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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mercy Goods

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 992088969
TX · NTEE O53
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Zach Lambert, Executive Director / CEO ($84,533) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 493 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 90th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

493 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 493 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$18 total compensation of comparable organizations → $162,012 $84,533
$8,36010th
$22,68325th
$45,002Median
$65,42375th
$81,37890th
$84,533This org · 90th
p10$8,360
p25$22,683
p50$45,002
p75$65,423
p90$81,378
$84,533

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 TX 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
Lowell Youth Leadership Program Inc MA$180,593 Vice President $6,369 $5,722 2024
Pickaway Helps Dba Pickaway Works OH$180,333 Co-program Director $70,000 $74,118 2024
The Beating The Odds Foundation PA$180,103 Ceo/ Founder $76,587 $78,606 2023
The Mustard Seed Ministry NC$180,068 Treasurer/se $5,400 $5,578 2024
Lapeer County K I N D Kids In New Directions MI$179,980 Executive Director $44,956 $47,758 2023
Be A Mentor Inc SC$181,862 Executive Di $44,340 $47,609 2023
Purpose Of God Annex Outreach Center NC$179,739 Cao $31,525 $32,564 2024
Sports Konnect Inc FL$179,372 Ceo $37,000 $33,852 2025
Goulds Youth Ministries AR$179,354 Executive Director $30,890 $34,711 2024
Latinx In Gaming Nfp CA$182,491 President $10,459 $9,295 2023
Hbcus Outside Incorporated NC$182,982 Executive Director $40,000 $41,318 2024
Hazel Green Gymnastics Club Inc WI$178,699 Director $19,139 $19,982 2024
Stark County Junior Fair Inc IL$178,648 Board Member $1,500 $1,517 2023
Hangar Youth And Community Center MI$178,593 Executive Director $24,615 $25,399 2024
Franklin Fellows TN$178,492 Executive Director $93,333 $98,075 2024
Boone County Mentoring Partnership Inc IN$178,449 Executive Dir. $58,000 $61,145 2024
Black Brothers-black Sisters Involvement OH$183,388 Ceo $25,000 $26,471 2024
The Reed Community Foundation OK$183,596 Executive Di $55,934 $61,572 2024
Girls On The Run Of Berks County PA$177,869 Executive Director $66,388 $66,184 2024
Kids Of The Community TN$177,868 Director $6,350 $6,870 2023
Tw Quarter Circle Ranch Ministries SC$184,057 Ministry Dir $28,800 $30,924 2023
Better Eugene-springfield Transportation OR$184,104 Executive Director $53,460 $49,630 2024
Luke Project Inc GA$177,539 President $72,500 $75,027 2023
The Dock Ministries MI$184,163 Director $54,459 $56,193 2024
Funducation Inc FL$184,475 Founder/ceo/executive Director $93,449 $87,761 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default90th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted92nd
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 (Zach Lambert) 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 493 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (O), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $84,533 is reasonable (approximately the 90th 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.