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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Next Step Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 455448539
NM · NTEE P85
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Todd Loudon, Executive Director / CEO ($49,609) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 40 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: Todd Loudon — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

40 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 40 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,273 total compensation of comparable organizations → $93,330 $49,609
$19,91610th
$30,38925th
$49,477Median
$61,66675th
$79,45190th
$49,609This org · 50th
p10$19,916
p25$30,389
p50$49,477
p75$61,666
p90$79,451
$49,609

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 NM 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
Power Safe Place Resource Center Of Virginia VA$210,475 Executive Director $33,963 $30,489 2023
Haight Ashbury Food Program CA$215,790 Treasurer $23,000 $17,935 2024
Artist Mentorship Program OR$203,809 Executive Director $87,850 $75,851 2023
Would-works Inc CA$203,244 Executive Director $38,582 $30,087 2024
Homeless Hookup OH$219,275 Executive Director $60,783 $58,139 2024
Shower The People TN$200,531 Executive Director $45,000 $42,717 2024
Brian Gibbons Homeless Outreach Inc CT$224,973 Program Director $78,375 $66,362 2024
Wave Project MI$228,420 Executive Director $20,000 $19,193 2023
Dandelion House OR$230,189 President $11,470 $9,619 2024
Shelter Tech CA$231,418 Co - Executive Director $80,000 $62,385 2024
New Futures Inc AL$237,789 Executive Director $53,700 $52,391 2024
Henderson County Homeless Ministry TX$239,860 Executive Dir. $21,500 $19,996 2023
Family Promise Of Greater Chattanooga TN$240,312 Executive Director (Ended July 2025) $47,572 $45,158 2024
Ncompass OR$246,301 Executive Dir. $34,670 $29,935 2023
The Samaritan Well Inc IL$248,473 Executive Director $56,661 $49,009 2025
Weaver Foundation WA$250,008 Executive Director $72,324 $60,203 2023
Second Chances Inc MA$255,587 Ceo President $106,575 $86,487 2024
Hands And Feet Foundation FL$258,760 President $80,740 $68,498 2024
Operation In My Backyard PA$161,547 Executive Di $23,105 $21,422 2023
Love-a-child Missions CA$261,556 Secretary Treas $5,479 $4,273 2024
Dignity Project CO$263,060 Ceo $74,800 $64,772 2024
Wecare Of Clinton County IN$158,825 Director $36,800 $35,046 2024
Lee County Homeless Coalition Inc FL$266,454 Former Executive Director $70,327 $61,426 2023
Blankets Of Hope Inc NY$269,048 President & Ceo $65,385 $53,357 2024
Crossroads At Park Place Inc TX$152,059 Executive Director $29,250 $26,423 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NM 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 NM 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)40th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted50th

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 (Todd Loudon) 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 40 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P85), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,609 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.