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Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 510194729
MS · NTEE F40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Katrina Sunivelle, Executive Director / CEO ($45,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,370 total compensation of comparable organizations → $116,588 $45,000
$31,78010th
$41,37725th
$60,919Median
$71,31175th
$85,86190th
$45,000This org · 32nd
p10$31,780
p25$41,377
p50$60,919
p75$71,311
p90$85,861
$45,000

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 MS 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
The Crisis Hotline Inc ID$356,048 Executive Director $63,780 $60,919 2024
Visitor Aloha Society Of Hawai'i HI$384,156 President & $94,505 $75,969 2024
Cancer Care Connection DE$386,540 Executive Director $8,383 $7,370 2024
With Hope The Amber Craig Memorial CA$403,037 President $104,168 $80,763 2024
St Louis Queer Support & Healing MO$299,386 Executive Director $41,368 $40,502 2023
Center For Suicide Awareness Inc WI$289,606 Executive Di $45,058 $42,251 2024
Hope4utah UT$451,114 Assistant Director $65,000 $59,732 2024
Abortion Dialogue Academy NE$284,655 Executive Director $60,000 $57,942 2024
Sexual Assault Program Of Northern St Louis County MN$275,675 Executive Director $93,982 $83,380 2024
Tyrrell County Inner Banks Hotline NC$275,499 Secretary $70,259 $63,502 2025
Elizas Helping Hands Inc NC$266,543 President $35,000 $34,800 2022
Overflow Foundation Inc SC$476,049 Executive Director $21,029 $19,698 2024
Hope Mommies Inc TX$477,583 Executive Di $43,688 $39,238 2024
Night Ministry CA$249,834 Executive Di $120,000 $95,785 2023
Contact Of Mercer County Nj Inc NJ$509,812 Executive Dir. $145,434 $116,588 2024
Franklin County Local Outreach To OH$510,434 Executive Director $64,644 $61,475 2024
Objective Zero Foundation SD$519,424 Executive Director $62,000 $63,251 2023
Sandhills Crisis Intervention NE$529,982 Executive Director $67,039 $66,652 2023
Aiken County Help Line Inc SC$549,639 Executive Dir. $54,167 $50,738 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MS 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 MS 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 default32nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)26th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted26th

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 (Katrina Sunivelle) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,000 is reasonable (approximately the 32nd 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.