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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Heart In Balance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 201206371
CA · NTEE P46
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeanette E Shelby, Executive Director / CEO ($25,190) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 58 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 12th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jeanette E Shelby — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

58 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 58 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,393 total compensation of comparable organizations → $165,627 $25,190
$19,42210th
$34,46125th
$51,364Median
$98,53375th
$132,45090th
$25,190This org · 12th
p10$19,422
p25$34,461
p50$51,364
p75$98,533
p90$132,450
$25,190

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
Eagle Family Ministries Inc AR$230,634 President $32,500 $43,556 2023
Community Grief Support Service AL$230,846 Executive Director - Part Year $45,536 $56,971 2024
Empowered And Dedicated To Edify The MA$231,724 Ceo And Exec Director $100,000 $104,067 2024
Joshua Holmes Ministries TX$220,000 Secretary $28,000 $32,436 2024
Bliss & Wisdom Culture And Education CA$218,140 Cfo $2,400 $2,471 2023
Daemion Counseling Center Inc PA$217,687 Executive Director $24,728 $29,401 2023
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Usa CA$239,704 Office Manager $74,845 $74,845 2024
Illinois Mental Health Counselors Assoc IL$240,710 Executive Director $35,100 $38,932 2025
Delaware Multicultural And Civic Organiz DE$210,427 President $27,347 $31,010 2024
Marriage Adventure Inc GA$210,041 President $42,500 $49,488 2024
Mobilepreacherorg Inc FL$249,166 President & Ceo $90,600 $98,566 2024
Dovehouse Ministries TN$251,533 Founding Dir $62,956 $78,900 2023
Journey For Life NC$203,981 President $122,650 $146,763 2024
Free To Be Ministries OH$261,697 Executive Director $34,077 $43,033 2023
Pastoral Care & Counseling Institute NC$262,503 Director $27,298 $33,629 2023
Shalom Place PA$194,120 President $100,605 $119,618 2023
Hope Matters Marriage Ministries TX$263,644 President $114,367 $136,400 2023
Someone To Tell It To Inc PA$265,573 Co-ceo $82,127 $97,648 2023
Whatever It Takes Ministries Inc FL$191,117 President $71,448 $80,025 2023
Teen Hope Of Idaho Inc ID$265,688 Executive Director (June-dec) $11,550 $14,649 2023
Seeds Wilderness Therapy CO$191,070 Executive Director $35,560 $40,654 2023
The Apollos Project Inc RI$189,280 Director $11,000 $12,215 2024
Ultimate Escape TN$187,862 Director $103,110 $129,223 2023
Shalveh Inc NY$269,717 Director $3,000 $3,139 2024
Siloam PA$271,663 Executive Di $123,735 $142,898 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 default12th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted14th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted10th

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 (Jeanette E Shelby) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 58 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P46), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,190 is reasonable (approximately the 12th 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 10, 2026.