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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Roads To Freedom

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 271591708
PA · NTEE P80
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Misty Dion, Executive Director / CEO ($32,726) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 232 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Misty Dion — reported title “CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

232 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 232 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$591 total compensation of comparable organizations → $95,647 $32,726
$12,67210th
$27,47225th
$49,997Median
$64,65175th
$80,41090th
$32,726This org · 31st
p10$12,672
p25$27,472
p50$49,997
p75$64,651
p90$80,410
$32,726

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
Foresight Ski Guides Inc CO$248,807 Executive Director $75,296 $70,323 2024
John B Cunningham Pans And Pandas Foundation Inc MA$248,969 Officer $80,000 $72,089 2023
Elite Women Of Excellence GA$247,207 Executive Director/ceo $49,979 $50,392 2023
Status Code 4 Inc CO$249,222 Chief Operating Officer $53,861 $50,304 2024
Harlem Pride Incorporated NY$246,990 President & Ceo $18,792 $17,028 2023
Rock Haus Foundation TX$246,930 Admin Director $44,683 $44,821 2023
Shakopee Supportive Housing Inc MN$250,159 President/tr $65,715 $63,246 2024
Answer Scholarship Inc NC$245,334 Executive Dir. $37,433 $37,673 2024
Girls Growing Ii Women MI$245,156 President $54,100 $54,389 2024
On Our Own Of Frederick County Inc MD$251,342 Executive Director 07/2022- 03/2023 $64,413 $60,387 2023
Highland Manor Apartments Inc NC$244,812 President $15,432 $15,531 2024
Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative Inc NY$244,799 Ceo $90,792 $79,909 2024
Lutheran Social Services Of Central Ohio OH$251,527 President & Ceo $9,088 $9,652 2023
Transform Scott County Inc KY$251,598 Executive Director $40,161 $42,026 2024
Austin Pregnancy Resource Center TX$244,589 Ceo $84,000 $84,259 2023
The People Center Inc MI$243,932 Executive Di $53,663 $55,543 2023
The Erika Whitmore Godwin Foundation CA$243,885 Founder & Ceo $101,246 $87,669 2023
Azul - Fashion Art Design Inc FL$243,747 Founder & Ce $64,500 $59,018 2024
Edtogether Inc MA$252,762 Pres/treas/clerk/dir/exec $82,565 $74,400 2023
Deafinitely Dogs IA$252,979 Director $68,694 $75,424 2023
New Start Inc MD$243,184 Admin Specialist $10,939 $9,961 2024
Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation OK$253,446 Executive Director $65,604 $72,439 2023
Matsu Council On Aging AK$253,496 Executive Director $92,963 $86,567 2024
Southside Senior Services Inc CA$242,246 Executive Director $50,175 $43,446 2023
Front Step Inc PA$254,541 Executive Director $42,000 $40,795 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA cost of living and 2023 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 default31st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (Misty Dion) 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 232 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,726 is reasonable (approximately the 31st 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.