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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mend On The Move

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 474637510
MI · NTEE P80
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Samantha Seelhoff, Executive Director / CEO ($45,047) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 199 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 49th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Samantha Seelhoff — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

199 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 199 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$571 total compensation of comparable organizations → $92,014 $45,047
$10,51610th
$24,11425th
$46,519Median
$61,95975th
$72,90490th
$45,047This org · 49th
p10$10,516
p25$24,114
p50$46,519
p75$61,959
p90$72,904
$45,047

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 MI 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
Deaf Ability Resource Inc CA$210,740 Ceo / President $84,100 $68,339 2024
Metro Apartments Inc MN$209,839 Executive Vice President $18,918 $18,111 2023
Helping Our Riders Succeed In Education TX$211,029 Executive Director $37,822 $35,603 2024
Fathers Building Futures NM$211,109 Ceo $6,373 $6,641 2023
Rice Foundation Inc PA$211,200 Exc. Director $91,367 $88,275 2023
Texas Burn Survivor Society Inc TX$208,307 Executive Dir. $48,000 $46,519 2023
Teen Talking Circles WA$213,038 Executive Director $92,367 $77,821 2024
Erikas Closet NC$213,804 President $47,021 $45,721 2024
K9 Care Montana Inc MT$214,069 President $72,000 $73,035 2024
Esperanza Immigration Legal Services PA$206,309 Executive Director $85,696 $82,796 2023
Yanam2m CO$204,439 Ceo $54,680 $50,797 2023
Women Of Hope Resource Center Inc NJ$216,954 Acting Treasurer $60,060 $51,953 2023
Unbridled Change VA$203,658 Exec Dir/pre $40,000 $37,418 2023
The Meeting Place One Inc NC$217,177 Executive Director $59,917 $59,981 2023
Indian Council Of The Elderly Inc WI$203,080 Prog Coordinator $36,320 $35,695 2024
North Carolina Statewide Independent NC$202,255 Executive Director $71,308 $69,336 2024
Asi Boise Inc MN$218,621 President/treasurer $68,006 $63,236 2024
Pawsitivity MN$218,770 Acting Secretary $31,400 $29,197 2024
Surpassing Grace TX$201,340 Executive Director Board Chair $28,000 $26,358 2024
Family Promise Of Cobb County GA$219,831 Executive Director $55,254 $53,826 2023
In His Light Inc OH$220,081 President $89,670 $92,014 2023
Nami Geauga County OH$220,116 Exec Dir -Ex $58,096 $57,904 2024
The No Woman No Girl Initiative NC$220,833 Executive Di $49,000 $49,052 2023
Journey To Adult Success Inc WI$221,178 Executive Di $48,050 $47,222 2024
Surayya Anne Foundation Inc OK$199,279 Executive Director $49,000 $52,274 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI cost of living and 2023 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 MI 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 default49th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted52nd
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 (Samantha Seelhoff) 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 199 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,047 is reasonable (approximately the 49th 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.