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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Advocates For Homeless And

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 275038755
PA · NTEE W12
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Karen Mineo, Executive Director / CEO ($35,185) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 393 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 29th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Karen Mineo — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

393 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 393 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$132 total compensation of comparable organizations → $586,887 $35,185
$14,14910th
$29,14125th
$61,458Median
$96,58775th
$129,70890th
$35,185This org · 29th
p10$14,149
p25$29,141
p50$61,458
p75$96,587
p90$129,708
$35,185

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
Wls Foundation SC$355,853 President $105,000 $106,693 2024
The Mandatum Foundation VA$355,534 Lead Coach $14,500 $13,636 2024
The Rendell Center For Civics And PA$356,748 Executive Director $105,278 $105,278 2023
The Davis Phoenix Coalition CA$354,895 Executive Director $20,192 $16,983 2024
American Council For Capital Formation DC$357,500 President & Director $34,094 $29,141 2024
The Transparency Foundation CA$354,319 Ceo $110,000 $95,249 2023
The John K Maciver Institute For WI$354,175 President $187,137 $195,981 2023
Leroy O Buck Post No 7863 Vfw Inc PA$354,076 Employee $46,717 $44,207 2025
Mckinney-montgomery Post 141 OK$358,425 Finance Officer $24,788 $26,586 2024
Northwest Ottawa Recreation Authority MI$352,532 Nora Director $53,734 $52,628 2025
Revive Community Health Center MI$352,240 Ceo $77,787 $78,202 2024
Georgia Hi-lo Trail Inc GA$359,926 President $21,426 $20,983 2024
100reporters DC$351,207 President $129,165 $113,661 2023
One Love Animal Rescue Inc GA$360,867 Ceo $16,500 $16,160 2024
Act To Change OR$350,850 Executive Director $120,000 $108,542 2024
Leadership Birmingham Inc AL$361,810 Executive Director $112,500 $121,875 2023
Working Dogs For Vets TN$349,383 President $32,513 $32,429 2025
American Fork Irrigation Co UT$349,138 President And Watermaster $96,007 $98,534 2023
Visit Washington WA$362,902 Executive Director $10,653 $9,289 2024
Sinking Spring Veterans Home Association PA$362,972 Treasurer $24,850 $24,850 2023
Idaho Veterans Network Corporation ID$347,789 Director $14,400 $14,535 2025
Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association RI$364,784 Executive Director $46,671 $44,876 2023
Kentucky County Clerks Association KY$364,818 Executive Dir. $51,865 $55,877 2023
Veterans Club Inc KY$365,733 Vice President $65,000 $70,028 2023
Leadership Harrisburg Area PA$365,948 President & $114,245 $114,245 2023

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 default29th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)28th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted24th

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 (Karen Mineo) 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 393 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (W), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,185 is reasonable (approximately the 29th 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.