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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Northwoods Homeless Shelters Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 391924443
WI · NTEE L41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Virginia Ormsby, Executive Director / CEO ($50,444) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 50 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 46th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

50 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 50 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,881 total compensation of comparable organizations → $138,755 $50,444
$16,35510th
$33,40025th
$52,361Median
$59,22175th
$72,33290th
$50,444This org · 46th
p10$16,355
p25$33,400
p50$52,361
p75$59,221
p90$72,332
$50,444

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
Warriors Once Again SC$194,138 Executive Di $17,040 $17,022 2024
Welcome House Inc ND$187,335 Executive Dir. $50,846 $53,428 2024
Free From Hardship La Inc CA$201,115 Executive Director $5,197 $4,424 2023
My Sisters House Ministries Inc KS$180,242 President $134,135 $138,755 2024
Dignity First ME$179,716 Executive Director $27,342 $26,216 2024
Emergency Housing And Advocacy NJ$201,876 Executive Di $68,000 $58,134 2024
The Shelter Inc IN$202,582 Executive Director $1,810 $1,881 2023
Mason County Housing Options For Students In Transition WA$178,912 Executive Director $81,667 $72,079 2023
E S T H E R Homes Inc MN$202,775 Executive Director $84,480 $79,930 2024
Family Promise Of Lewis Clark Valley Inc ID$206,175 Executive Dir. $58,000 $59,079 2024
Steadfast Standing Firm Against MD$206,889 Executive Di $56,035 $50,162 2024
House Of Mercy Enterprises Llc TX$206,910 Director $18,000 $17,241 2024
Number One Single Room Occupancy Hdfc NY$174,179 Interim Ceo To 4/3/23 & Bd Director $36,280 $32,319 2023
Marie Adelaide Center Inc NJ$171,372 Vice Pres/di $66,000 $56,424 2024
Pals N Pets Inc CA$170,910 Executive Dir. $76,085 $64,767 2023
New Beginnings For Families Inc MA$164,666 President, Ceo $40,437 $33,897 2025
Family Promise Of Burlington County NJ$160,669 Exec. Director $51,302 $45,154 2023
View The Future Inc OR$157,528 Executive Di $26,924 $23,941 2024
My Sisters Keeper Incorporated KY$224,456 Exectuive Director Non Voting $50,000 $51,436 2024
Friendship House ME$156,400 Executive Dir. $54,860 $52,600 2024
Family Promise Of Butler County Inc OH$225,193 Interim Executive Director $28,846 $29,254 2024
Duluth Harbor Rescue Mission Inc MN$229,672 Director $48,441 $45,832 2024
Blessed Sarnelli Communityinc PA$150,834 Director $10,844 $10,355 2024
Shelters By Jesus ME$144,543 Member $39,791 $38,152 2024
Ashland Church Community Emergency OH$237,807 Executive Di $49,920 $52,122 2023

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 default46th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted42nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted38th

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 (Virginia Ormsby) 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 50 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,444 is reasonable (approximately the 46th 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.