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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Northwest Charities

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 454160956
UT · NTEE L20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Darla Hansen, Executive Director / CEO ($36,100) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 286 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Darla Hansen — reported title “President & CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

286 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 286 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$149 total compensation of comparable organizations → $341,777 $36,100
$8,03810th
$18,05525th
$35,469Median
$58,17975th
$82,97290th
$36,100This org · 50th
p10$8,038
p25$18,055
p50$35,469
p75$58,179
p90$82,972
$36,100

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 UT 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
Ser Community Development Corporation TX$285,957 Director (Ceo, Ser Jobs) $7,031 $6,872 2024
Parker Street Foundation CA$286,001 Secretary Treasurer $4,488 $3,787 2024
Association To Benefit Children Hdfc NY$285,288 President/ceo $109,836 $99,838 2023
Citizen Robotics Inc MI$286,772 Ceo $64,615 $65,164 2024
Casa Esperanza Project IL$284,474 Executive Director $75,934 $72,940 2024
South Hampton Roads Supportive MN$283,227 President Tr $65,715 $65,318 2023
Asi Southern Nevada Inc MN$283,090 President/tr $65,715 $65,318 2023
Alt Affordable Housing Services Inc - TX$282,598 Executive Director $18,000 $17,593 2024
Southwest Philadelphia Presbytery PA$282,406 Chief Executive Officer $292,739 $285,233 2024
Piedmont Senior Housing Corporation SC$282,120 Exec Director $5,140 $5,239 2024
91 Carlton Avenue Housing Development NY$281,966 Ceo $59,698 $52,707 2024
Macarthur Manor Senior Residences KS$281,484 President $2,639 $2,786 2024
Better Homes Inc PA$290,196 Executive Di $69,418 $69,635 2023
Church Street Housing Inc CA$290,424 President $45,067 $38,023 2024
Loretto O'brien Road Housing Development NY$291,519 Chairperson $27,907 $24,004 2025
Mckeesport Presbyterian Senior Housing PA$291,570 Director And President $37,604 $36,640 2024
South Windham Housing Corporation ME$291,600 President $45,000 $45,327 2023
Abundant Life Community Development NJ$292,154 Director $18,000 $16,167 2023
Higher Living Inc NC$278,813 Executive Di $39,959 $41,532 2023
United Church Residences Of Holly OH$278,636 Treasurer $34,230 $36,469 2023
Mid-peninsula Colma Ridge Inc CA$293,405 Cfo / Assistant Secretary $77,467 $65,358 2024
Hearth Beacon Inc MA$277,194 Cao/pres. & Ceo (As Of 11/23) $10,124 $9,151 2023
Oh 126th St Housing Development NY$277,143 President $87,582 $79,610 2023
Ler Housing Development Fund Corp NY$277,109 President $101,830 $89,906 2024
Harlem United Supportive NY$276,480 President $4,327 $3,933 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to UT 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 UT 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)48th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

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 (Darla Hansen) 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 286 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $36,100 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.