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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Estellas Home Care Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 270203213
TN · NTEE L22
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Stella Littlejohn, Executive Director / CEO ($18,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 301 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: Stella Littlejohn — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

301 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 301 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$293 total compensation of comparable organizations → $404,862 $18,000
$6,54710th
$22,01025th
$39,360Median
$61,41675th
$74,84290th
$18,000This org · 20th
p10$6,547
p25$22,010
p50$39,360
p75$61,416
p90$74,842
$18,000

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 TN 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
Asi Coronado Inc MN$492,718 President/tr $68,006 $62,281 2025
William Enston Home Co Park Smith SC$492,435 Secretary/treasurer $2,400 $2,382 2024
Ehdoc Shaker Blvd Inc FL$492,039 Vice Preside $75,384 $67,372 2024
Ucc Xv Inc OH$491,715 Treasurer $50,772 $51,159 2024
Carty Heights MN$491,083 President/ceo $23,414 $22,010 2024
Alverno Apartments Inc PA$495,053 Director $34,650 $32,873 2024
Rph-east Inc NY$490,556 Financial Officer (Through 4/24) $487 $419 2024
Rodeo Senior Apartments Inc CA$495,798 President $24,202 $19,882 2024
Mcdonald Presbyterian Senior Housing In PA$488,770 Director And President $37,604 $35,676 2024
Beth Sholom Assisted Living Inc VA$497,026 President & Ceo $16,710 $15,803 2023
Odessa Methodist Housing Inc CA$497,273 President/ceo $76,739 $63,040 2024
Philanthropia Foundation WA$488,104 Executive Dir. $64,001 $56,123 2023
Echo Park Senior Citizen Housing CA$497,700 President $7,252 $5,957 2024
Rocklin Voa Elderly Housing Inc VA$498,173 President $183,373 $164,099 2025
Umphress Terrace TX$487,430 President/ceo $35,219 $33,516 2024
Sacramento Elderly Housing IL$498,471 President $60,457 $56,545 2024
Bonham Rhf Housing Inc CA$498,485 President/ceo $76,739 $61,416 2025
Rivertown Neighborhood Senior Non Profit Housing MI$486,770 Administrator $80,197 $78,750 2024
Casa Montego Ii Inc CA$486,644 Ceo $32,916 $27,040 2024
Marshside Village Inc CO$486,117 Vice President $35,660 $32,530 2024
Presbyterian Village - Holly Ii MI$501,052 Administrator $24,349 $23,910 2024
Regency Retirement Residence Of Laramie WY$483,770 Director $58,792 $58,349 2025
Mercy Senior Housing Oxnard CO$503,442 President $22,009 $20,077 2024
Caap Housing Inc IN$480,130 Officer $146,486 $146,963 2024
Lutheran Housing Corporation Of CA$505,632 Cfo, Secretary $1,841 $1,512 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted2nd

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 (Stella Littlejohn) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 301 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L22), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $18,000 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 13, 2026.