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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Good News Shelter Corporation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 611334374
KY · NTEE L41
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Stephanie Skeens, Executive Director / CEO ($60,251) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 84 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

84 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 84 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,360 total compensation of comparable organizations → $139,712 $60,251
$21,21810th
$37,56425th
$52,864Median
$65,04475th
$75,07790th
$60,251This org · 65th
p10$21,218
p25$37,564
p50$52,864
p75$65,044
p90$75,077
$60,251

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 KY 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
House Of Hope Inc VA$329,074 Executive Director $30,951 $27,018 2024
Northern Lights Alliance For The IA$330,736 Executive Di $66,177 $63,821 2025
Robins Home Inc PA$323,390 Executive Dir. $75,600 $70,172 2023
Emmaus House Of Saginaw Inc MI$320,614 Executive Di $61,196 $57,105 2024
Lumen Fidelis WA$319,859 President $23,381 $18,925 2024
Rainbow Place Shelter For Homeless MD$315,710 Executive Director (Through 1/2023) $73,500 $63,959 2023
Crestview Area Shelter For The Homeless FL$347,760 President $22,780 $19,347 2024
Peace Valley Haven Inc NY$348,083 Director $66,340 $55,797 2023
Family Promise Of Knoxville TN$349,354 Executive Director $68,488 $65,085 2024
5812 Rescue OH$349,616 Co-director $30,000 $29,575 2023
Lifeboat Alliance Ltd IL$300,660 Executive Dir. $58,850 $53,852 2023
Family Promise Of Davie County NC$297,242 Executive Director $65,645 $59,742 2025
Family Promise - Salt Lake UT$361,894 Executive Director $91,799 $84,941 2024
Gloucester United Emergency Shelter Team VA$293,805 Executive Director $7,915 $6,909 2024
North Alabama Coalition For The Homeless AL$293,797 Executive Director $59,522 $58,135 2024
Windham Region No Freeze Project CT$364,670 Executive Di $54,656 $47,699 2023
The Resilient Place TX$365,512 President $12,600 $11,731 2023
The Bridge Emergency Shelter CO$292,868 Executive Director $31,979 $27,723 2024
Clinton County Services For The Homeless OH$366,995 Ex Director $69,750 $66,790 2024
Connections Of Cumberland County Inc NC$367,010 Executive Director $81,000 $75,666 2024
Northwoods Alliance For Temporary WI$291,100 Executive Di $68,900 $65,054 2024
Samaritan Homeless Interim Program Inc NJ$288,831 Founding Executive Director $81,147 $65,502 2024
Bethany House Inc NY$287,235 Director $57,700 $47,138 2024
The Winter Sanctuary Inc OH$286,321 Executive Di $41,577 $39,812 2024
Washtenaw Housing Alliance MI$284,243 Executive Di $103,370 $99,310 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 KY 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)52nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted61st

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 (Stephanie Skeens) 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 84 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,251 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.