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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Stepping Stones Safe Haven Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271233881
TN · NTEE I31
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lacey J Wilkins, Executive Director / CEO ($62,988) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 88th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11,363 total compensation of comparable organizations → $81,570 $62,988
$25,44610th
$39,96925th
$49,830Median
$53,51375th
$62,76790th
$62,988This org · 88th
p10$25,446
p25$39,969
p50$49,830
p75$53,513
p90$62,767
$62,988

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
Tomorrows Neighbors PA$331,354 Executive And House Director $48,750 $46,250 2024
House Where Jesus Shines TX$351,249 Director $42,000 $39,969 2024
Right Road Ministries TN$315,901 President $51,274 $51,274 2024
Grace Campus TX$308,541 Executive Director $62,750 $59,716 2024
Just A Clean House Inc NC$362,882 Vice President $34,001 $34,410 2023
Grace House Inc TX$306,287 Executive Director $85,715 $81,570 2024
Philemon House IL$363,150 Executive Di $53,406 $49,950 2024
Agape House Inc AR$376,106 Executive Director $45,261 $49,830 2023
Angel's Charge Ministry SC$292,855 Executive Di $45,000 $44,662 2024
Wings Of God Transition Home Inc MI$278,652 Executive Director $37,886 $38,301 2023
Project Lift Behavioral Health OH$395,972 Ceo $64,916 $67,343 2023
Hananiah House TN$260,823 Executive Director And Chair Of The Board $12,000 $12,000 2024
Mary Alices House Incorporated OH$258,643 Director $55,019 $57,076 2023
Renascence Inc AL$239,449 Executive Director $10,739 $11,363 2023
Our Brothers Keepers Of Southern Illinoi IL$239,041 Agency Director $53,000 $48,293 2025
Haven Of Loveinc TX$224,939 Principal Of $54,560 $51,922 2024
Get Connected IL$459,240 Director $55,574 $53,513 2023

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 default88th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

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 (Lacey J Wilkins) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,988 is reasonable (approximately the 88th 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.