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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wayward Homes Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 453845273
GA · NTEE L40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tamika Conley, Executive Director / CEO ($15,957) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 66 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

66 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 66 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$549 total compensation of comparable organizations → $86,287 $15,957
$10,84510th
$21,18725th
$44,315Median
$57,09575th
$76,36190th
$15,957This org · 17th
p10$10,845
p25$21,187
p50$44,315
p75$57,095
p90$76,361
$15,957

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 GA 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
Elli's House MI$264,991 Executive Di $55,650 $57,127 2023
New Dimensions In Recovery Inc AZ$264,532 Executive Director $82,011 $78,442 2023
Journey Home Inc VA$264,064 Operations Director And Board Director $27,115 $26,038 2023
Journey Home Inc TX$273,644 Executive Director / President $43,021 $41,572 2024
Peacock Legacy Of Hope TX$274,338 Executive Director $87,136 $84,201 2024
Casa Esperanza Housing Development Fund NY$255,864 President/ceo $50,896 $45,740 2023
Veterans Accession House CA$255,798 Adm.assistant $40,092 $33,443 2024
Shall Never Thirst Ministries NJ$275,961 President & Director $24,985 $22,186 2023
St Bakhita Catholic Worker Inc WI$254,431 Executive Director $59,380 $59,906 2024
North Beacon Hill Housing Initiative WA$252,682 President $63,876 $55,245 2024
Darlene Slaters Rehabilitation Center MS$249,109 President $24,000 $25,821 2024
The Guest House Inc IN$283,548 Executive Di $36,926 $37,618 2024
Sweet Evening Breeze Inc KY$284,020 Executive Director $85,340 $86,287 2025
Seeds Of Hope Inc OH$244,140 Executive Director $35,161 $37,038 2023
Westminster Room In The Inn TN$244,102 Executive Di $27,650 $27,352 2025
Abraham Apartments Housing Development NY$287,359 President/ceo $50,896 $45,740 2023
Avenues 12 Inc FL$287,719 Executive Director (Deceased) $20,980 $19,039 2024
Park Avenue Thorpe Housing Development NY$287,925 Executive Director $2,057 $1,849 2023
Skelley House Inc AZ$288,089 President $62,400 $57,972 2024
Natasha House Inc VA$292,986 Executive Director $35,258 $32,886 2024
Rise - El Dorado Inc KS$230,561 Director $10,225 $10,671 2024
Courage To Change Sober Living IN$229,969 Executive Director $19,550 $19,916 2024
Glory House Of Miami Inc FL$301,603 Ceo /Preside $56,496 $51,270 2024
Life Line Outreach Inc NC$302,825 Board Member $22,631 $22,589 2024
Surplus Property Roundtable MI$224,356 Executive Dir. $78,788 $78,559 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted24th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted12th

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 (Tamika Conley) 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 66 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $15,957 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.