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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Shepherd Youth Ranch Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 550884134
NC · NTEE P80
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ashley Boswell, Executive Director / CEO ($37,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 280 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 28th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

280 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 280 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$571 total compensation of comparable organizations → $356,238 $37,800
$16,32210th
$34,47125th
$55,523Median
$72,60075th
$87,88290th
$37,800This org · 28th
p10$16,322
p25$34,471
p50$55,523
p75$72,600
p90$87,882
$37,800

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 NC 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
Faith In Action Fremont County IA$372,788 Data Manager/driver $28,656 $29,495 2024
Cancer Services Of Davidson County Inc NC$372,760 Executive Director $68,538 $68,538 2023
Building Pathways Foundation FL$372,524 Director $54,000 $49,096 2023
Care Center Ministries Missouri Inc MO$374,406 Presidentlead Pastorexecuti $46,800 $47,973 2023
Spirit Open Equestrian Program Inc VA$372,316 Executive Director $74,472 $67,594 2024
Mens Challenge Of Alliance OH$371,979 Chairperson $41,000 $40,822 2024
Wounded Heroes Fund Kern County CA$371,752 Executive Dir. $64,690 $52,510 2024
Lake Trust Credit Union Foundation MI$375,055 Board Of Directors, President $356,617 $356,238 2023
Avalon Center IA$375,270 Executive Di $88,756 $94,053 2023
Chair-ity OH$371,177 Executive Director $60,000 $59,739 2024
The Saddle Light Center TX$369,556 President $47,794 $44,942 2024
Down Syndrome Assoc Of Pittsburgh PA$369,176 Executive Di $41,818 $39,202 2024
Connecticut Elks Association CT$367,008 Secretary $3,000 $2,722 2023
All Aboard Of America 1 WA$366,509 Executive Director $52,980 $44,589 2024
Heal Africa Usa WI$366,234 Executive Director $20,000 $19,635 2024
Strides To Success Inc IN$380,636 Executive Director $46,848 $46,442 2024
Oklahomans For Independent Living OK$380,925 Executive Di $69,432 $71,870 2024
Spectrum Ringwood Apartments Inc NJ$364,915 President/ceo $54,495 $45,738 2024
Maximum Accessible Housing - Sheffield OH$383,291 President $24,629 $24,521 2024
Rio Association Inc OH$384,063 Director $63,343 $64,930 2023
Paradox Sports CO$362,677 Executive Director $94,500 $87,697 2023
Friends Of Club 21 CO$384,436 Ceo $60,000 $54,083 2024
Creede Early Learning Center CO$360,015 Executive Di $62,807 $56,613 2024
Forest Ridge Manor Inc TN$359,832 Secretary $26,880 $26,561 2024
House Of The Good Shepherd Of TN$359,671 Executive Di $90,516 $92,082 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default28th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)25th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (Ashley Boswell) 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 280 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $37,800 is reasonable (approximately the 28th 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.