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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Heart House Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 352036398
IN · NTEE P85
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ryan Johnson, Executive Director / CEO ($65,183) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 78 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Ryan Johnson — reported title “CURRENT EXE DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

78 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 78 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,571 total compensation of comparable organizations → $129,066 $65,183
$16,56910th
$37,74925th
$54,239Median
$72,05275th
$84,22090th
$65,183This org · 64th
p10$16,569
p25$37,749
p50$54,239
p75$72,052
p90$84,220
$65,183

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
Hogar Del Buen Pastor Inc PR$471,978 Executive Di $66,458 $68,421 2023
Wellsprings Village Inc TX$470,507 Ex-officio $70,000 $68,361 2023
Inspire Together CA$475,517 Ceo $97,115 $81,870 2023
Make A Day Foundation OH$476,596 Executive Director $36,115 $36,272 2024
Laramie Soup Kitchen WY$465,083 Executive Di $70,000 $71,079 2024
Live Love Outreach WA$464,251 Director $31,020 $27,113 2023
Humanity Heroes Foundation CA$462,932 Fundraising Manager $110,570 $90,538 2024
Wvhy Inc CA$482,913 Treasurer/ Executive Director $88,037 $74,216 2023
Goshen Interfaith Hospitality IN$457,306 Executive Director $73,130 $73,130 2024
Family Promise Of York Countyinc SC$450,617 Execuitve Di $53,737 $53,160 2024
Rebuilding Paradise NC$449,984 President $115,000 $112,678 2024
Stepping Stones NH$495,245 Executive Director $51,048 $46,018 2023
Mr Bobs Under The Bridge Inc WI$495,878 Executive Director $36,249 $35,899 2024
3rd Shift Warming Cooling Center OH$447,015 Executive Director $53,380 $52,231 2025
Reborn AZ$496,989 Director $59,800 $54,536 2024
Family Promise Of Montgomery County TX$445,304 Exec Dir $72,711 $68,971 2024
Interfaith Community Pads Inc IN$443,348 Executive Director $54,807 $54,807 2024
Homeless Gay Kids - Houston TX$441,152 Executive Director $100,641 $95,464 2024
Family Promise Of The Midlands Inc SC$438,794 Executive Director $93,265 $94,990 2023
Greater Portland Family Promise ME$505,170 Executive Director $76,958 $73,074 2024
Merge Memphis TN$429,848 Board Member $34,560 $35,466 2023
Portsmouth Volunteers For The VA$428,982 Executive Director $69,566 $65,576 2023
Family Promise Of Augusta Inc GA$428,813 Executive Director $54,157 $51,637 2024
Family Promise Of Lawton Incorporated OK$426,003 Executive Director $43,811 $47,097 2023
Community Education Partnerships CA$425,539 Executive Director $87,500 $73,764 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Ryan Johnson) 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 78 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P85), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,183 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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.