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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gateway House Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 510374347
DE · NTEE L41
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Linda Stillis, Executive Director / CEO ($73,489) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 72 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

72 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 72 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,949 total compensation of comparable organizations → $153,297 $73,489
$18,15210th
$35,88125th
$57,119Median
$70,06575th
$80,69390th
$73,489This org · 85th
p10$18,152
p25$35,881
p50$57,119
p75$70,065
p90$80,693
$73,489

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 DE 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
Helping Hands-interfaith Coalition For NY$278,522 Executive Director $68,499 $61,402 2024
The Haven Of Manitowoc County Inc WI$278,915 Executive Director $62,250 $64,491 2024
Community Homeless Outreach TN$280,112 Director $53,989 $57,958 2023
Metro Womens Center MN$273,758 Center Director $58,826 $56,174 2025
Dupage Housing Solutions Inc IL$282,438 President & Ceo $7,460 $7,275 2024
Family Promise Of Bradley County TN$282,567 Executive Director $52,525 $54,769 2024
Murfreesboro Rescue Mission Inc TN$271,580 Executive Di $46,800 $48,799 2024
Washtenaw Housing Alliance MI$284,243 Executive Di $103,370 $108,966 2023
Audrain County Shelter Resource Coalition MO$270,203 Director $54,158 $56,902 2024
The Winter Sanctuary Inc OH$286,321 Executive Di $41,577 $43,683 2024
Bethany House Inc NY$287,235 Director $57,700 $51,722 2024
Covenant International Foundation NY$266,283 President & Ceo As Of Feb 2023 $37,308 $34,430 2023
Samaritan Homeless Interim Program Inc NJ$288,831 Founding Executive Director $81,147 $71,871 2024
Northwoods Alliance For Temporary WI$291,100 Executive Di $68,900 $71,380 2024
The Bridge Emergency Shelter CO$292,868 Executive Director $31,979 $30,419 2024
Geauga Faith Rescue Mission Inc OH$261,428 Executive Director $55,250 $58,049 2024
North Alabama Coalition For The Homeless AL$293,797 Executive Director $59,522 $63,788 2024
Gloucester United Emergency Shelter Team VA$293,805 Executive Director $7,915 $7,581 2024
Family Promise Of Grayson County TX$260,437 Executive Di $57,780 $57,335 2024
Family Promise Of Davie County NC$297,242 Executive Director $65,645 $65,551 2025
Collective Chicago IL$257,496 President $65,769 $64,140 2024
Greater Westfield Mass Committee For The Homeless Inc MA$256,368 Executive Director $65,730 $60,323 2023
Hope House Of Mcalester Inc OK$256,012 Executive Dir. $32,337 $36,365 2023
Lifeboat Alliance Ltd IL$300,660 Executive Dir. $58,850 $59,088 2023
Tims Clube IA$252,434 Administrator $5,967 $6,481 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DE 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 DE 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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)81st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted86th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted82nd

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 (Linda Stillis) 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 72 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $73,489 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.