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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Friends Of The Carpenter

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 911932953
WA · NTEE P85
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael Hammond, Executive Director / CEO ($53,371) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 87 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 30th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

87 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 87 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,284 total compensation of comparable organizations → $152,024 $53,371
$22,73910th
$42,86725th
$62,799Median
$81,56875th
$100,79690th
$53,371This org · 30th
p10$22,739
p25$42,867
p50$62,799
p75$81,568
p90$100,796
$53,371

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 WA 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
Little Birthday Angels Inc FL$356,626 Executive Di $51,201 $53,724 2024
Growgood Inc CA$353,609 Executive Director $97,146 $96,462 2023
Oregon Trail Of Hope OR$360,635 Director Of Development $56,660 $58,771 2024
Every Avenue TX$350,028 Ceo $100,000 $111,728 2024
Verde Valley Homeless Coalition AZ$365,915 Executive Dir. $58,462 $62,799 2024
Hands For Homeless Inc FL$367,506 Ceo $30,200 $32,624 2023
Shoreline Community Services CA$369,173 Executive Director $66,008 $65,544 2023
Kinsman Redeemer Homeless Ministry TN$343,282 Executive Director $16,155 $18,967 2024
Together Helping Others Inc NY$341,620 Chairman $60,000 $62,346 2023
Encompass Yamhill Valley OR$375,109 Executive Director $60,223 $62,466 2024
Greater Cincinnati Coalition For The Homeless OH$375,871 Executive Director $47,536 $56,235 2024
Southwest Georgia Housing Opportunities GA$376,580 Executive Director $48,479 $54,445 2024
Water Drop CA$334,061 Co-president $6,479 $6,249 2024
Cy-fair Helping Hands TX$384,316 Executive Director $73,900 $85,006 2023
Help Right Here TN$328,137 Co-executive Director $53,428 $64,580 2023
Tourettes' Foundation For Needy Children Inc CA$386,297 Executive Director $29,465 $29,257 2023
Serenity Homes MN$327,799 Executive Director $22,000 $24,998 2023
Sisters Of Solace MO$327,391 Executive Di $33,348 $39,451 2024
Shenandoah Alliance For Shelter VA$386,985 Executive Director $51,853 $54,479 2025
The Open Door Community (Presbyteri MD$324,893 Former Direc $18,915 $19,752 2024
The Widows Mite NV$321,504 Board Member, Community Member $24,419 $27,339 2024
Street Ministries Inc OH$319,760 President/executive Director $4,420 $5,384 2023
Bethlehem Emergency Sheltering Inc PA$394,511 Executive Director $62,071 $71,179 2023
Isaiah 55 Inc OH$319,550 Founder/ceo $12,000 $14,196 2024
Women's Medical Respite MO$318,497 Executive Director $8,545 $10,109 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default30th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted30th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Michael Hammond) 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 87 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P85), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $53,371 is reasonable (approximately the 30th 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.