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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wow Transition House Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202573347
TN · NTEE F20
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kristy Pomeroy, Executive Director / CEO ($76,021) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 143 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kristy Pomeroy — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

143 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 143 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $230,795 $76,021
$19,04210th
$33,52025th
$54,392Median
$72,52075th
$96,77990th
$76,021This org · 79th
p10$19,042
p25$33,520
p50$54,392
p75$72,520
p90$96,779
$76,021

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 TN 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
The Robert W Maxwell Memorial PA$448,331 Executive Vp $96,693 $94,161 2024
Quabbin Healthcare Inc MA$449,103 Past President/ceo $61,276 $55,359 2023
Christian Love Ministries Inc NC$449,460 Executive Di $57,485 $59,716 2023
Palmetto Recovery Of Charleston SC$449,521 President $52,350 $53,331 2024
Any Positive Change Incorporated CA$447,100 Executive Di $93,240 $78,623 2024
New Start Program OR$447,079 Officer $247,200 $230,795 2023
Recovery Advocates In Livingston Inc MI$449,928 Director $49,525 $49,918 2024
Sea Change Recovery Community NJ$450,113 President $86,539 $75,452 2024
Recoverywerks TX$450,983 Executive Dir. $57,692 $56,355 2024
Shalom House Ministries Inc SC$451,156 Executive Director/president $52,530 $55,096 2023
Giving Recovery A Chance Everyday IN$445,528 Director $6,750 $7,156 2023
Covenant Counseling Ministries Inc MD$443,410 President $72,039 $65,768 2024
Northbound & Co PA$441,506 Executive Directortreasurer $55,092 $53,650 2024
Mission 61 Inc MN$457,543 President/ce $21,200 $21,061 2023
180 Ranch Inc TX$460,981 Executive Director $50,000 $48,841 2024
Genesis Counseling Services Inc MA$435,540 President $75,044 $65,853 2024
Spring-ford Counseling Services Inc PA$434,372 Executive Director/secreta $39,191 $38,165 2024
Recovery Bartow Inc GA$433,752 Executive Director $34,754 $34,125 2024
Humanity United With God For Sociey GA$463,235 Executive Director $102,000 $100,152 2024
Harrison County Substance Abuse IN$433,229 Executive Dir. $55,558 $57,214 2024
Washed Clean Addiction & Recovery Ministries SD$465,327 President $48,000 $51,731 2024
Stalwart Clean And Sober CA$466,269 Ceo $62,520 $54,276 2023
Hogar Santisima Trinidad Inc PR$428,208 Director $36,872 $37,848 2024
Accredited Recovery Housing Inc OH$428,059 Executive Director $80,655 $83,420 2024
Exodus 14 Ministries Inc TN$471,025 President $32,534 $33,395 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN cost of living and 2025 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 TN 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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 (Kristy Pomeroy) 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 143 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,021 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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.