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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gateway House Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 421536969
OH · NTEE F20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Adrian Stamper, Executive Director / CEO ($63,312) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 89 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Adrian Stamper — reported title “Executive Director (from 6/22)”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

89 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 89 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,721 total compensation of comparable organizations → $120,547 $63,312
$11,41210th
$21,43425th
$39,632Median
$55,12275th
$69,80890th
$63,312This org · 87th
p10$11,412
p25$21,434
p50$39,632
p75$55,122
p90$69,808
$63,312

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 OH 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
Life Change Centers TX$215,002 President $15,461 $14,183 2024
Impactful Changes Inc MD$214,869 Ceo $25,000 $21,434 2024
Lifeboat Addiction Recovery Services MI$212,025 Executive Director $9,700 $9,182 2024
Addiction Recovery Institute NC$211,585 President $24,000 $23,413 2023
A Place Of Comfort Inc CA$220,156 Executive Dir. $75,500 $61,553 2023
Rancho Park Recovery Inc CA$221,558 Ceo & Chair $40,000 $32,611 2023
Hanani House MO$209,092 Director Of $21,112 $20,506 2024
Iowa Board Of Certification IA$223,675 Executive Director $80,000 $80,330 2024
Outsiders Anonymous TX$204,614 Program Director $30,000 $28,333 2023
Unity Acres Inc NY$227,169 Officer $33,945 $28,130 2024
110 Inc MA$228,430 President $65,000 $53,566 2024
Epperson Ministries Inc TN$197,840 President $11,500 $11,413 2023
East Bay Mens Recovery Center CA$233,558 Executive Director $63,767 $50,497 2024
Western Wellness Foundation Inc ND$233,635 Executive Director $79,095 $81,952 2023
Hope For Appalachia Incorporated WV$197,241 Director Of Development $26,980 $26,790 2024
Helping Kids To Recover Inc CA$195,142 Ceo $10,000 $8,153 2023
Rzp Foundation Inc OH$195,108 Former Ed $42,500 $41,281 2024
Teen Challenge Of Baltimore Inc MD$194,438 Executive Dir. $21,500 $18,433 2024
Cortez Addictions Recovery Services Inc CO$237,614 Executive Dir. $3,312 $2,912 2024
Dothan Houston County Substance Abuse AL$193,222 Executive Director $55,428 $54,915 2024
The Carvel Club Inc IN$238,189 Executive Di $25,813 $25,701 2023
Miriam House TN$239,287 Executive Director $8,400 $8,336 2023
Vpoids Inc CA$191,675 Member $120,000 $95,026 2024
Lazarus Life Ministries OH$191,369 President $37,094 $37,094 2023
Greater Milwaukee Central Office Inc WI$191,044 Executive Director $71,806 $68,772 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted85th

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 (Adrian Stamper) 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 89 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $63,312 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.