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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Elizabeths House Option 1

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 510638149
SD · NTEE P45
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jessica Hardt, Executive Director / CEO ($52,550) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 22 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 45th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

22 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 22 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,465 total compensation of comparable organizations → $88,416 $52,550
$20,72210th
$30,05725th
$56,064Median
$66,03375th
$71,12890th
$52,550This org · 45th
p10$20,722
p25$30,057
p50$56,064
p75$66,033
p90$71,128
$52,550

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 SD 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
Agnus Dei Foundation CA$376,575 Executive Director $90,925 $71,141 2024
Under His Wings Inc AL$359,458 Executive Director $68,833 $67,380 2024
Men Of Influence CA$351,539 Executive Dir. $75,572 $60,875 2023
Family Counseling Service Of UT$398,211 Executive Dir. $95,341 $88,416 2024
Empowering Parents Kansas City MO$399,575 Ceo $64,183 $61,596 2024
Gabriel Project Inc IN$339,428 President And Exec Director $29,846 $29,362 2023
A Place Of Refuge Ministries Of So Wi Inc WI$406,774 Treasurer $11,950 $11,308 2024
St Catherine Residence Inc CO$409,567 President $12,045 $10,465 2024
Generations Ahead MI$412,269 Executive Di $81,320 $78,301 2023
Desert Rose Womens Resource Center NM$417,550 Executive Director $53,772 $53,952 2023
5 Steps To Five NY$309,811 Executive Director $36,456 $29,849 2024
Midwives Organized To Help Establish Self-reliance Corporatio FL$292,423 President $70,000 $59,585 2024
Hope 139 House Inc GA$449,124 Executive Di $22,000 $20,043 2024
Saving Grace Maternity Home OR$290,877 Executive Di $53,872 $45,331 2024
Hope Medical WA$288,987 Executive Director $60,118 $48,770 2024
Teen Pregnancy Child Care Training PA$286,787 Executive Di $66,086 $58,176 2025
House Of His Creation PA$270,896 Exec Directo $28,846 $26,835 2023
Road To Hope OR$475,551 President And Ceo $79,999 $69,304 2023
Madonna Of The Streets Inc IL$477,639 Vice President $33,453 $30,680 2023
Christian Life Home NC$483,442 Executive Director $67,966 $61,992 2025
Samara's Village Inc NC$252,034 Executive Director $54,360 $50,894 2024
Mothers' Home PA$504,995 Executive Di $80,667 $71,011 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SD 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 SD 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 default45th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted45th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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 (Jessica Hardt) 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 22 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P45), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,550 is reasonable (approximately the 45th 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.