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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Tree House Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 461440298
FL · NTEE P40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lindsay Brooke Sammons, Executive Director / CEO ($53,323) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 97 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lindsay Brooke Sammons — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

97 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 97 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,123 total compensation of comparable organizations → $123,788 $53,323
$13,84910th
$28,55725th
$45,637Median
$63,79475th
$86,56090th
$53,323This org · 64th
p10$13,849
p25$28,557
p50$45,637
p75$63,794
p90$86,560
$53,323

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 FL 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
Cov Co Partnership For Children AL$171,144 Treasurer $8,400 $9,945 2023
Jennings County Council On Domestic Violence Inc IN$169,801 Executice Director $53,257 $59,784 2024
Radical Love IL$169,699 President $32,632 $34,150 2024
See Forward Ukraine Inc MA$172,141 Executive Dir. $50,000 $47,828 2024
Real Dads Network Incorporated NY$172,618 President $21,176 $20,369 2024
Families First Inc PA$168,206 Director $72,064 $74,526 2025
Black Lives Matter 5280 CO$174,327 Board Chairperson $104,100 $109,395 2023
Pregnancy And Family Services AL$174,575 Executive Director $39,684 $45,637 2024
Martin Area Resource Center MI$174,732 Executive Di $25,245 $28,557 2023
United Services For Effective Parenting Ohio Inc OH$176,743 Executive Director $84,825 $95,636 2024
Reclaiming Our Community MO$164,095 Director $15,806 $17,820 2024
Family Promise Of Irving TX$177,050 Executive Director $50,219 $53,474 2024
National House Of Hope Inc FL$162,181 Director $71,417 $76,541 2022
Cutliff Grove Family Resource GA$180,982 Executive Di $27,069 $28,973 2024
Orphans Treasure Box Books IL$159,725 Chair $10,133 $10,604 2024
Fathers Alive In The Hood NY$158,240 Executive Director $9,691 $9,597 2023
Families Helping Families IA$157,744 Exec Dir - (Current) Partial $6,923 $7,862 2025
Childrens Center Of Transylvania County Inc NC$184,128 Exec Dir $50,250 $56,902 2023
Embraced International Inc NC$184,336 Executive Director $24,207 $27,412 2023
Selah CO$185,436 Executive Director $58,458 $59,669 2024
Instituto Del Hogar Celia Y Harris Bunker Inc PR$185,705 Executive Director $46,493 $47,866 2023
Goodwill Ventures IN$153,600 Board Member $27,429 $30,791 2024
Do Your Children Believe Inc GA$187,895 President $38,449 $42,369 2023
The Toby Center For Family FL$188,296 Ceo $69,639 $69,639 2024
Scholl Community Impact Group Inc WI$190,051 Volunteer $2,800 $3,113 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)68th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted68th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted69th

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 (Lindsay Brooke Sammons) 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 97 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $53,323 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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.