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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Family Gateway Affordable Housing Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043771703
TX · NTEE L40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ellen Magnis, Executive Director / CEO ($8,427) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 46 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 7th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Ellen Magnis — reported title “PRESIDENT AND CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

46 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 46 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,913 total compensation of comparable organizations → $342,532 $8,427
$12,62710th
$20,91925th
$38,629Median
$57,05375th
$81,07690th
$8,427This org · 7th
p10$12,627
p25$20,919
p50$38,629
p75$57,053
p90$81,076
$8,427

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
Philippians Place NC$216,132 Executive Di $18,760 $18,878 2025
Stand At The Crossroads Ministries SC$214,681 President $10,000 $10,737 2023
Phoenixville Womens Outreach PA$220,134 Executive Director $50,034 $49,880 2024
Win Decatur Housing Development Fund Corporation NY$208,686 President & Ceo $8,404 $7,592 2024
Surplus Property Roundtable MI$224,356 Executive Dir. $78,788 $81,297 2024
Altrusa Hospitality House Inc WI$206,495 Executive Di $73,819 $77,070 2024
Courage To Change Sober Living IN$229,969 Executive Director $19,550 $20,610 2024
Rise - El Dorado Inc KS$230,561 Director $10,225 $11,043 2024
12 Step Life OH$200,336 Ceo $76,476 $80,975 2024
Arvad Ministries Incorporated LA$198,533 Executive Di $34,500 $39,099 2023
Pa Dream House Inc PA$189,049 Administrativedirector $49,920 $49,766 2024
Westminster Room In The Inn TN$244,102 Executive Di $27,650 $28,306 2025
Seeds Of Hope Inc OH$244,140 Executive Director $35,161 $38,329 2023
Bay House Housing Development Fund NY$184,243 Secretary/treasurer $53,979 $48,762 2024
Tabitha Ministry NC$183,081 Executive Director $14,628 $14,720 2025
Mesa Housing Inc CO$182,845 Treasurer $14,400 $14,211 2023
Darlene Slaters Rehabilitation Center MS$249,109 President $24,000 $26,722 2024
Freedom Thru Faith Ministries Inc MN$179,956 Secretary $28,165 $27,822 2024
North Beacon Hill Housing Initiative WA$252,682 President $63,876 $57,171 2024
St Bakhita Catholic Worker Inc WI$254,431 Executive Director $59,380 $61,995 2024
Veterans Accession House CA$255,798 Adm.assistant $40,092 $34,609 2024
Casa Esperanza Housing Development Fund NY$255,864 President/ceo $50,896 $47,334 2023
Restore House Inc MN$167,940 Coordinator $20,965 $20,709 2024
Journey Home Inc VA$264,064 Operations Director And Board Director $27,115 $26,946 2023
New Dimensions In Recovery Inc AZ$264,532 Executive Director $82,011 $81,176 2023

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 default7th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)7th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 (Ellen Magnis) 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 46 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $8,427 is reasonable (approximately the 7th 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.