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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Public Safety Academy Housing Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 364549759
FL · NTEE L99
FY ending 2025-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr James Murdaugh, Executive Director / CEO ($119,094) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 53 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: Dr James Murdaugh — reported title “VICE CHAIR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

53 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 53 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,587 total compensation of comparable organizations → $213,514 $119,094
$12,60910th
$30,86925th
$54,873Median
$85,06775th
$124,75290th
$119,094This org · 89th
p10$12,609
p25$30,869
p50$54,873
p75$85,067
p90$124,752
$119,094

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 FL 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
Pilgrim Terrace Cooperative Homes CA$480,355 Executive Director $87,574 $85,067 2023
Faith And Fostering LA$488,494 Executive Director $57,320 $68,965 2024
Urban League Of Southern Ct Inc CT$479,013 Ceo $164,438 $168,463 2024
Hosts For Hospitals PA$490,010 Coordinator $68,000 $72,185 2025
Breaking The Cycle ME$490,021 Exec Director $71,395 $78,114 2024
Hope House Of St Croix Valley MN$495,154 Executive Di $122,841 $136,544 2023
Lytton Iv Housing Corporation CA$503,562 Ceo $47,706 $45,011 2024
Pacific Housing Oahu Corporation HI$464,084 Executive Director/asst Secretary $12,712 $12,435 2024
Been There TX$505,942 Executive Director $92,813 $101,444 2024
Benet Place MN$509,435 President And Ceo $41,871 $45,207 2024
Hrpheavensreliefprograminc TX$458,000 Project Manager $2,150 $2,419 2023
Helping The Homeless Inc VA$450,933 Chief Executive Officer $40,050 $42,253 2024
Asbury Arms North Inc FL$445,308 Ceo/presiden $36,488 $38,560 2023
209 South 2nd Street Housing Development NY$522,952 Executive Director $20,221 $19,965 2024
St Croix Family Resource Center MN$442,046 Executive Director $76,879 $80,864 2025
Helping Hands Fund MT$441,450 Executive Director $26,209 $30,869 2024
Los Sures 101 South 3rd Housing NY$434,107 Executive Director $17,573 $17,863 2023
Potter's House Mission Inc PA$424,203 President $73,455 $82,403 2023
Jacksonville Community Land Trust Inc FL$424,173 Executive Director $137,461 $145,266 2023
Car Housing Affordability Fund CA$420,324 Treasurer $47,274 $45,921 2023
Miracles Happen Recovery Residence GA$416,035 Executive Di $45,000 $50,899 2023
Harmony Village Senior Nonprofit Housing Corp MI$415,474 Administrator $48,655 $54,873 2024
Coronado Interfaith Housing Corporation CA$402,681 President $12,848 $12,122 2024
Bleeding Disorders Association SC$401,157 Director $75,000 $88,017 2023
Usvets - Arizona CA$399,672 President & Ceo $18,095 $17,577 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL cost of living and 2025 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 FL 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)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (Dr James Murdaugh) 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 53 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $119,094 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.