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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Rise Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 874814590
OH · NTEE L80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Charles D Hillman, Executive Director / CEO ($76,379) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 57 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 91st percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Charles D Hillman — reported title “PRESIDENT/CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

57 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 57 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,969 total compensation of comparable organizations → $162,496 $76,379
$11,93510th
$19,12725th
$32,624Median
$52,90375th
$66,12190th
$76,379This org · 91st
p10$11,935
p25$19,127
p50$32,624
p75$52,903
p90$66,121
$76,379

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 OH 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
Narragansett Affordable Housing Inc RI$163,584 President $37,500 $33,074 2025
Prairie Haven Inc IA$162,717 Top Management Official $19,545 $20,802 2023
Housing Continuum Inc IL$160,761 Executive Director $30,156 $28,818 2023
Dh Inc OR$170,222 President $15,031 $13,568 2023
Cannelton & Neighbors Development Inc IN$158,750 Executive Director $13,950 $13,889 2024
Strategic Community Investments AR$172,088 Exec Dir/sec $22,377 $24,450 2023
Fox Township Manor Inc PA$158,421 Director $34,650 $32,624 2024
Mid-peninsula Murphy's Inc CA$157,402 Cfo / Assistant Secretary $77,467 $63,157 2024
Trans Housing Coalition Inc GA$156,187 Executive Dir. $89,470 $87,445 2023
Mount Zion Community Development Inc NC$155,327 Executive Director $72,334 $70,566 2024
Abigail's Place TX$177,282 Executive Director $48,000 $45,333 2024
Lotus Care House MO$179,774 Executive Director $77,885 $80,186 2023
Wisconsin Rapids Figure Skating Club Inc WI$150,751 Program Director $2,075 $1,994 2025
His Daughters House CA$180,015 Ceo $20,097 $16,869 2023
Cmrs Iv Inc NH$181,273 President & Ceo $32,010 $27,906 2024
Mp Mezes Inc CA$181,422 Cfo/assistant Secretary $59,660 $50,076 2023
Vesta Three Inc MD$183,633 President $21,417 $18,905 2024
Oak Hill Apartments CA$144,861 Secretary/treasurer $39,437 $32,152 2024
The Safe Place Foundation IA$186,798 Executive Director $42,780 $45,532 2023
Ebsv Community Development Inc CA$143,735 President & Ceo $28,109 $23,593 2023
Stones River Development Corporation TN$189,803 Executive Director $29,224 $28,256 2025
Rock Garden Camp MO$189,911 Manager $18,600 $18,600 2024
Newburyport Affordable MA$140,347 Executive Director $18,309 $15,534 2024
Ingraham Housing Corporation ME$191,409 President $15,951 $15,080 2024
Lexington Senior Center Inc MO$138,378 Executive Di $58,000 $58,000 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default91st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Charles D Hillman) 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 57 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,379 is reasonable (approximately the 91st 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.