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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Prepare Our Youth Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 521231994
DC · NTEE F600
FY ending 2024-10-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Stevan Vanderhorst, Executive Director / CEO ($35,417) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 118 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 51st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

118 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 118 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,231 total compensation of comparable organizations → $335,654 $35,417
$8,17910th
$17,42025th
$34,069Median
$58,19575th
$79,28190th
$35,417This org · 51st
p10$8,179
p25$17,420
p50$34,069
p75$58,195
p90$79,281
$35,417

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 DC 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
Suburban Pastoral Counseling Clinic Inc MD$85,783 Exec Director $38,410 $42,131 2023
Lost Sheep Ministries Intl MN$85,518 Executive Director $33,000 $37,159 2024
Nami Marion County Inc FL$86,827 Executive Director $2,500 $2,676 2024
Soulful Living For Addiction And Long Term Recovery Inc NY$84,845 President $31,750 $33,660 2023
Kiva Spirit Foundation CA$86,970 Executive Director/treasurer $49,000 $49,641 2023
Mack Alive MI$84,506 Executive Director $15,000 $17,643 2024
Single Parent In Need Foundation CA$83,615 President, Director $78,133 $79,155 2023
Orchard Community Inc CA$88,278 Ceo $42,385 $41,707 2024
180 Recovery House AL$88,295 Director $21,830 $31,110 2021
Access Foundation Of Kansas KS$82,833 President $18,690 $23,009 2024
Castor Housing Development Corporation PA$82,752 Director Of Construction $13,787 $16,130 2023
Woolard Homes Inc MD$82,272 President $20,272 $22,236 2023
Pyramid Recovery Center TN$89,578 Executive Director $22,508 $26,266 2025
Dance With Todd Inc FL$81,981 Executive Director And Board Memeber $48,000 $52,904 2023
William Glasser International Inc IL$81,888 Executive Director $24,800 $28,605 2023
Anonymous Alliance Of Charitable Organizations Inc (Aaco) TX$81,698 Director, President & Treasurer $45,500 $53,398 2023
Healing Partners Counseling Inc NJ$90,167 Director $27,200 $28,492 2023
Escalade Recovery Foundation CA$90,931 President Board Member $12,000 $12,157 2023
Signature Health Ashtabula Nmtc Inc OH$91,186 President & Ceo $38,800 $46,831 2024
Foundations In Recovery Inc CA$91,231 Exec Director $90,250 $88,807 2024
Mental Health Association Housing NY$91,257 Chief Administrative Officer $3,789 $3,902 2024
Casa De Santa Maria Inc CO$91,512 Co Exec Director $5,000 $5,464 2024
Hope Christian Center Inc NY$80,233 Administrati $13,929 $14,343 2024
Affinity Community Services IL$92,068 Executive Director $36,734 $41,154 2024
New Strides Inc NY$79,531 Executive Dir. $11,129 $11,460 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default51st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)56th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted69th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted25th

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 (Stevan Vanderhorst) 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 118 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,417 is reasonable (approximately the 51st 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.