2024
Inspiring You To Greatness Non Profit Corporation TX$254,670 President $8,800 $8,917 2025
River City Recovery Ministries MN$254,332 Vice Preside $54,660 $56,160 2024
The National Advocacy Center Of The MD$292,016 Executive Direc $61,631 $61,682 2023
Bless Your Heart Nonprofit Corporation LA$294,687 Project Manager $20,000 $22,899 2024
Steps To Tomorrow CA$294,840 Exec Director $67,700 $59,219 2025
Safeart Inc VT$249,590 Co-director Programs $52,960 $57,064 2023
Wabanaki Womens Coalition Inc ME$296,796 Executive Director $83,419 $86,855 2024
Transition 123 Inc MI$298,973 Executive Dir. $103,903 $114,808 2023
The Peace Center Inc PA$241,707 Executive Di $50,835 $52,712 2024
Divine Values School Inc FL$241,584 President $3,500 $3,519 2023
Beautiful You By Profile MI$303,333 Executive Di $25,532 $27,402 2024
Net Resource Foundation TN$307,721 Executive Director $31,200 $34,101 2024
Mothers' Milk Bank Of Mississippi MS$308,834 Former Executive Director $47,653 $56,816 2023
Families Helping Families Region 7 LA$309,590 Executive Dir. $69,903 $82,401 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default86th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)94th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted85th

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 (Sheryl Keeme) 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 71 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $84,299 is reasonable (approximately the 86th 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.