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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Charlotte Gaymers Network Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 872591704
NC · NTEE O50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jonathan Saldana, Executive Director / CEO ($60,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 444 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 60th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jonathan Saldana — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

444 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 444 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17 total compensation of comparable organizations → $143,530 $60,000
$12,45310th
$28,76725th
$51,071Median
$70,25575th
$90,91490th
$60,000This org · 60th
p10$12,453
p25$28,767
p50$51,071
p75$70,255
p90$90,914
$60,000

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 NC 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
Lamplighter Academic And Mentoring Program Inc FL$244,343 Exec Director $11,550 $10,501 2024
The Advance Project MD$244,362 President $102,336 $92,594 2024
City Hearts Kids Say Yes To The CA$243,926 Executive Di $101,250 $84,615 2024
Imagine Me Ministries Inc MD$243,844 Executive Director $104,315 $94,385 2024
Connect To Greatness Inc FL$243,758 Executive Dir. $90,000 $81,826 2024
The Julio A Martinez Memorial Fund NY$244,889 President Acacia Network $73,959 $66,591 2023
Nature Rangers Wilderness Programs CA$243,102 Executive Director $46,489 $38,851 2024
Bent On Learning Inc NY$242,934 Executive Dir. $147,300 $132,624 2023
Be The Voice Inc GA$242,700 Executive Director $46,000 $43,609 2025
Building Utah Youth UT$245,695 Fndtn Director $7,475 $7,404 2024
Friends Of The Addison Youth Center NY$245,993 Director $34,880 $30,504 2024
Swappow Plus Foundation AZ$246,020 Executive Di $75,000 $69,807 2024
Kings Academy Tyrone PA$246,239 Secretary $7,000 $6,756 2024
Recess Cleveland OH$246,370 Executive Director $10,200 $12,103 2021
The Dallas Friendship Circle Inc TX$241,828 Director $48,750 $47,195 2024
Student Movement Of Justice And Opportunity CA$246,623 Executive Director $38,400 $32,091 2024
Apex Youth Connection ME$241,409 Executive Director $66,911 $64,844 2024
Lanai Academy Of Performing Arts In HI$241,109 Exec & Music $76,125 $65,961 2024
Working Parents Alliance Inc NY$247,391 Executive Dir. $67,404 $58,947 2024
Quincy House MN$247,636 Executive Di $24,608 $23,533 2024
Halt Violence OH$240,534 Founder/ceo $99,364 $101,854 2024
Lisbon Bronco Athletic Boosters ND$248,020 Vice President $7,200 $7,873 2023
Triumph Futbol Club Inc TX$240,283 Director Of Soccer Operations; Coach $116,613 $116,228 2023
Sebastopol Sea Serpents CA$240,202 Head Coach $143,552 $119,967 2024
Open Door Abuse Awareness Prevention PA$248,263 Executive Director $109,072 $105,268 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default60th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted60th

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 (Jonathan Saldana) 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 444 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,000 is reasonable (approximately the 60th 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.