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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Women's Shelter

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 570934329
SC · NTEE F22Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Angie Whitehead, Executive Director / CEO ($66,265) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 56 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 73rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

56 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 56 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,325 total compensation of comparable organizations → $277,026 $66,265
$14,87310th
$26,77325th
$49,014Median
$68,25975th
$94,09490th
$66,265This org · 73rd
p10$14,873
p25$26,773
p50$49,014
p75$68,259
p90$94,094
$66,265

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 SC 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
Greater Nashua Council On Alcoholism NH$356,438 President & Ceo (End 10/2022) $34,771 $31,684 2023
Teen Challenge For Girls Inc OH$354,524 Ce0/director $49,869 $52,125 2023
Simple Promise Farms TX$360,356 Executive Dir. $35,000 $33,560 2024
Reaching Everyone In Distress Foundation Inc OH$361,388 Board Member $5,000 $5,076 2024
Alano Club Of Kent County MI$363,081 Executive Di $70,850 $70,098 2024
Intercounty Fellowship Of CA$348,275 Executive Director $146,792 $125,090 2023
Grants Pass Sobering Center Inc OR$370,463 Executive Director $17,105 $15,676 2023
Anchored Ministries Corp KY$337,971 President $19,200 $20,357 2023
Recovery Resource Center Inc MD$331,915 Executive Director $61,954 $55,520 2024
Turning Point Recovery Residence TN$382,694 Secretary $60,700 $62,966 2023
West County Medical Corp CA$327,915 Director Of Administration $19,000 $16,191 2023
Make A Difference TN$326,126 Executive Director $60,000 $60,454 2024
Harbor Ministries Life Trainin TX$309,295 President $46,500 $45,903 2023
Indian Neighborhood Club On MN$403,878 Executive Dir. $94,996 $89,976 2024
Changing Gaits Inc MN$308,231 Chairman $29,668 $28,100 2024
Victory Family Outreach Ministries TX$407,627 Trustee $24,339 $24,027 2023
New Beginnings Fellowship Center CA$304,477 Program Director $108,650 $89,931 2024
Treatment Communities Of America DC$408,833 Executive Di $137,500 $115,659 2024
Alcoholics Anonymous Cleveland Dist OH$411,140 Secretary/tr $72,200 $75,467 2023
City Of Refuge Hopewell Inc VA$296,103 Ceo $16,200 $15,437 2023
Addict Ii Athlete UT$418,827 Director And Officer $80,288 $78,767 2024
Keene Serenity Center Inc NH$421,322 Executive Director $63,888 $56,547 2024
Solus Christus Inc NC$422,724 Executive Di $62,000 $61,407 2024
Step By Step Recovery GA$286,832 Executive Dir $21,225 $20,457 2024
Sarasota Addiction Recovery Assistance Inc FL$428,021 President $42,000 $38,938 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Angie Whitehead) 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 56 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F22), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $66,265 is reasonable (approximately the 73rd 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.