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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Refuge Widowers Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 920666489
GA · NTEE P99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniel Brooker, Executive Director / CEO ($91,567) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 138 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: Daniel Brooker — reported title “Founder/CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

138 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 138 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$786 total compensation of comparable organizations → $179,074 $91,567
$12,65910th
$29,32125th
$48,427Median
$72,73275th
$90,09290th
$91,567This org · 91st
p10$12,659
p25$29,321
p50$48,427
p75$72,732
p90$90,092
$91,567

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 GA 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
Welcome Home Montrose Inc CO$229,142 Executive Director $41,500 $39,576 2024
Extended Family AL$230,175 Executive Director $39,646 $42,597 2024
The More We Love WA$226,863 Executive Director $59,918 $53,352 2024
Center For African Health And Education OR$226,533 President $40,840 $37,719 2024
Merrimack Valley Dream Center Inc MA$226,466 President And Execuitve Director $13,000 $11,618 2024
Desert Sol Inc AZ$232,668 President/ceo $3,000 $2,869 2024
Kids In Crisis Intervention Team IN$225,640 Executive Director (Part Year) $31,806 $34,343 2023
Northside Mennonite Child Care OH$225,537 Director $34,876 $37,823 2023
Mount Olives Community Center Inc MA$233,125 President $15,735 $14,478 2023
Ride For Joy ID$224,899 Executive Dir. $62,969 $66,620 2024
Crack House Ministries OH$234,126 President $78,230 $84,840 2023
The Common Good Soup Kitchen Community ME$224,422 Executive Director $45,000 $44,815 2024
Little Wish Foundation Inc IN$224,381 President/ce $77,896 $84,111 2023
Clothe Your Neighbor As Yourself In FL$223,988 President / $60,019 $57,732 2023
Victory Hill Therapeutic Horsmanship Inc NY$223,843 Director $850 $786 2023
Santa Fe Community Yoga Center NM$223,444 Executive Director $42,151 $46,420 2023
Seeds Of Harmony Inc AZ$237,318 Executive Dir. $56,791 $54,319 2024
Communities United For Action OH$237,858 Executive Director $77,297 $81,423 2024
Your Hometown Heroes Inc IN$220,770 President $95,271 $102,872 2023
Field Of Dreams Inc CA$238,158 Secretary $30,150 $25,893 2024
Victoria's Friends Inc GA$220,055 Ceo/president $55,071 $55,071 2024
Info For Families Inc GA$238,935 President $161,548 $161,548 2024
Webster Hope Inc NY$219,053 Director $54,183 $48,694 2024
Our Daily Bread Foundation NC$218,978 Executive Dir. $9,996 $10,272 2024
El Sistema Usa NC$240,424 Executive Director $95,000 $100,508 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted93rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted87th

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 (Daniel Brooker) 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 138 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $91,567 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.