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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ashland Church Community Emergency

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 455478657
OH · NTEE L41
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Suncearae Woodward-mccarty, Executive Director / CEO ($49,920) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 65 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 46th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

65 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 65 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,802 total compensation of comparable organizations → $132,893 $49,920
$17,75810th
$32,46425th
$51,931Median
$59,62075th
$67,55390th
$49,920This org · 46th
p10$17,758
p25$32,464
p50$51,931
p75$59,620
p90$67,553
$49,920

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.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Sitka Homeless CoalitionAK $239,078$58,358 990
Gospel Homes For WomenCO $241,398$21,984 990
Mattoon Area Pads CommunityIL $241,802$66,976 990
Bethel House Of Whitewater IncWI $245,566$46,690 990
Duluth Harbor Rescue Mission IncMN $229,672$43,895 990
Murfreesboro Cold Patrol IncTN $247,120$41,721 990
Visitation House MinistriesincTX $247,127$82,745 990
Brothers Keeper IncIN $249,691$46,912 990
Family Promise Of Butler County IncOH $225,193$28,018 990
My Sisters Keeper IncorporatedKY $224,456$49,264 990
Tims ClubeIA $252,434$5,992 990
Hope House Of Mcalester IncOK $256,012$33,619 990
Greater Westfield Mass Committee For The Homeless IncMA $256,368$55,767 990
Collective ChicagoIL $257,496$59,296 990
Family Promise Of Grayson CountyTX $260,437$53,004 990
Geauga Faith Rescue Mission IncOH $261,428$53,665 990
Covenant International FoundationNY $266,283$31,830 990
House Of Mercy Enterprises LlcTX $206,910$16,513 990
Steadfast Standing Firm AgainstMD $206,889$48,042 990
Family Promise Of Lewis Clark Valley IncID $206,175$56,583 990
Audrain County Shelter Resource CoalitionMO $270,203$52,604 990
Murfreesboro Rescue Mission IncTN $271,580$45,113 990
E S T H E R Homes IncMN $202,775$76,552 990
The Shelter IncIN $202,582$1,802 990
Emergency Housing And AdvocacyNJ $201,876$55,678 990

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 default46th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)37th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Suncearae Woodward-mccarty) 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 65 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,920 is reasonable (approximately the 46th 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). 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.