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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Set Me Free Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 473990516
NE · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Stephanie Olson, Executive Director / CEO ($34,615) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1070 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,070 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,070 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$248 total compensation of comparable organizations → $198,631 $34,615
$12,99310th
$26,77025th
$47,844Median
$68,34775th
$88,82390th
$34,615This org · 34th
p10$12,993
p25$26,770
p50$47,844
p75$68,347
p90$88,823
$34,615

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 NE 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
Beaverton Resource Center OR$307,610 Executive Director $140,000 $124,449 2023
Soup N Share Outreach Program IL$307,443 Director $18,000 $16,939 2023
Stateline Pregnancy Clinic Inc WI$308,150 Executive Di $55,778 $54,160 2024
Idaho Diaper Bank Inc ID$308,186 Executive Director $36,000 $35,606 2024
Second Chance Cars Inc MA$306,993 Executive Director $100,000 $83,549 2024
Fathers Who Care Nfp IL$308,447 Executive Director $85,000 $77,695 2024
United Ways Of Tennessee TN$308,603 Ceo $151,029 $147,600 2024
Magpies And Peacocks Inc TX$308,677 President $3,450 $3,304 2023
The Village Legal And Community IL$306,554 President & Ceo $74,754 $68,329 2024
The Veterans Executive Corporation CA$306,543 Executive Di $28,000 $22,480 2024
Heart & Seoul Gospel Ministry AZ$308,899 President $52,800 $48,607 2023
Rising Stars Therapeutic Riding ID$308,983 Executive Director $52,986 $52,406 2024
Faith In Harm Reduction Inc NY$306,273 Executive Dir. $59,350 $49,863 2024
Common Cup Ministry Inc MN$309,122 Executive Di $60,500 $57,223 2023
Plush Meadow Senior Housing Corp SC$309,368 Exec Director $5,140 $4,986 2024
Compassions Foundation Incorporated AR$305,943 Executive Director $40,202 $42,015 2024
Next Step Recovery Housing AR$309,571 Executive Director $30,417 $32,727 2023
Global Cities Group NY$309,637 Ceo Founder Board Director $101,899 $85,610 2024
Esther House CO$309,910 Director $32,640 $29,099 2024
Hope For Lagonave Inc AR$305,246 Child Sponsorship Advisor Voting $35,000 $36,578 2024
Whi Hobbs Inc NM$305,139 Executive Director $32,589 $33,552 2023
Honoring Americas Veterans AZ$310,272 Executive Dir. $72,500 $63,156 2025
One Eighty Foundation WA$305,081 Executive Director $106,187 $91,002 2023
Model Neighborhood Program CA$310,286 Executive Director $52,775 $42,370 2024
Wldforce Inc CO$310,296 President Ceo $167,500 $153,740 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NE 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 NE 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Stephanie Olson) 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 1070 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $34,615 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.