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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

A Room To Heal

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 270133386
NY · NTEE E86
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Laura Sehn, Executive Director / CEO ($42,606) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 37th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

27 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 27 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,398 total compensation of comparable organizations → $138,983 $42,606
$25,08310th
$35,11325th
$50,150Median
$62,59775th
$90,00590th
$42,606This org · 37th
p10$25,083
p25$35,113
p50$50,150
p75$62,597
p90$90,005
$42,606

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 NY 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
Branch Brooks Childrens Foundation NY$152,865 President $38,424 $38,424 2024
Healing Buddies Inc CO$156,022 Executive Di $47,260 $50,150 2024
Friends Of Jack Foundation Inc MA$138,952 Secretary $100,000 $99,445 2024
Magical Moments Foundation Inc OH$160,392 Exec Dir/treasurer $22,500 $26,373 2024
Lending Hearts PA$167,473 President $99,037 $109,296 2024
Chris Hope Foundation TN$130,187 President $5,500 $6,398 2024
Camelot Center OH$170,877 Program Director $44,775 $52,481 2024
Random Acts Of Flowers TN$127,488 Executive Director $28,558 $34,202 2023
Hitting Cancer Below The Belt Inc VA$175,965 Executive Director $45,000 $49,503 2023
Beyond Pink Spokane Inc WA$123,107 Executive Di $65,533 $64,930 2024
American Patriotic Services Inc FL$118,718 Managing Director $33,735 $35,071 2024
Andrews Air Force Base Fisher House Inc MD$116,703 Director $75,495 $83,712 2022
The Danielle House Inc NY$192,634 Executive Di $36,725 $37,810 2023
Legacy Home And Respite Care Foundation Inc WI$105,680 Executive Director $26,323 $31,322 2023
Panhandle Breast Health TX$105,376 Executive Di $57,792 $63,976 2024
The Jared Box Project PA$200,982 Executive Di $20,975 $23,148 2024
Camp Millennium OR$207,339 Camp Director $61,379 $63,079 2024
Fountain Of Kindness Inc NY$209,435 President $60,000 $60,000 2024
Yamhill Valley Community Doulas Inc OR$212,123 President $40,286 $42,625 2023
Dan's House Of Hope Inc TX$212,670 President $11,000 $12,177 2024
Jacobs House Inc CA$215,293 Executive Dir. $65,000 $62,114 2024
Rusfond Usa Inc NY$215,374 Pres/treas/dir $134,996 $138,983 2023
Apache Creek Deaf And Youth Ranch NM$215,514 President $28,688 $35,154 2023
Little Smiles (Pa) Inc PA$217,077 Exec. Director & Co-founder $45,600 $50,324 2024
Healing Heart Project FL$220,794 Executive Director $45,000 $48,164 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default37th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted37th

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 (Laura Sehn) 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 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E86), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,606 is reasonable (approximately the 37th 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.