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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Welcoming The Stranger Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 262557961
PA · NTEE P24
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Patricia Lopez, Executive Director / CEO ($76,950) against the 2000 closest of 2,479 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Patricia Lopez — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

2,479 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$171 total compensation of comparable organizations → $383,758 $76,950
$10,66710th
$24,36925th
$42,765Median
$63,81075th
$82,77990th
$76,950This org · 87th
p10$10,667
p25$24,369
p50$42,765
p75$63,810
p90$82,779
$76,950

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
The Village For Rhode Island Foster RI$206,058 Director $3,340 $3,307 2023
Tomaros Change DE$205,994 Founder, Therapist & Coach $49,800 $50,342 2023
The Remedy Project GA$205,916 Executive Director $43,333 $46,826 2022
The Mindfulness Center Inc MD$205,898 Secretary $32,708 $30,664 2024
The Latino Cancer Institute CA$205,874 Founder/president $36,000 $32,093 2023
Trinity Community Commons TN$206,215 Executive Director $85,000 $89,595 2024
American Steps Corp FL$206,258 Executive Director $96,000 $93,106 2023
I Belong Inc NE$206,305 Exec Director $48,000 $51,770 2024
Esperanza Immigration Legal Services PA$206,309 Executive Director $85,696 $88,227 2023
Mask Mothers Awareness On School Age Kids AZ$205,709 President $85,723 $82,671 2024
Monroe County Senior Citizens And TN$206,392 Executive Director $48,762 $50,073 2025
Vicar's Landing Foundation Inc FL$206,417 Chief Executive Officer $42,670 $40,196 2024
Give For A Smile CA$206,436 Director $27,309 $23,647 2024
Unalaska Senior Citizens AK$205,613 Program Manager $40,365 $39,841 2023
Northwest Neighbors Network WA$206,479 Director Of Community Operations & Outreach $100,341 $92,746 2023
Guardian Friend Associates Inc WI$206,489 Executive Dir. $76,412 $80,023 2024
National Safe Haven Alliance AZ$205,556 President $43,264 $42,956 2023
Wapakoneta Children's Learning Cent OH$206,601 Admin / Dire $38,080 $39,401 2025
The Arc Alliance Guardianship Services PA$205,454 Executive Director $54,094 $55,692 2023
Pregnancy Help Center Of Williamson County TX$206,654 Executive Director $41,481 $42,838 2023
Return To Zero Hope Inc CA$206,705 Executive Director $59,400 $51,434 2024
Community Services Of Central Md MD$205,333 President $13,755 $13,276 2023
Birthday Blessings MO$205,229 President $31,860 $33,838 2024
Austin Region Jfon TX$206,869 Executive Di $51,300 $51,458 2024
Washington Mindcare Institute VA$205,172 President $36,000 $33,957 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)86th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted78th

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 (Patricia Lopez) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,950 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.