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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Murphys Senior Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 383801414
CA · NTEE P81
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Steven, Executive Director / CEO ($35,631) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 148 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 11th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Steven — reported title “SCHETZLINE”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

148 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 148 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,544 total compensation of comparable organizations → $192,409 $35,631
$33,73310th
$50,17825th
$66,733Median
$88,22475th
$107,59390th
$35,631This org · 11th
p10$33,733
p25$50,178
p50$66,733
p75$88,224
p90$107,593
$35,631

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 CA 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
Inter-church Council Of Greater MA$464,599 Director $87,721 $91,288 2024
Covenant Place Foundation MO$470,877 President And Ceo $17,274 $21,188 2024
Madison County Elderly Services Inc IA$464,189 Executive Director $66,893 $82,635 2025
Project Concern Inc KS$472,106 Executive Director $52,949 $66,245 2024
Cowley County Council On Aging Inc KS$460,126 Previous Executive Director $60,442 $77,853 2023
Oxford Senior Center Inc PA$475,631 Executive Di $92,169 $103,699 2025
Bell County Senior Citizens KY$476,055 Executive Director $39,960 $48,437 2025
Meridian Area Senior Citizens ID$477,088 Center Director $79,940 $98,482 2024
Franklin County Senior Citizens AR$456,639 Executive Director $33,636 $43,785 2024
Golden Age Council Inc CO$456,624 Executive Director $17,275 $19,749 2023
Kennett Area Senior Center Inc PA$481,912 Executive Di $80,000 $90,008 2025
Maumee Seniors Inc OH$452,262 Exc. Director $64,836 $79,527 2024
Ashland County Aging Unit WI$483,070 Executive Di $45,000 $56,033 2023
Claiborne Voluntary Council On Aging Inc LA$483,767 Executive Director $47,840 $61,005 2024
Senior Center Of Elk Grove Inc CA$450,167 Executive Dir. $57,011 $57,011 2024
Broken Arrow Seniors Inc OK$486,051 Executive Dir. $76,536 $100,482 2023
Silver Lake Annex Multi-purpose Community Center RI$491,278 Board Member $23,887 $26,525 2024
Friends Of Estacada Community Center Inc OR$493,163 Director $35,220 $37,877 2024
Jewish Older Adult Services NJ$493,781 Executive Di $78,072 $80,725 2024
La Jolla Community Center CA$440,851 Executive Dir. $85,000 $85,000 2024
Westerly Senior Citizens Center RI$494,316 Executive Di $81,782 $88,474 2025
Holbrook Senior Citizens Association AZ$495,796 Acting Ex Dir $48,706 $52,848 2025
Brooks Senior Center NY$496,084 Program Director $90,453 $94,656 2024
Marion County Council On Aging SC$496,417 Executive Director $49,395 $59,677 2024
Cadre Inc Communities Aligned For GA$496,889 Executive Dir. $74,491 $86,739 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default11th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted14th
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 (Steven) 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 148 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P81), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,631 is reasonable (approximately the 11th 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.