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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Blue River Housing Corp

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 382505337
MI · NTEE F33Z
FY ending 2023-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Edward Schultz, Executive Director / CEO ($6,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 44 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: Edward Schultz — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

44 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 44 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,826 total compensation of comparable organizations → $264,881 $6,000
$18,34510th
$27,31425th
$55,621Median
$79,37975th
$129,39390th
$6,000This org · 0th
p10$18,345
p25$27,314
p50$55,621
p75$79,379
p90$129,393
$6,000

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 MI 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
House Of Hope IA$405,819 Executive Director $56,667 $58,388 2024
Feather River Mens Center CA$403,995 Asst Director $51,227 $42,856 2023
Foundations A Place For Education And Recovery Inc OH$402,190 Executive Director $61,000 $62,595 2023
The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation Inc IL$450,686 President/director $98,200 $90,850 2024
Kadima Nonprofit Housing Corporation MI$452,605 President $36,676 $35,624 2024
Yana House IL$455,297 Executive Director $158,600 $142,947 2025
Morning Starr New Beginnings TX$456,000 President $60,000 $56,480 2024
North Sunflower Medical Foundation MS$456,827 Executive Di $20,000 $20,961 2024
Acts 1 And 8 Housing OH$469,663 President $83,200 $82,926 2024
Reunification Transitional Housing Corporation CA$381,894 Ceo $72,048 $60,275 2023
Reach Sober Living Inc MI$471,659 Ed/clinical $178,534 $173,412 2024
Guardian Hills Veterans Healing Center MO$481,297 Executive Director $41,667 $41,530 2024
People Who Care Children's Association CA$368,834 Non-voting Member $67,390 $54,761 2024
Midway Apartments Inc GA$367,120 Executive Dir. $19,500 $18,451 2024
Adelphoi Services Inc PA$494,100 Assistant Secretary/treasurer $7,704 $7,230 2024
Sheridan Hill House Corporation NY$495,099 Ceo $18,651 $16,328 2023
Bridge To Balance Inc AZ$356,546 President $122,414 $114,059 2023
Pathway Recovery Inc VA$353,900 President And Chief Executive Officer $19,962 $18,673 2023
Bhr Housing Properties WA$353,568 Bhr Ceo $25,251 $21,903 2023
Clinton Residence Inc NY$504,777 Executive Director $7,880 $6,899 2023
Shepherds Way Inc KS$504,885 President And Ceo $18,000 $18,300 2024
L'arche North Carolina NC$335,585 Executive Director $70,179 $68,238 2024
Raising Arrows Ministries MT$526,995 Executive Dir. $28,800 $29,215 2024
A Peace Of Mind Inc PA$324,326 Executive Director $43,805 $41,108 2024
Sacred Mountain Retreat Center Inc SD$529,014 President $63,602 $68,006 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted9th

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 (Edward Schultz) 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 44 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $6,000 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.