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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Shenandoah Alliance For Shelter

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541520502
VA · NTEE P850
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Katie Furneisen, Executive Director / CEO ($51,853) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 83 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

83 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 83 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,030 total compensation of comparable organizations → $144,695 $51,853
$19,76910th
$43,98625th
$60,187Median
$76,98075th
$94,15690th
$51,853This org · 34th
p10$19,769
p25$43,986
p50$60,187
p75$76,980
p90$94,156
$51,853

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 VA 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
Tourettes' Foundation For Needy Children Inc CA$386,297 Executive Director $29,465 $27,847 2023
Cy-fair Helping Hands TX$384,316 Executive Director $73,900 $80,908 2023
Bethlehem Emergency Sheltering Inc PA$394,511 Executive Director $62,071 $67,748 2023
Southwest Georgia Housing Opportunities GA$376,580 Executive Director $48,479 $51,820 2024
Integrated Recovery Network CA$397,973 Executive Dir $34,694 $31,848 2024
Greater Cincinnati Coalition For The Homeless OH$375,871 Executive Director $47,536 $53,525 2024
Corpus Christi House Inc ID$398,847 Executive Director $78,135 $88,363 2024
Encompass Yamhill Valley OR$375,109 Executive Director $60,223 $59,454 2024
The Bridge Ministry Inc OH$399,230 Secretary Exectuvie Director $53,454 $60,187 2024
Shoreline Community Services CA$369,173 Executive Director $66,008 $62,384 2023
Hands For Homeless Inc FL$367,506 Ceo $30,200 $31,052 2023
Verde Valley Homeless Coalition AZ$365,915 Executive Dir. $58,462 $59,772 2024
Tioga County Homeless Initiative PA$410,902 Director Ope $44,875 $47,574 2024
The Port Ministries IL$411,460 Executive Director $80,024 $83,636 2024
Oregon Trail Of Hope OR$360,635 Director Of Development $56,660 $55,937 2024
Jesus House Odessa Inc TX$415,539 Executive Director $91,900 $97,729 2024
Family Promise Of Baldwin County AL$415,836 Executive Di $61,669 $70,827 2024
Homeless Helping Homeless MN$415,909 Chair Of Board $16,499 $17,844 2023
Friends Of The Carpenter WA$357,085 Executive Director $53,371 $50,798 2024
Little Birthday Angels Inc FL$356,626 Executive Di $51,201 $51,134 2024
Growgood Inc CA$353,609 Executive Director $97,146 $91,812 2023
Texoma Family Shelter TX$423,196 Executive Dir $63,750 $67,793 2024
Every Avenue TX$350,028 Ceo $100,000 $106,342 2024
Community Education Partnerships CA$425,539 Executive Director $87,500 $82,696 2023
Family Promise Of Lawton Incorporated OK$426,003 Executive Director $43,811 $52,800 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA cost of living and 2025 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 VA 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)35th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Katie Furneisen) 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 83 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P85), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $51,853 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.