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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Blue Water Residential Nonprofit

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 383207834
MI · NTEE P70
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lisa Beedon, Executive Director / CEO ($8,971) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,949 total compensation of comparable organizations → $184,542 $8,971
$15,70210th
$18,50625th
$22,461Median
$38,53275th
$91,80490th
$8,971This org · 5th
p10$15,702
p25$18,506
p50$22,461
p75$38,532
p90$91,804
$8,971

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
Rio Grande Children's Home Foundation TX$92,357 President & Ceo, Board Chair $190,419 $184,542 2024
Quaker Heights Foundation Inc OH$93,192 Chief Executive Officer $78,074 $82,481 2023
Lewis County United Methodist Ministries WV$97,361 Director $25,200 $27,215 2023
Autumn Place Inc MD$99,591 President $20,272 $18,904 2023
Federation Of Organizations Housing NY$75,155 Cfo $49,604 $44,709 2023
Harborside Apartments Inc NJ$74,918 President $20,324 $18,100 2023
Living Stones Village Usa Limited CA$74,345 President $40,000 $34,452 2023
Jng Inc NY$68,380 Chief Executive Officer $24,419 $21,378 2024
Pathfinder Homes Inc AR$111,008 Executive Director $21,642 $24,264 2023
Aase Haugen Foundation Inc IA$113,108 Executive Di $20,566 $22,461 2023
James River Apartments VA$115,728 Executive Director $15,818 $14,797 2024
Community Living Corporation MA$117,622 Ceo $23,870 $20,246 2025
Brotherhood Academy Corporation TX$117,801 Executive Director $133,208 $129,097 2024
Guardian Angel Service MI$118,639 President $36,301 $36,301 2024
Psch 78th Street Ozone Park Housing NY$119,770 Ceo $20,684 $18,108 2024
29th Judicial Casa Program VA$122,260 Executive Di $43,576 $40,763 2024
Discovering Horizons CA$122,636 President & Ceo Of New Horizons $8,068 $6,949 2023
Ltr Housing Corporation NY$125,017 President & Coo $23,348 $21,044 2023
East Bay Housing Options Inc RI$128,443 Executive Director $16,653 $15,928 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 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 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted26th

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 (Lisa Beedon) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $8,971 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.