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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Steadfast Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 861738533
LA · NTEE J20
FY ending 2025-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of George Gillam, Executive Director / CEO ($76,096) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 67 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: George Gillam — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

67 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 67 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,601 total compensation of comparable organizations → $520,122 $76,096
$23,95210th
$39,63725th
$58,400Median
$75,10875th
$87,53190th
$76,096This org · 76th
p10$23,952
p25$39,637
p50$58,400
p75$75,108
p90$87,531
$76,096

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 LA 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
Assisted Employment Services Inc FL$234,395 President $72,897 $63,837 2024
Utah Women In The Trades UT$233,963 Executive Director $47,820 $45,623 2024
The Journey Forward IL$235,172 Executive Director $90,366 $82,815 2024
Center For Youth Development Through Law CA$236,575 Executive Dir. $68,172 $54,875 2024
Instruction Construction OR$240,283 Executive Director $90,000 $80,212 2023
Tle Center For Urban MA$227,568 Executive Di $26,783 $22,436 2024
Employment Service Consultants Inc CA$241,439 President & Ceo $70,470 $58,400 2023
Oregon Acte Inc OR$242,007 Executive Director $40,500 $36,095 2023
Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturers And PA$221,987 Exec Director $72,610 $69,493 2023
Minnesota Africans United MN$248,785 Ceo $95,762 $90,812 2023
Partnership For Career Development PA$250,914 President $125,000 $116,200 2024
Dress For Success Boise Inc ID$217,462 Executive Director $62,100 $63,400 2023
Celebrate Edu CO$216,976 Officer - Ceo $90,000 $82,823 2023
Dress For Success Reno- NV$216,901 Executive Di $59,333 $57,078 2023
Harrison House Of Hope AR$252,102 Ex Director $43,260 $46,667 2023
21st Century Workforce Development LA$216,599 Executive Dirctor/treasurer $70,050 $71,903 2024
Pennsylvania Farm Link Inc PA$254,281 Executive Di $68,987 $64,130 2024
May Coalition Inc NC$212,566 Executive Director $86,063 $85,343 2023
Experience Now Inc VA$256,444 President & Ceo $36,924 $34,215 2023
Executive Alliance Inc MD$257,280 Exec. Director $95,000 $82,793 2024
Supply Chain Oki OH$210,740 President $66,609 $65,764 2024
Dress For Success Des Moines IA$258,798 Executive Director $42,692 $43,575 2024
Foundation For Pops MI$207,371 Executive Director $69,759 $67,120 2024
Michigan Assessing Coalition Inc MI$261,634 Executive Director $21,177 $20,376 2024
Dress For Success River Cities Inc WV$205,064 Executive Director $42,461 $42,856 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA cost of living and 2025 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 LA 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)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted72nd

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 (George Gillam) 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 67 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,096 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.