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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Family Promise Of The Lakeshore

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 262655248
MI · NTEE P60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kristen J Smith, Executive Director / CEO ($48,925) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 103 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 56th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

103 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 103 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,943 total compensation of comparable organizations → $127,029 $48,925
$17,02710th
$28,53625th
$45,142Median
$66,66275th
$84,42490th
$48,925This org · 56th
p10$17,027
p25$28,536
p50$45,142
p75$66,662
p90$84,424
$48,925

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 MI 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
Paws & Think Inc IN$317,227 Executive Di $86,320 $88,192 2024
Life Choices Center Inc NY$315,309 Executive Dir. $59,032 $51,680 2024
Acadiana Regional Coalition On LA$320,919 Ex Director $70,535 $75,248 2024
Grace United Community Ministries Inc MO$312,897 Executive Director $66,942 $70,721 2023
Life And Independence For Today PA$309,671 Executive Di $72,274 $69,828 2024
Orange Christian Services Inc TX$309,234 Executive Director $30,960 $30,004 2024
Ray Of Hope Mission Center Inc MD$326,553 President $43,680 $39,564 2024
One Need Inc GA$328,238 President & Ceo $130,400 $127,029 2024
The Cause Foundation AZ$304,457 Staff Admini $47,280 $44,053 2024
Christian Community Action Inc LA$303,672 Executive Director $46,251 $48,070 2025
Manna House Ministries Inc GA$332,369 Director $29,333 $29,418 2023
The Next Step Center Inc PA$302,072 Executive Di $57,440 $55,496 2024
Michael R Walker Foundation PA$300,134 Executive Director $83,555 $83,111 2023
Berkshire Dream Center Inc MA$335,312 President $39,900 $34,737 2024
Shadow Buddies Foundation Inc KS$337,530 Ceo/exec Dir $82,204 $88,581 2023
Rains County Good Samaritans TX$341,602 President $31,200 $30,237 2024
Loving Bottoms Diaper Bank IL$291,396 Executive Director $29,655 $29,080 2023
Elmhurst Walk-in Assistance Network IL$344,371 Executive Director $24,463 $23,300 2024
Greater Spartanburg Ministries Inc SC$289,922 Exec. Dir. $104,645 $105,768 2024
Lighthouse Of Oakland County MI$346,016 President & Ceo $16,948 $17,449 2023
Reveal Resource Center TX$288,015 Executive Di $35,000 $33,046 2025
Progressive Maryland Inc MD$287,634 Executive Director $111,625 $104,093 2023
The Piggyback Foundation OH$347,353 Executive Di $5,792 $5,943 2024
Mainspring Portland OR$347,627 Executive Dir. $78,386 $72,608 2023
The Women Of My Hope Inc LA$287,046 Ceo $50,048 $54,969 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default56th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Kristen J Smith) 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 103 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,925 is reasonable (approximately the 56th 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.