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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Salvation Army El Sobrante Residence Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 330338762
CA · NTEE L41
FY ending 2023-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Douglas Riley, Executive Director / CEO ($32,694) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 92 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 11th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

92 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 92 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,258 total compensation of comparable organizations → $189,557 $32,694
$28,93710th
$53,80425th
$75,854Median
$88,46075th
$111,82790th
$32,694This org · 11th
p10$28,937
p25$53,804
p50$75,854
p75$88,460
p90$111,827
$32,694

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
Access House Inc NY$483,315 Treasurer $25,733 $26,156 2024
Hope Avenue Twin Cities MN$481,886 Board Member $6,000 $6,669 2024
Loaves And Fishes Ministry GA$481,111 Executive Director $61,837 $72,005 2023
Community Supportive Living Systems IL$478,532 President/ce $74,733 $85,085 2023
Ministerial Association Temporary TN$476,869 Executive Director $49,585 $57,117 2025
Compassionate Hands Inc TN$475,540 Executive Director $69,520 $82,198 2024
Unseen Faces Foundation Inc CA$467,811 President $45,000 $45,000 2023
La Roca Ministries Inc CA$466,366 Cfo $48,000 $46,623 2024
The Open Shelter Inc OH$501,091 Excutive Dir $53,847 $64,153 2024
Safehome Systems Inc VA$503,565 Executive Di $60,000 $67,090 2023
Helping Hand Outreach Ministries NH$504,291 Executive Director $72,619 $77,653 2023
Homeward Bound In Puyallup WA$505,660 Executive Director $95,769 $96,447 2024
Calvary Refuge Inc GA$461,266 Executive Dir. $84,706 $95,804 2024
At Jacobs Well Inc MD$458,285 Executive Dir. $57,829 $60,815 2024
Goshen Help WY$515,640 Executive Director $74,052 $86,897 2025
Opportunity Place Inc FL$448,000 Executive Director $63,649 $65,524 2025
Albany Rescue Mission GA$446,601 Ceo $63,950 $72,328 2024
Nashville Launch Pad Inc TN$445,645 Executive Di $62,115 $75,612 2023
Room At The Inn MI$522,363 Executive Director $70,576 $81,941 2024
Beheard Movement Inc OK$522,620 Executive Director $63,435 $78,571 2024
Daisys Place A Shelter For Women And NJ$523,304 Executive Dir. $4,118 $4,258 2023
A Little Bit Of Heaven IL$525,638 Executive Ceo $89,483 $98,956 2024
Inner City Night Shelter Inc GA$440,932 Executive Di $86,590 $97,935 2024
Aurora Project Inc OH$526,847 Executive Di $103,000 $122,713 2024
Operation Enpower IA$527,666 Executive Director $45,000 $55,424 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 default11th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted97th

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 (Douglas Riley) 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 92 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,694 is reasonable (approximately the 11th 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.