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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 591173611
SC · NTEE E56Z
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shanna Schmutte, Executive Director / CEO ($80,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 797 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 81st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Shanna Schmutte — reported title “EXEC. DIR.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

797 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 797 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$60 total compensation of comparable organizations → $969,947 $80,000
$11,53810th
$25,64225th
$47,182Median
$71,06675th
$106,88390th
$80,000This org · 81st
p10$11,538
p25$25,642
p50$47,182
p75$71,066
p90$106,883
$80,000

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
Tandem Community Birth Center And IN$195,425 President $17,421 $18,076 2024
Sharing Down Syndrome Arizona Inc AZ$195,195 Executive Director $36,504 $35,563 2023
Eaton Community Health MI$196,372 Executive Director $109,990 $111,701 2024
The Committee To Reduce Infection CT$196,577 Chairman $118,800 $109,596 2024
Houston County Volunteer Medical Clinic GA$196,630 Director $51,865 $51,310 2024
Cherokee Pregnancy Center Incorp SC$194,745 Executive Di $41,202 $42,292 2024
Famohio Inc OH$194,743 Event Coordinator $20,000 $20,842 2024
Lawndale Christian Supporting IL$194,660 President $17,947 $17,360 2024
Nh Oral Health Coalition NH$194,558 Executive Dir. $79,425 $72,158 2024
The Abstinence & Marriage Education Partnership IL$194,423 Executive Director $85,500 $80,572 2025
District 7 Hospital Emergency Planning IN$197,219 Non-voting Treasurer/fisca $54,158 $56,194 2024
His Healing Hands Urgent Care MI$194,265 President $53,000 $53,824 2024
Turning Point Seattle Dba Canopy WA$194,170 Executive Director $99,447 $87,603 2024
Cecil County Pregnancy Center MD$197,564 Director $31,674 $29,136 2024
Earthwide Surgical Foundation MO$193,913 President $80,000 $85,831 2023
Potosi Rescue Squad Inc WI$193,676 Chief $3,190 $3,278 2024
Smile For A Lifetime Inc CO$193,645 Executive Dir. $79,200 $74,722 2024
Crh Health Services Inc GA$197,928 President/ceo Of Crmc $19,533 $19,324 2024
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health IL$198,253 Dir Voluntee $24,638 $23,832 2024
Ifh Foundation NY$198,527 President $37,631 $33,458 2024
Delray Medical Center Medical Staff Corp FL$192,926 President $17,500 $16,175 2024
East Texas Alzheimer's Alliance TX$198,795 Executive Di $54,000 $53,148 2024
The Good Shepherd Lutheran Foundation MN$192,667 President/ceo/administrato $24,601 $24,624 2023
South Dakota Dental Foundation SD$192,664 Executive Director $20,075 $22,443 2023
The Danielle House Inc NY$192,634 Executive Di $36,725 $33,616 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 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 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 default81st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted62nd

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 (Shanna Schmutte) 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 797 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (E), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,000 is reasonable (approximately the 81st 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.