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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Erie County Court Appointed Special

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 341685570
OH · NTEE R200
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Terri Stephan, Executive Director / CEO ($82,506) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 54 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

54 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 54 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,559 total compensation of comparable organizations → $121,436 $82,506
$18,85310th
$35,80225th
$55,503Median
$68,79875th
$86,90190th
$82,506This org · 89th
p10$18,853
p25$35,802
p50$55,503
p75$68,798
p90$86,901
$82,506

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 OH 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
Responsible Sourcing Network CA$207,224 Ceo $121,477 $99,037 2024
Casa Of East Central Illinois IL$209,015 Executive Director $58,517 $55,920 2023
American Liberties Institute Inc FL$211,598 President $127,748 $121,436 2022
Casa Of White County Inc AR$197,645 Executive Director $39,559 $40,900 2025
Tri-county Casa Inc KS$197,381 Executive Di $56,862 $57,999 2024
Cofa Alliance National Network OR$213,286 Board Member $15,544 $14,031 2023
The Diverse Future Foundation Inc NY$215,800 Director $40,000 $35,134 2023
Cultural Diversity Resources ND$192,794 Executive Director $17,940 $18,588 2024
Eddy County Casa Auxiliary NM$218,495 Executive Di $56,333 $57,205 2024
Casa Of Midwest Kentucky Inc KY$220,428 Executive Di $59,788 $59,084 2025
Casa Of North Arkansas AR$221,089 Executive Director $25,831 $26,707 2025
Northwest Ohio Casa OH$183,897 Program Dire $44,769 $46,091 2023
Sumner County Casa Inc TN$181,537 Director $55,544 $53,703 2025
A Childs Place Casa Ltd WV$180,906 Executive Director $48,951 $51,519 2023
People Engaged In Active Community Efforts Inc FL$230,087 Lead Organizer $60,000 $54,789 2023
Massachusetts Casa Association MA$231,759 Executive Director $106,716 $93,215 2023
Fw Black Collective WA$232,327 Executive Director $70,758 $59,812 2024
Rappahannock Casa Inc VA$233,323 Executive Director $62,658 $58,808 2023
Oregon Sex Workers Committee OR$171,731 Co-president $53,585 $46,983 2024
Loud And Proud MI$238,733 Executive Director $20,313 $19,795 2024
Casa Of Southern Illinois Inc IL$240,246 Executive Dir. $67,056 $60,638 2025
Mothers Against Police Brutality TX$165,252 Executive Director $110,000 $103,889 2024
Sampson County Child Advocacy NC$246,315 Executive Di $52,670 $51,383 2024
Muslim American Leadership Alliance IL$246,473 Chairperson $75,617 $70,188 2024
Casa Mobile Inc AL$162,700 Program Director $36,000 $37,804 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)85th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted87th

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 (Terri Stephan) 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 54 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $82,506 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.