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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Friends Of Samaritans Place Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 432082107
TN · NTEE Q123
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Marilen Morris, Executive Director / CEO ($38,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 460 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

460 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 460 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$384 total compensation of comparable organizations → $241,527 $38,500
$8,91610th
$20,64125th
$41,102Median
$64,51275th
$90,63190th
$38,500This org · 47th
p10$8,916
p25$20,641
p50$41,102
p75$64,512
p90$90,631
$38,500

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 TN 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
Least Of These Ministries Inc MD$222,248 President & Executive Director $42,600 $37,889 2024
Crosscampus International Inc SC$222,204 President $72,000 $71,459 2024
Life Raft International Inc VA$221,723 Director $27,300 $25,077 2024
Raiz Ministry TX$221,533 Director $4,800 $4,568 2024
Cuba Independiente Inc FL$223,167 President $12,000 $10,725 2024
Aice Inc MD$223,203 Executive Director $166,818 $148,372 2024
Building New Hope PA$223,321 Executive Director $33,005 $33,559 2022
All Things New Inc FL$223,630 Formerpresident $36,667 $32,770 2024
Hands Of Hope SC$223,889 President $22,864 $22,692 2024
Zeelo Inc KS$220,438 Director $106,000 $108,944 2024
Aguaclara Reach Inc NY$224,320 Director $86,121 $74,035 2024
Doyle Jones Ministries Inc TX$220,109 President $88,962 $90,735 2022
Ten Thousand Homes TX$220,094 President $51,174 $48,700 2024
Blossoming Rose MI$219,965 President $45,970 $45,140 2024
Helping Hands Inc NC$219,842 President $946 $906 2025
The Kaifa Group Inc NY$224,787 Director $20,400 $18,056 2023
The Hyogo Business & Cultural Center WA$225,136 Executive Director $107,805 $89,456 2025
Pdes Transition Inc TX$219,260 Manager $10,860 $10,335 2024
Only A Servant Ministries Inc TX$225,357 Director $69,300 $65,949 2024
Building Together Inc NY$225,539 President $12,000 $10,620 2023
Cattle For Christ International Inc AL$218,962 President $79,000 $83,592 2023
Amigos De Seattle WA$218,826 Executive Director $34,599 $29,470 2024
American Friends Of Emek Beracha In NY$225,751 President $21,260 $17,805 2025
American Medical Institute Inc TX$225,800 Director/manager $55,207 $52,538 2024
Us Diplomatic Studies Foundation AZ$226,075 President $43,927 $40,190 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)45th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted45th

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 (Marilen Morris) 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 460 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (Q), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $38,500 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.