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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The S E L F Help Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 134115527
NY · NTEE B60
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Guru Madeleine, Executive Director / CEO ($58,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 80 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 54th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Guru Madeleine — reported title “PRESIDENT/COB”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

80 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 80 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$278 total compensation of comparable organizations → $158,353 $58,000
$15,80910th
$31,22925th
$54,511Median
$75,70575th
$103,89190th
$58,000This org · 54th
p10$15,809
p25$31,229
p50$54,511
p75$75,705
p90$103,891
$58,000

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 NY 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
Professional Learning Us Inc NY$173,772 Chief Executive $40,000 $38,852 2024
Gestalt Therapy Institute Of The CA$179,113 President $300 $278 2024
National Foundation For Judicial Excelle IL$179,322 Secretary-treasurer $23,000 $24,305 2024
Minne MN$182,257 Executive Director Beginning July $56,731 $62,035 2023
Opportunity Thrive Inc MI$183,212 Executive Di $56,650 $62,852 2024
Dc Creative Writing Workshop Inc DC$183,216 Executive Di $81,033 $76,435 2024
The Meadows Of Northern Arizona Inc AZ$169,304 London $42,271 $43,698 2024
Arts As Healing Foundation MO$185,399 Executive Director $60,833 $69,258 2024
Institute For Advertising Ethics NY$165,475 President $125,000 $125,000 2023
Western Institute Of Legal Medicine CA$162,345 President $47,500 $45,391 2023
Global Training Network OK$194,034 President $58,548 $71,345 2023
Iowa Civil Justice Foundation IA$157,676 Executive Director $122,488 $144,162 2024
German Laguage School Of Naper IL$156,641 Chair Of The B $26,920 $28,448 2024
Taproot Farm & Environment Edu Ctr NH$196,475 Executive Di $45,000 $44,664 2024
Houston Taiwan Institute Of Senior TX$154,911 President $30,107 $32,372 2024
National Hartford Center Of MA$197,887 Executive Director $75,000 $74,584 2023
Balanced Rock Foundation CA$153,486 Executive Director $81,638 $78,013 2023
Rappu Inc VA$200,403 Executive Di $39,542 $41,040 2024
Infinity Foundation IL$200,734 Executive Di $25,600 $27,053 2024
Wyoming Family Home Ownership WY$151,400 Prior Exec D $81,474 $93,779 2024
Local 147 Training Fund NY$201,689 Training Dir. $48,261 $46,876 2024
Financial Wellness Institute Inc NJ$149,920 Ceo $165,000 $158,353 2024
Local 619 Jatc MS$203,105 Trustee $29,878 $35,769 2024
Christian Heritage Home WA$149,107 Director $30,000 $28,871 2024
Dr Gertrude A Barber Educational PA$204,274 Executive Vice President $18,945 $20,908 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default54th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted48th

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 (Guru Madeleine) 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 80 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $58,000 is reasonable (approximately the 54th 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.