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Compensation Comparability Determination

Next Step Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 260622100
GA · NTEE P82
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lori Baker, Executive Director / CEO ($74,727) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 117 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

117 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 117 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$566 total compensation of comparable organizations → $291,276 $74,727
$24,03410th
$65,03025th
$92,342Median
$106,93675th
$127,05590th
$74,727This org · 34th
p10$24,034
p25$65,030
p50$92,342
p75$106,936
p90$127,055
$74,727

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 GA 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
Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center CT$1,033,420 Co-executive Director $73,636 $68,665 2024
Perfect Place Drop In Center Inc MI$1,030,267 Executive Director $114,201 $117,232 2024
Pathways To Independence MO$1,047,031 Executive Director $155,543 $159,622 2025
Rosewood Support Services Inc KS$1,023,243 Executive Direc $45,000 $48,350 2024
Arc Of Larimer County CO$1,049,762 Executive Di $98,813 $97,017 2023
🔒 112 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)34th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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:

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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 10, 2026.