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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

South County Services Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 942321411
CA · NTEE P52Z
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Morris Craig, Executive Director / CEO ($56,000) against the 2000 closest of 3,860 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Morris Craig — reported title “Chairperson”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

3,860 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$299 total compensation of comparable organizations → $640,101 $56,000
$20,89810th
$43,84125th
$68,476Median
$92,40575th
$118,55490th
$56,000This org · 36th
p10$20,898
p25$43,841
p50$68,476
p75$92,405
p90$118,554
$56,000

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 CA 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
Su Casa Columbus Inc IN$428,724 Executive Director $40,385 $50,777 2023
Family Promise Of Augusta Inc GA$428,813 Executive Director $54,157 $63,062 2024
Mcdowell Pregnancy Care Center Inc NC$428,664 Director $35,177 $42,093 2024
Neville Communities Inc MA$428,923 Executive Director (Until 01/24) $4,250 $4,423 2024
Portsmouth Volunteers For The VA$428,982 Executive Director $69,566 $80,085 2023
Above The Rest Academy CA$428,548 President $76,500 $76,500 2024
Salem Ministers Conference Community Food Pantry VA$429,003 Executive Director $54,696 $61,160 2024
Laurent House Foundation Inc IL$429,022 Executive Director $75,000 $85,389 2024
Laundrycares Foundation IL$428,396 Executive Vice President $131,078 $153,644 2023
A Supportive Community For All WA$428,374 Executive Director $87,136 $93,014 2023
Allies For Children PA$429,158 Executive Director $143,488 $161,438 2025
Ascend - Leadership Through Athletics Inc VA$429,179 Executive Director $55,938 $62,548 2024
Christian Alliance For Orphans VA$428,341 President $85,846 $93,516 2025
Christian Chefs International OR$429,255 President $51,615 $54,079 2025
Bit Of Hope Ranch Inc NC$428,244 Executive Dir. $45,240 $54,134 2024
Friends Of Transitions Guatemala CA$428,236 Chief Financial Officer $2,000 $2,000 2024
Apple Valley School WY$428,183 Executive Di $58,417 $72,442 2024
Providence Village Of Rhode Island RI$428,180 Executive Dir. $83,204 $95,124 2023
World Harvest Ministries Inc IN$429,431 President $15,880 $19,966 2023
Multipli International Inc AR$429,503 President $42,000 $54,673 2024
Build Missouri Health MO$428,014 President & Ceo $24,284 $29,786 2024
Bastrop Hope House TX$428,009 President $12,100 $14,431 2023
Chatham Community Collaborative Nfp IL$427,971 President $12,686 $14,443 2024
Tabithas Heart MN$427,948 Executive Director $49,500 $56,643 2024
Small Steps Inc TN$429,647 Executive Dir. $84,145 $102,429 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)45th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted31st

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 (Morris Craig) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,000 is reasonable (approximately the 36th 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.