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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Homeward Iowa

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 473186678
IA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Angela Arthur, Executive Director / CEO ($52,148) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1037 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Angela Arthur — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,037 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,037 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $298,687 $52,148
$17,78910th
$36,10625th
$60,014Median
$80,94175th
$104,60990th
$52,148This org · 42nd
p10$17,789
p25$36,106
p50$60,014
p75$80,941
p90$104,609
$52,148

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 IA 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
Raise Funds Inc CA$488,176 Ceo $36,000 $28,391 2024
The Piltch Family Foundation Inc MA$488,325 President & Director $1,200 $1,014 2023
Southwest Options For Women MN$488,826 Executive Director $100,962 $91,112 2024
Classis Of New Brunswick Community Developmentcorp NJ$486,974 Executive Director $14,561 $12,224 2023
Budget And Financial Management Assistance MO$489,388 Executive Director $76,544 $76,230 2023
The Brick House Community Resource MA$489,838 Executive Director $28,080 $23,045 2024
Center For Change Inc FL$489,919 Executive Director $58,594 $50,272 2024
3rd Mile Inc GA$485,895 Ceo $34,130 $32,267 2023
Emite Inc NC$485,187 Executive Director $59,064 $55,737 2024
Restoration Counseling Services WA$485,040 President $225,836 $190,116 2023
Steady Strides Riding Center AZ$484,938 Executive Director $13,000 $11,418 2024
Foster Hearts WA$484,927 President $21,631 $17,687 2024
Center For Grief Recovery & Sibling Loss IL$491,066 Executive Director $129,645 $119,843 2023
Lit Movement OH$484,791 Executive Director $67,385 $65,183 2024
Return To Hope Inc OK$484,252 Secretary & Operations $50,060 $51,831 2023
Elms University Center IL$492,322 Secretary $23,167 $20,801 2024
Oasis Central Minnesota Inc MN$492,322 Executive Director $46,184 $41,678 2024
Port Neches Riverfest TX$492,530 Executive Di $13,750 $12,562 2024
The Cameron K Gallagher Foundation VA$492,714 Executive Director $83,140 $75,481 2023
Minaret Foundation TX$483,180 Executive Director $50,500 $46,136 2024
Overseed Incorporated MA$492,972 President $153,502 $122,732 2025
Aero Missions AL$493,040 Director $66,871 $65,979 2024
Project I See You CO$482,772 Executive Director, Vice-president $40,000 $36,064 2023
The Center Of Owensboro-daviess County Inc KY$493,287 Executive Director $80,000 $78,497 2024
Perry Human Services PA$482,573 Executive D $57,367 $50,901 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)36th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted44th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Angela Arthur) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 1037 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,148 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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 13, 2026.