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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Desert Rose Womens Resource Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 204172018
NM · NTEE P45
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Roberta Cheek, Executive Director / CEO ($53,772) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

27 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 27 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,430 total compensation of comparable organizations → $88,122 $53,772
$25,54910th
$44,36225th
$57,981Median
$68,11475th
$74,72390th
$53,772This org · 44th
p10$25,549
p25$44,362
p50$57,981
p75$68,114
p90$74,723
$53,772

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 NM 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
Generations Ahead MI$412,269 Executive Di $81,320 $78,040 2023
St Catherine Residence Inc CO$409,567 President $12,045 $10,430 2024
A Place Of Refuge Ministries Of So Wi Inc WI$406,774 Treasurer $11,950 $11,270 2024
Empowering Parents Kansas City MO$399,575 Ceo $64,183 $61,391 2024
Family Counseling Service Of UT$398,211 Executive Dir. $95,341 $88,122 2024
Hope 139 House Inc GA$449,124 Executive Di $22,000 $19,977 2024
Agnus Dei Foundation CA$376,575 Executive Director $90,925 $70,904 2024
Elizabeths House Option 1 SD$370,307 Executive Di $52,550 $52,375 2024
Road To Hope OR$475,551 President And Ceo $79,999 $69,073 2023
Under His Wings Inc AL$359,458 Executive Director $68,833 $67,155 2024
Madonna Of The Streets Inc IL$477,639 Vice President $33,453 $30,578 2023
Christian Life Home NC$483,442 Executive Director $67,966 $61,785 2025
Men Of Influence CA$351,539 Executive Dir. $75,572 $60,672 2023
Gabriel Project Inc IN$339,428 President And Exec Director $29,846 $29,263 2023
Mothers' Home PA$504,995 Executive Di $80,667 $70,774 2025
5 Steps To Five NY$309,811 Executive Director $36,456 $29,750 2024
Midwives Organized To Help Establish Self-reliance Corporatio FL$292,423 President $70,000 $59,386 2024
Saving Grace Maternity Home OR$290,877 Executive Di $53,872 $45,179 2024
Hope Medical WA$288,987 Executive Director $60,118 $48,607 2024
Teen Pregnancy Child Care Training PA$286,787 Executive Di $66,086 $57,981 2025
Abortion Alternatives & Womens TN$574,526 Director $45,873 $43,545 2024
The Pregnancy Center OR$576,536 Executive Dir. $55,000 $46,126 2024
Cherish Center IA$579,488 Executive Di $73,333 $72,512 2024
A Center Of Hope Cpc Inc GA$591,581 Executive Director $57,106 $51,854 2024
St Gianna's Place Inc NH$599,243 Co-director $73,955 $61,669 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NM 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 NM 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 default44th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted44th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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 (Roberta Cheek) 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 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P45), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $53,772 is reasonable (approximately the 44th 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.