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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sioux Residential Services Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 460378935
SD · NTEE P73Z
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Steve Watkins, Executive Director / CEO ($41,730) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 53 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Steve Watkins — reported title “LIFESCAPE CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

53 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 53 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,176 total compensation of comparable organizations → $185,500 $41,730
$8,26710th
$12,73825th
$20,765Median
$37,59775th
$55,58390th
$41,730This org · 77th
p10$8,267
p25$12,738
p50$20,765
p75$37,597
p90$55,583
$41,730

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 SD 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
Life Concepts Group Home Ii Inc FL$215,823 Chief Executive Officer $24,427 $21,973 2023
Attention Home Inc FL$215,483 President $75,000 $65,529 2024
North Willows Inc MS$212,441 Secretary/exec Director $19,696 $20,402 2024
Fayette Hills Unity Inc WV$222,161 President $53,483 $53,859 2024
Amoskeag Residences Inc NH$211,636 Board Member/ceo $24,023 $20,631 2024
United Church Home Society Inc NY$211,411 Executive Director $89,466 $75,190 2024
Forest Acres Inc IA$211,203 Top Management Official $19,545 $20,492 2023
Renewed Treasures Ministries MO$224,288 President $24,000 $23,642 2024
Fairhaven Ministry Of Faith Hope & Love LA$224,626 Director $19,800 $20,278 2024
United Cerebral Palsy Group Homes Inc FL$228,719 President & Ceo $30,973 $27,062 2024
Ashland County Residential Services OH$229,128 Operations M $7,589 $7,697 2023
Valor Apartment Associates WA$201,656 President And Ceo $24,457 $20,967 2023
Ruths Way Inc PA$201,399 Executive Director $50,719 $47,042 2024
Mill River Community Housing Corporation RI$201,240 President $52,490 $48,194 2023
Kings Ranch Of Jonesboro Inc AR$200,699 Vice-president $1,125 $1,176 2024
Mental Health Programs Inc Ix MA$199,525 President $12,032 $9,797 2025
Boys And Girls Home Of Nebraska Inc IA$198,253 President/ceo $7,742 $7,884 2024
North Square Gateway Terrace Inc CT$236,137 President $13,943 $12,159 2024
Project Hope Inc WI$236,994 Personal Care Worker $18,145 $18,889 2022
Digs Inc GA$196,504 Executive Director $3,000 $2,888 2023
Welcome Home Housing Inc CA$242,300 Executive Dir. $43,833 $36,243 2023
Rise Corp OK$189,784 Executive Di $53,125 $56,014 2023
Kennedy Institute Housing Corporation DC$185,873 President And Ceo $14,495 $11,831 2024
Springwood Estates Inc FL$250,432 President And Ceo $13,187 $11,522 2024
Confac Group Homes Inc NY$183,704 President & Coo $23,348 $20,202 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SD cost of living and 2025 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 SD 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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)74th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (Steve Watkins) 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 53 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P73), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $41,730 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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.