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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Three Doors

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 273293201
VA · NTEE P50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Marcia Vaughn, Executive Director / CEO ($86,672) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 80 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

80 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 80 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,838 total compensation of comparable organizations → $192,321 $86,672
$18,01310th
$48,61125th
$66,642Median
$85,25075th
$98,61690th
$86,672This org · 76th
p10$18,013
p25$48,611
p50$66,642
p75$85,250
p90$98,616
$86,672

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 VA 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
Heartbeat Of Lima Inc OH$460,690 Director $44,620 $48,946 2024
New Jersey Together Inc NJ$456,325 Executive Director $108,989 $100,782 2024
Plumline Inc TN$449,782 President $176,660 $192,321 2024
Space Between WA$445,081 Co-director $95,234 $86,030 2025
Iva's Place Inc TN$443,936 Executive Di $42,000 $44,544 2025
Emages Inc IL$481,167 Board Member $60,000 $61,092 2024
Guided By Humanity CO$443,274 Executive Director $75,000 $74,482 2024
Odessa Links Inc TX$441,803 Executive Dir. $57,000 $60,797 2023
Radical Reversal NJ$486,175 Executive Director $22,125 $20,459 2024
Ethiopian Community Services And Development Council Inc DC$436,672 Program Director And Teacher $57,600 $52,349 2024
Reliable Payee Services Inc PA$492,561 Executive Director $69,600 $70,031 2025
Responsible Party Services Inc PA$496,046 Secretary/treasurer $134,423 $138,835 2024
Victory Transformation Inc NY$497,444 Member $51,450 $49,573 2023
Community Spring Inc FL$497,960 Executive Director $68,500 $64,929 2025
Supportive Community Services Inc WI$499,929 Executive Dir. $70,462 $78,465 2023
Senior Resource Services CO$503,870 Executive Di $77,650 $77,114 2024
The Center For Disability OH$504,123 Executive Di $80,000 $90,348 2023
Fresh Air Family Inc AL$416,909 Executive Director $53,460 $59,816 2024
Bridges For Life Inc IN$409,904 President And Founder $45,652 $49,861 2024
All Things Possible Medical Fundraising SC$409,441 Director $14,250 $15,852 2023
Scores Reentry NJ$405,730 Chief Executive Officer $63,000 $58,256 2024
Fire Outreach Of Houston TX$403,991 Secretary $17,500 $18,130 2024
Lasos Inc MD$527,404 Executive Dir. $62,540 $58,995 2025
Abundant Hope Pregnancy MA$397,165 Executive Dir. $57,410 $55,009 2023
Showers Of Blessing Santa Barbara CA$394,982 Executive Dir. $83,019 $76,438 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted79th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 (Marcia Vaughn) 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 80 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $86,672 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.