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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Carry On Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 872350234
UT · NTEE N20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tanner Cole Parkinson, Executive Director / CEO ($22,250) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 82 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Tanner Cole Parkinson — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

82 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 82 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$547 total compensation of comparable organizations → $138,004 $22,250
$3,98610th
$14,91625th
$39,918Median
$55,95975th
$76,83090th
$22,250This org · 34th
p10$3,986
p25$14,916
p50$39,918
p75$55,959
p90$76,830
$22,250

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 UT 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
Central New York Baptist Youth Camp Inc NY$290,010 Executive Director $58,791 $50,417 2024
Living Waters Ministries Inc NY$290,063 President $45,000 $39,730 2023
Camp Tuckabatchee Inc IL$289,205 Executive Director $60,000 $55,981 2024
Why Not Now Inc IL$290,721 Executive Director $57,115 $53,288 2024
Original Design SC$288,390 Executive Director $59,000 $58,414 2024
Pine Grove Fish & Game Protective Assoc PA$291,581 President $1,171 $1,108 2024
Woods & Water Christian Retreat Inc OH$293,911 Executive Di $60,859 $61,174 2024
Old Reliable Germantown Fair Inc KY$285,513 Treasurer $1,800 $1,788 2025
Camp O Bannon Of Licking County Inc OH$285,042 Executive Director $39,168 $40,533 2023
Nami Lehigh Valley PA$295,595 Executive Director $59,922 $58,386 2023
Recreation Unlimited CA$297,394 President $74,025 $60,662 2024
Rocky Mountain Ministries Inc WY$282,019 Chairman $55,000 $55,893 2024
Huron Forest Camp Cedarridge Inc MI$281,822 Executive Camp Director $49,190 $48,185 2024
Friends Of Wabun CT$280,796 Executive Director $80,000 $71,186 2024
Barnyball WA$300,057 President $74,350 $65,039 2023
Healing Farm Ministries SC$301,409 Executive Di $63,302 $62,673 2024
Northern Lights Figure Skating Club Inc MN$304,434 Treasurer $599 $547 2025
Camp Opportunity Incorporated MD$305,621 Executive Director $110,000 $97,598 2024
Feliciana Retreat And Conference Center Inc LA$305,864 Executive Director $73,679 $76,995 2024
Central Oak Heights Association PA$306,112 Former Treasurer $1,400 $1,364 2023
Salt Lake Climbers Alliance Inc UT$307,239 Executive Di $85,200 $82,756 2024
Barton County Club Inc KS$267,097 Secretary $10,829 $11,102 2024
Florida Citrus Sports Foundation Inc FL$265,358 Chief Executive Officer $44,985 $40,106 2024
Johnson City Firefighters TN$265,352 President $3,900 $3,890 2024
The Handicapped Children's Camp For NY$262,959 Secretary $10,000 $8,576 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to UT 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 UT 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted33rd

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 (Tanner Cole Parkinson) 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 82 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (N20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $22,250 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.