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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Avenues For Women Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 205948922
KY · NTEE E400
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cheri Scott, Executive Director / CEO ($54,476) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 135 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

135 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 135 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$887 total compensation of comparable organizations → $177,425 $54,476
$34,45910th
$45,97625th
$57,299Median
$68,81675th
$81,75490th
$54,476This org · 40th
p10$34,459
p25$45,976
p50$57,299
p75$68,816
p90$81,754
$54,476

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 KY 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
Hope Life Center IL$471,306 Executive Di $67,784 $62,027 2024
Augusta Care Pregnancy Center GA$477,640 Executive Di $29,610 $27,712 2024
Cabot Crisis Pregnancy Center AR$478,996 Executive Dir. $44,356 $47,778 2023
Hope Resource Center Inc IN$479,153 Director $67,200 $67,909 2023
Gynuity Health Projects Inc NY$480,993 President $204,898 $177,425 2023
The Sparrow Fund PA$481,942 Secretary $80,297 $76,734 2023
Options Pregnancy Resource Centers Inc OR$483,376 Chief Executive Officer $83,457 $74,269 2023
Birth And Womens Health Center Inc KS$483,895 Key Employee $139,587 $140,362 2024
Alternacare OH$484,906 Medical Director $900 $887 2024
Avenues Pregnancy Clinic CA$485,094 Executive Dir. $83,000 $66,710 2024
Cornerstone Pregnancy Care Services PA$487,402 Exec Directo $67,843 $61,349 2025
Women's Resource Center Of Northeas WY$457,254 Ceo $75,314 $75,065 2024
Pregnancy Help Center Of Rice Lake WI$492,736 Director $63,225 $63,274 2023
Heartline Pregnancy Center Inc IN$494,147 Executive Dir. $16,923 $17,102 2023
Heart Of The Valley Birth&beyond OR$495,843 Executive Director $57,350 $51,036 2023
Hope Services OR$497,394 Executive Di $47,869 $41,377 2024
Nevada Obstetrical Charity Clinics NV$497,484 Secretary $79,878 $74,525 2024
Southside Crisis Pregnancy Center Inc VA$447,961 Executive Director $60,743 $54,590 2024
Muskegon Pregnancy Services MI$443,363 Executive Di $57,287 $55,037 2024
New Hope Pregnancy Care Center TN$505,635 Chief Executive Officer $51,325 $50,215 2024
Community Pregnancy Clinic CA$508,476 Executive Director $87,000 $69,925 2024
Global Birthing Home Foundation KS$509,084 Executive Director $60,000 $62,115 2023
Compassion Pregnancy Center MI$515,365 Executive Director $75,392 $72,431 2024
Wellmama Inc OR$515,688 Executive Director $86,618 $74,870 2024
Caldwell Pregnancy Care Center Inc NC$516,001 Executive Director $43,819 $42,143 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 KY 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted41st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Cheri Scott) 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 135 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $54,476 is reasonable (approximately the 40th 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.