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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

You Are The Power Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 921481708
SC · NTEE T40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Spike Cohen, Executive Director / CEO ($34,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 13th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$26,647 total compensation of comparable organizations → $91,091 $34,400
$34,35710th
$39,91825th
$53,173Median
$61,77775th
$73,08990th
$34,400This org · 13th
p10$34,357
p25$39,918
p50$53,173
p75$61,777
p90$73,089
$34,400

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 SC 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
Volunteer Center Inc WI$260,586 Executive Di $57,133 $57,194 2023
The New Philanthropists TX$254,693 Executive Director $95,000 $91,091 2023
Rsvp Of Central Oklahoma Inc OK$233,420 Executive Director $45,927 $45,871 2025
Volunteer Center Of Kern County Inc CA$217,744 Executive Dir. $47,336 $38,056 2024
Hands On Thomas County Inc GA$216,757 Executive Di $65,532 $59,767 2025
Mission Indy Inc IN$214,556 President And Executive Director $43,872 $43,075 2024
Red Hook Responds Incorporated NY$213,326 Executive Director (Former) $31,673 $26,647 2024
Volunteer Alexandria VA$320,750 Executive Director $80,186 $70,227 2025
League Of Volunteers Inc CA$323,250 Executive Direc $80,000 $66,217 2023
Texarkana Volunteer Services Bureau Inc TX$190,202 Executive Director $41,573 $38,718 2024
Retired Senior Volunteer Program Of Daviess Co In Inc IN$183,633 Executive Director $54,000 $54,586 2023
Cars For Neighbors Inc MN$183,526 Philanthropi $32,367 $30,657 2023
Matrix Ministries Corporation TX$177,013 President $44,435 $40,318 2025
Qme Place Inc CA$359,989 Chairperson Of Board And Ceo $75,000 $60,297 2024
Retired Senior Volunteer Program Of WI$374,109 Executive Director $53,231 $51,760 2024
Everyone For Veterans WA$389,227 Executive Director $88,500 $75,950 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default13th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted13th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

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 (Spike Cohen) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $34,400 is reasonable (approximately the 13th 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.