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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Selfhelp Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 364038810
IL · NTEE J99
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sheila Bogen, Executive Director / CEO ($504) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Sheila Bogen — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - UNTIL 11/23”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,781 total compensation of comparable organizations → $169,551 $504
$8,88110th
$47,18125th
$76,839Median
$103,78175th
$126,02890th
$504This org · 0th
p10$8,881
p25$47,181
p50$76,839
p75$103,781
p90$126,028
$504

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 IL 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
Southeast Keller Corporation TX$348,053 Ceo $98,616 $100,341 2024
Tri-isle Personal Care Inc HI$363,365 Frm Executive Director $51,808 $47,181 2024
We Grow Dreams Inc IL$366,585 Executive Director $30,000 $30,000 2024
Synergies Work Inc GA$386,485 Ceo $75,000 $76,706 2024
Beautyunited CA$315,000 Executive Dir. $187,500 $169,551 2023
Central Wisconsin Manufacturing WI$306,370 Executive Di $72,333 $76,839 2024
Afge Local 0449 NC$301,934 President $8,450 $8,881 2024
Warriors Ethos Inc VA$301,922 Board Memberexecutive Direct $122,571 $123,935 2023
Amal Academy Inc NY$300,000 Ceo $55,440 $52,463 2023
The Medical Staff Of Cooley Dickinson MA$297,713 President $5,000 $4,706 2023
Living Wage For Us Inc GA$292,025 Ceo $121,685 $128,129 2023
Sooners Helping Sooners Inc OK$279,616 Chief Executive Officer $90,000 $103,781 2023
Quality Support Solutions Inc UT$443,211 President $74,883 $80,260 2023
Suits For Seniors Inc FL$449,120 Executive Director $84,950 $81,174 2024
Working Today Inc NY$460,826 Exec. Director $24,152 $22,199 2024
Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Assc L04 IL$462,848 President $2,781 $2,781 2024
Ten Thousand Villages Of Austin TX$239,330 Executive Dir. $50,114 $52,496 2023
Farm Labor Organizing Committee OH$468,637 President $75,600 $83,853 2023
Mentoring Partnership Of Minnesota MN$476,254 Executive Director $105,000 $105,534 2024
National Skilled Trades Network OH$482,057 Co-executive Director $60,000 $64,641 2024
Birmingham Corps AL$502,786 Executive Director $117,721 $126,028 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted95th

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 (Sheila Bogen) 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 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $504 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.