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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Foundations A Place For Education And Recovery Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 161758858
OH · NTEE F33
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michelle Beyer, Executive Director / CEO ($61,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 41 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 61st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

41 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 41 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,847 total compensation of comparable organizations → $258,132 $61,000
$15,91210th
$21,34525th
$41,764Median
$75,09175th
$111,15390th
$61,000This org · 61st
p10$15,912
p25$21,345
p50$41,764
p75$75,091
p90$111,153
$61,000

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 OH 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
Feather River Mens Center CA$403,995 Asst Director $51,227 $41,764 2023
House Of Hope IA$405,819 Executive Director $56,667 $56,900 2024
Reunification Transitional Housing Corporation CA$381,894 Ceo $72,048 $58,739 2023
Blue River Housing Corp MI$426,094 President $6,000 $5,847 2023
People Who Care Children's Association CA$368,834 Non-voting Member $67,390 $53,365 2024
Midway Apartments Inc GA$367,120 Executive Dir. $19,500 $17,981 2024
Bridge To Balance Inc AZ$356,546 President $122,414 $111,153 2023
Pathway Recovery Inc VA$353,900 President And Chief Executive Officer $19,962 $18,198 2023
The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation Inc IL$450,686 President/director $98,200 $88,535 2024
Bhr Housing Properties WA$353,568 Bhr Ceo $25,251 $21,345 2023
Kadima Nonprofit Housing Corporation MI$452,605 President $36,676 $34,716 2024
Yana House IL$455,297 Executive Director $158,600 $139,305 2025
Morning Starr New Beginnings TX$456,000 President $60,000 $55,041 2024
North Sunflower Medical Foundation MS$456,827 Executive Di $20,000 $20,427 2024
L'arche North Carolina NC$335,585 Executive Director $70,179 $66,500 2024
Acts 1 And 8 Housing OH$469,663 President $83,200 $80,813 2024
Reach Sober Living Inc MI$471,659 Ed/clinical $178,534 $168,994 2024
A Peace Of Mind Inc PA$324,326 Executive Director $43,805 $40,061 2024
Guardian Hills Veterans Healing Center MO$481,297 Executive Director $41,667 $40,472 2024
B C Davis Inc MI$311,755 President $36,900 $34,928 2024
Adelphoi Services Inc PA$494,100 Assistant Secretary/treasurer $7,704 $7,046 2024
Sheridan Hill House Corporation NY$495,099 Ceo $18,651 $15,912 2023
Peace River Center Properties Inc FL$306,470 Secretary $27,335 $23,550 2024
Clinton Residence Inc NY$504,777 Executive Director $7,880 $6,723 2023
Shepherds Way Inc KS$504,885 President And Ceo $18,000 $17,834 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default61st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)56th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted37th

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 (Michelle Beyer) 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 41 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $61,000 is reasonable (approximately the 61st 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.