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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Stephens Place

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 232720629
PA · NTEE I40Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sister Virginia Longcope, Executive Director / CEO ($14,604) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 20 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

20 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 20 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$421 total compensation of comparable organizations → $164,591 $14,604
$8,66010th
$20,87325th
$46,579Median
$65,04075th
$103,00890th
$14,604This org · 20th
p10$8,660
p25$20,873
p50$46,579
p75$65,040
p90$103,008
$14,604

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
Freer Records Inc NY$159,647 Co Exec Dire $45,356 $39,920 2024
Citizens For Prison Reform MI$164,052 Executive Di $52,515 $52,795 2024
Circle Of Hope Ministries Inc SC$144,339 President And Executive Director $13,920 $14,145 2024
Bethany House Ministries Inc MA$175,854 President $60,000 $52,516 2024
The Starts Within Organization OH$132,733 Executive Director $37,500 $39,828 2023
Ekolu Mea Nui HI$198,570 President $23,444 $21,048 2023
Taking Action For Good TN$115,785 Founder & Ceo $150,000 $164,591 2022
Black Liberation Fund SC$203,633 President $120,000 $121,935 2024
Getpaid Inc PA$204,940 Executive Vice President $45,523 $44,217 2024
Pathways For Change Inc FL$106,135 Executive Director $22,237 $20,347 2024
Reaching Out From Within Inc KS$209,688 Executive Director $68,125 $73,802 2023
Greater Falls Community Justice Center VT$212,483 Executive Director $49,920 $48,940 2024
New Life Mission Inn - Missouri MO$212,605 Executive Di $36,193 $38,440 2023
Sustainable Alamance NC$215,496 Director $50,000 $50,321 2024
Haiti Prison And Rehabilitation Ministry TX$218,379 Chairman $9,150 $8,914 2024
On My Grind Reentry Services Inc CA$218,608 President & Ceo $7,360 $6,373 2023
The Rise Partnership Inc NY$220,000 Director/president $68,554 $62,119 2023
The Help MO$220,300 President $97,812 $100,905 2024
Inside Out Network Inc AZ$225,997 President And Executive Director $89,165 $83,523 2024
Ronnies House CA$230,126 Executive Director $500 $421 2024

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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted20th

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 (Sister Virginia Longcope) 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 20 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $14,604 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.