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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mercy Ministries

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 232634144
PA · NTEE E400
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Debbie Stutzman, Executive Director / CEO ($48,510) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 130 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 28th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Debbie Stutzman — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

130 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 130 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$928 total compensation of comparable organizations → $185,665 $48,510
$35,96710th
$46,57425th
$57,430Median
$69,16775th
$80,80390th
$48,510This org · 28th
p10$35,967
p25$46,574
p50$57,430
p75$69,167
p90$80,803
$48,510

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 PA 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
Wellspring Pregnancy Health Center Inc NE$414,996 Executive Director $44,583 $46,705 2024
Center For Pregnancy Choices MS$415,729 Executive Director $39,361 $42,699 2024
Choices Family Resource Centers Inc FL$416,028 Ceo $48,000 $43,920 2024
We Care Pregnancy Center IL$414,258 Executive Director $60,030 $57,483 2024
Alternatives Pregnancy Center Inc IA$408,118 Executive Di $87,363 $95,922 2023
Lc Medical And Support Services PA$408,032 Executive Director $37,115 $37,115 2023
Hope Center Of Livingston County IL$423,149 Executive Dir. $43,750 $41,893 2024
Anderson Life Crisis Pregnancy Center SC$405,944 Executive Director $62,274 $63,278 2024
Shenandoah County Pregnancy Center VA$424,642 Executive Di $49,960 $46,985 2024
Full Circle Women's Services TN$426,731 Executive Di $41,500 $42,488 2024
Ujima AR$403,227 Director $75,334 $82,478 2024
Coastal Pregnancy Care Center NC$428,493 Executive Dir. $55,250 $55,604 2024
Cabarrus Women's Center Inc NC$428,830 Executive Director $66,330 $66,755 2024
Aiken Pregnancy Care Center Inc SC$430,610 Executive Director $45,000 $47,076 2023
Informed Choices CA$398,833 Ceo $71,583 $58,653 2025
Pathway Clinics WA$398,551 Executive Directgor $57,587 $51,701 2023
Life Network Of Southern Illinois IL$396,134 Executive Direc $65,047 $62,287 2024
Pregnancy Care Center Inc ID$395,202 Executive Dir. $80,000 $85,339 2023
Aaa Crisis Pregnancy Center MI$394,915 Executive Director $70,315 $70,691 2024
Tree Of Life A Crisis Pregnancy Center CA$393,081 Executive Director $51,843 $43,603 2024
Hope Pregnancy Support Center TN$391,974 Executive Di $56,500 $57,845 2024
Muskegon Pregnancy Services MI$443,363 Executive Di $57,287 $57,592 2024
Women's Resource Center Of IN$384,874 Exec. Dir. $61,901 $63,581 2024
Southside Crisis Pregnancy Center Inc VA$447,961 Executive Director $60,743 $57,125 2024
Grayson Co Crisis Pregnancy Center TX$380,922 Executive Director $58,923 $59,105 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default28th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)25th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted28th

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 (Debbie Stutzman) 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 130 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,510 is reasonable (approximately the 28th 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.