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Compensation Comparability Determination

Creative Defense Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 932125820
FL · NTEE Q43
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kylie Carroll, Executive Director / CEO ($19,375) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 465 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 2nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

465 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 465 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,771 total compensation of comparable organizations → $665,250 $19,375
$40,77210th
$74,18525th
$107,722Median
$162,28075th
$223,14590th
$19,375This org · 2nd
p10$40,772
p25$74,185
p50$107,722
p75$162,280
p90$223,145
$19,375

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 FL 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
Thrive Networks Global CA$1,490,852 Executive Dir. $83,196 $76,472 2024
Presidential Precinct VA$1,489,368 Executive Director $220,945 $227,088 2024
Society For International Development DC$1,491,433 President $212,828 $204,678 2023
Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange KY$1,489,235 Executive Director $54,623 $62,469 2024
Helping Hands Ministries Internatio WA$1,489,002 Executive Di $76,370 $72,784 2024
🔒 460 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default2nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)3rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted6th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted2nd

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:

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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 13, 2026.