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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Washtenaw Housing Alliance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 383551639
MI · NTEE L41
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amanda Carlisle, Executive Director / CEO ($103,370) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 72 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 99th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Amanda Carlisle — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

72 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 72 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,849 total compensation of comparable organizations → $145,424 $103,370
$17,22010th
$34,03925th
$54,686Median
$66,70575th
$74,90890th
$103,370This org · 99th
p10$17,220
p25$34,039
p50$54,686
p75$66,705
p90$74,908
$103,370

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
Family Promise Of Bradley County TN$282,567 Executive Director $52,525 $51,956 2024
Dupage Housing Solutions Inc IL$282,438 President & Ceo $7,460 $6,902 2024
The Winter Sanctuary Inc OH$286,321 Executive Di $41,577 $41,440 2024
Bethany House Inc NY$287,235 Director $57,700 $49,065 2024
Community Homeless Outreach TN$280,112 Director $53,989 $54,981 2023
Samaritan Homeless Interim Program Inc NJ$288,831 Founding Executive Director $81,147 $68,180 2024
The Haven Of Manitowoc County Inc WI$278,915 Executive Director $62,250 $61,178 2024
Helping Hands-interfaith Coalition For NY$278,522 Executive Director $68,499 $58,248 2024
Gateway House Inc DE$277,511 Executive Director $73,489 $69,715 2023
Northwoods Alliance For Temporary WI$291,100 Executive Di $68,900 $67,714 2024
The Bridge Emergency Shelter CO$292,868 Executive Director $31,979 $28,856 2024
North Alabama Coalition For The Homeless AL$293,797 Executive Director $59,522 $60,512 2024
Gloucester United Emergency Shelter Team VA$293,805 Executive Director $7,915 $7,192 2024
Metro Womens Center MN$273,758 Center Director $58,826 $53,289 2025
Murfreesboro Rescue Mission Inc TN$271,580 Executive Di $46,800 $46,292 2024
Family Promise Of Davie County NC$297,242 Executive Director $65,645 $62,184 2025
Audrain County Shelter Resource Coalition MO$270,203 Director $54,158 $53,979 2024
Lifeboat Alliance Ltd IL$300,660 Executive Dir. $58,850 $56,053 2023
Covenant International Foundation NY$266,283 President & Ceo As Of Feb 2023 $37,308 $32,662 2023
Geauga Faith Rescue Mission Inc OH$261,428 Executive Director $55,250 $55,068 2024
Family Promise Of Grayson County TX$260,437 Executive Di $57,780 $54,390 2024
Collective Chicago IL$257,496 President $65,769 $60,846 2024
Greater Westfield Mass Committee For The Homeless Inc MA$256,368 Executive Director $65,730 $57,225 2023
Hope House Of Mcalester Inc OK$256,012 Executive Dir. $32,337 $34,498 2023
Rainbow Place Shelter For Homeless MD$315,710 Executive Director (Through 1/2023) $73,500 $66,574 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 default99th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)99th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted99th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted96th

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 (Amanda Carlisle) 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 72 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $103,370 is reasonable (approximately the 99th 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.