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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Garrison House

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 330147358
CA · NTEE P73Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Danette Mccarns, Executive Director / CEO ($14,220) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,535 total compensation of comparable organizations → $111,838 $14,220
$10,69710th
$14,24125th
$23,462Median
$40,94675th
$63,67790th
$14,220This org · 26th
p10$10,697
p25$14,241
p50$23,462
p75$40,946
p90$63,677
$14,220

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 CA 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
Passavant Memorial Homes I Inc PA$57,554 Ceo & President $36,502 $40,946 2024
Passavant Memorial Homes Housing PA$59,553 Ceo & President $36,502 $40,946 2024
Bay Cove Orchardfield Residence Inc MA$53,403 President/ceo $14,439 $15,026 2023
Five Rivers Homes Inc MD$62,184 Director Of Finance (Beginning 8/22) $6,036 $6,535 2023
Mosaic Housing Corp Xvi - Farmington NE$62,467 President $26,896 $32,539 2024
Passavant Memorial Homes Housing PA$63,242 Ceo & President $36,502 $40,946 2024
Vinfen Corporation Of Plain Inc MA$52,151 Former Director & Ceo $21,978 $22,872 2023
Floyd Kress Inc MD$65,705 President $20,272 $21,948 2023
Vesta Severn Inc MD$66,228 President $21,417 $22,523 2024
Independence House VA$66,389 Executive Director $15,818 $17,180 2024
Family Alternatives Inc GA$48,900 President $45,675 $53,185 2023
Creative Housing I Bretton Woods OH$69,250 President $8,713 $10,687 2023
Creative Housing Ii Beechwood Inc OH$70,035 President $9,011 $10,735 2024
Marshall Road Inc MA$44,652 President And Ceo $63,709 $66,300 2023
Trempealeau County Homes Inc WI$71,490 President $25,912 $30,441 2024
Northeast Care Center Inc OH$41,200 Executive Director $19,128 $23,462 2023
Four Rivers Fuller Apartments KY$76,318 President $56,355 $70,117 2023
Independent Living Apartments Of Ulster NY$77,787 Ceo (Thru 6/24) $110,029 $111,838 2024
Everyday Living PA$78,100 It Director $7,611 $8,538 2024
Creative Housing Inc Iv OH$78,822 President $9,011 $10,735 2024
Monmouth Ucp Housing Inc NJ$81,395 Executive Director $41,676 $41,855 2024
Cedar Lake - Monticello Parke Inc KY$83,246 President & Ceo (See Sch O) $11,133 $13,455 2024
Homes Of Care I Inc MA$86,316 President & Ceo/director $24,869 $25,138 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)26th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Danette Mccarns) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P73), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $14,220 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.