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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Meals On Wheels Of Hendricks County Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 351789107
IN · NTEE P20Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shelbie Peasley, Executive Director / CEO ($17,789) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 25 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 12th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

25 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 25 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,669 total compensation of comparable organizations → $153,418 $17,789
$16,73210th
$33,00025th
$52,380Median
$56,61875th
$79,24390th
$17,789This org · 12th
p10$16,732
p25$33,000
p50$52,380
p75$56,618
p90$79,243
$17,789

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 IN 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
Out Of A Jam Inc IN$326,932 Executive Di $90,160 $87,573 2024
Innermission Inc IN$330,274 Executive/director $30,059 $30,059 2023
District 10 Hospital Preparedness IN$343,970 Secretary $26,000 $25,254 2024
Team Oc Inc IN$299,646 Executive Director $58,090 $56,423 2024
Marketing Accountability Foundation IN$298,789 Executive Dir. $157,950 $153,418 2024
Projectme-fw Inc IN$295,283 Executive Dir. $33,000 $33,000 2023
United Way Of Daviess County Inc IN$289,300 Executive Director $55,570 $53,976 2024
Love Inc Of Boone County Inc IN$279,209 Exec Directo $56,208 $54,595 2024
Puente Desarrollo Internacional IN$269,418 Ceo $49,360 $49,360 2023
Lexington House Of Elkhart Inc IN$266,652 Executive Di $68,719 $66,747 2024
Evolve International Inc IN$379,309 Executive Director $58,290 $56,618 2024
Lost Sparrows Inc IN$262,758 President $60,000 $58,279 2024
Inner City Hope Corporation IN$385,862 Executive Di $16,000 $15,541 2024
Fremont Youth & Community Outreach IN$255,884 Executive Director $54,000 $54,000 2023
In Ky Oh Regional Council Of IN$254,844 President $93,836 $93,836 2023
Community Help Network Inc IN$249,940 Executive Dir. $15,000 $15,000 2023
Christian Resource Center Inc IN$247,281 Executive Director $49,658 $48,233 2024
Assist Indiana Inc IN$410,156 Executive Director $41,434 $40,245 2024
Helping Heroes Of America IN$417,423 President $43,500 $43,500 2023
Chin Community Of Indiana IN$420,441 Executive Director $65,000 $63,135 2024
Recovery Cafe Fulton County Inc IN$216,353 President $53,927 $52,380 2024
Indiana Breast Cancer Awareness Trust IN$451,354 Executive Director $55,596 $55,596 2023
Family And Children's Center IN$464,973 Dir- Operati $1,718 $1,669 2024
Summit Equestrian Center Inc IN$467,984 Executive Di $35,524 $35,524 2023
Recovery Coalition Inc IN$472,289 Staff $19,065 $18,518 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default12th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)12th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted16th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted8th

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 (Shelbie Peasley) 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 25 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + IN + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $17,789 is reasonable (approximately the 12th 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.