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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Safe Shelter Incorporated

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 372001230
WI · NTEE L40
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Pearl Webster, Executive Director / CEO ($72,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 69 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 84th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Pearl Webster — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

69 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 69 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$544 total compensation of comparable organizations → $91,723 $72,800
$13,20910th
$25,59525th
$45,792Median
$61,46575th
$77,94090th
$72,800This org · 84th
p10$13,209
p25$25,595
p50$45,792
p75$61,465
p90$77,940
$72,800

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 WI 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
The New Beginnings Of Southwest FL$334,293 Executive Director $61,007 $56,498 2023
Mission Accomplished TX$335,955 President $58,455 $55,989 2024
Myplace Inc MI$327,076 Executive Director $65,977 $65,207 2024
Isaiah House Inc GA$326,462 Executive Dir. $14,150 $13,623 2024
Siloam Missionary Homes NC$338,177 President $45,493 $46,339 2023
Bethesda House Inc MA$326,001 Director $20,240 $17,930 2023
Hope House Of Tennessee Inc TN$325,908 Founder Executive Director $50,000 $50,324 2024
Shadetree Historical Artisan CA$323,323 President $71,250 $58,911 2024
Sacred Roots Farm Inc GA$341,171 Ceo $84,908 $84,162 2023
Mercy Mission House OH$319,579 Executive Di $42,692 $44,575 2023
Active Change Recovery Inc CA$346,347 President $25,000 $20,671 2024
Village Of Hope Inc MD$349,483 Executive Director $61,250 $54,831 2024
Steps 4 Life Community Services CA$312,208 President $65,680 $54,306 2024
Papilion House Inc TX$352,841 President $34,770 $33,303 2024
New Vision Housing Development Fund NY$309,036 Ceo $23,171 $20,640 2023
Gila House Inc AZ$355,543 Executive Director $40,000 $36,835 2024
Lilys House MO$306,565 Co-executive Director $7,800 $7,910 2024
Homes Of Hope Inc NC$357,864 Executive Director $55,296 $54,708 2024
Life Line Outreach Inc NC$302,825 Board Member $22,631 $22,391 2024
Pee Wee Homes NC$361,795 Director $550 $544 2024
Glory House Of Miami Inc FL$301,603 Ceo /Preside $56,496 $50,819 2024
Samaritan House Inc NC$366,778 Executive Dir. $79,070 $78,230 2024
Natasha House Inc VA$292,986 Executive Director $35,258 $32,597 2024
Nazareth Housing Development Corp OH$376,175 Executive Di $61,000 $61,864 2024
Skelley House Inc AZ$288,089 President $62,400 $57,462 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 WI 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 default84th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 (Pearl Webster) 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 69 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,800 is reasonable (approximately the 84th 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.