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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bethany House Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 223199038
MA · NTEE I40Z
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ruth Raichle, Executive Director / CEO ($60,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 24 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 58th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

24 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 24 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$480 total compensation of comparable organizations → $139,313 $60,000
$11,88610th
$22,20725th
$53,217Median
$72,19075th
$99,74590th
$60,000This org · 58th
p10$11,886
p25$22,207
p50$53,217
p75$72,190
p90$99,745
$60,000

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 MA 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
Citizens For Prison Reform MI$164,052 Executive Di $52,515 $60,320 2024
Freer Records Inc NY$159,647 Co Exec Dire $45,356 $45,609 2024
Stephens Place PA$157,670 Executive Director $14,604 $16,685 2023
Ekolu Mea Nui HI$198,570 President $23,444 $24,047 2023
Black Liberation Fund SC$203,633 President $120,000 $139,313 2024
Getpaid Inc PA$204,940 Executive Vice President $45,523 $50,519 2024
Circle Of Hope Ministries Inc SC$144,339 President And Executive Director $13,920 $16,160 2024
Reaching Out From Within Inc KS$209,688 Executive Director $68,125 $84,320 2023
Greater Falls Community Justice Center VT$212,483 Executive Director $49,920 $55,915 2024
New Life Mission Inn - Missouri MO$212,605 Executive Di $36,193 $43,919 2023
Sustainable Alamance NC$215,496 Director $50,000 $57,492 2024
Haiti Prison And Rehabilitation Ministry TX$218,379 Chairman $9,150 $10,185 2024
On My Grind Reentry Services Inc CA$218,608 President & Ceo $7,360 $7,281 2023
The Starts Within Organization OH$132,733 Executive Director $37,500 $45,505 2023
The Rise Partnership Inc NY$220,000 Director/president $68,554 $70,973 2023
The Help MO$220,300 President $97,812 $115,286 2024
Inside Out Network Inc AZ$225,997 President And Executive Director $89,165 $95,427 2024
Ronnies House CA$230,126 Executive Director $500 $480 2024
Jumpstart SC$239,883 President $85,000 $101,595 2023
Battered But Not Broken SC$245,008 Executive Director And Founde $50,485 $60,341 2023
Women Of Hope Inc OH$245,629 Executive Director $62,500 $75,841 2023
Made New Foundation Inc CA$246,584 Executive Director $16,500 $15,855 2024
Treatment Court Foundation Of Sweetwater County WY$250,657 Coordinator $55,750 $68,396 2023
Made Transitional Services NY$255,204 Executive Dir. $30,327 $32,684 2022

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default58th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted58th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 (Ruth Raichle) 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 24 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,000 is reasonable (approximately the 58th 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.