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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Life Line Outreach Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 561527937
NC · NTEE L40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gwen Williams, Executive Director / CEO ($22,631) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 70 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Gwen Williams — reported title “BOARD MEMBER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

70 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 70 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$550 total compensation of comparable organizations → $86,447 $22,631
$10,66110th
$22,68725th
$46,331Median
$61,59875th
$75,37990th
$22,631This org · 26th
p10$10,661
p25$22,687
p50$46,331
p75$61,598
p90$75,379
$22,631

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
Glory House Of Miami Inc FL$301,603 Ceo /Preside $56,496 $51,365 2024
Lilys House MO$306,565 Co-executive Director $7,800 $7,995 2024
New Vision Housing Development Fund NY$309,036 Ceo $23,171 $20,862 2023
Steps 4 Life Community Services CA$312,208 President $65,680 $54,889 2024
Natasha House Inc VA$292,986 Executive Director $35,258 $32,947 2024
Skelley House Inc AZ$288,089 President $62,400 $58,080 2024
Park Avenue Thorpe Housing Development NY$287,925 Executive Director $2,057 $1,852 2023
Avenues 12 Inc FL$287,719 Executive Director (Deceased) $20,980 $19,075 2024
Abraham Apartments Housing Development NY$287,359 President/ceo $50,896 $45,825 2023
Mercy Mission House OH$319,579 Executive Di $42,692 $45,054 2023
Sweet Evening Breeze Inc KY$284,020 Executive Director $85,340 $86,447 2025
The Guest House Inc IN$283,548 Executive Di $36,926 $37,687 2024
Shadetree Historical Artisan CA$323,323 President $71,250 $59,544 2024
Hope House Of Tennessee Inc TN$325,908 Founder Executive Director $50,000 $50,865 2024
Bethesda House Inc MA$326,001 Director $20,240 $18,123 2023
Isaiah House Inc GA$326,462 Executive Dir. $14,150 $13,770 2024
Myplace Inc MI$327,076 Executive Director $65,977 $65,907 2024
Shall Never Thirst Ministries NJ$275,961 President & Director $24,985 $22,227 2023
Peacock Legacy Of Hope TX$274,338 Executive Director $87,136 $84,357 2024
Journey Home Inc TX$273,644 Executive Director / President $43,021 $41,649 2024
Safe Shelter Incorporated WI$332,175 Executive Director $72,800 $73,582 2024
The New Beginnings Of Southwest FL$334,293 Executive Director $61,007 $57,105 2023
Mission Accomplished TX$335,955 President $58,455 $56,591 2024
Siloam Missionary Homes NC$338,177 President $45,493 $46,837 2023
Wayward Homes Inc GA$265,222 Chairman $15,957 $15,986 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 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 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)21st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted30th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Gwen Williams) 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 70 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $22,631 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.