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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Clarksdale Speech & Hearing

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 640428823
MS · NTEE E56Z
FY ending 2025-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Katie Laney, Executive Director / CEO ($64,834) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 959 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 70th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

959 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 959 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$56 total compensation of comparable organizations → $908,544 $64,834
$11,97710th
$26,79025th
$45,793Median
$70,38575th
$106,63990th
$64,834This org · 70th
p10$11,977
p25$26,790
p50$45,793
p75$70,385
p90$106,639
$64,834

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 MS 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
Women Chiropractors MI$229,575 Executive Di $57,369 $56,185 2023
Choices Pregnancy Center MN$229,544 Exec Director $37,911 $34,524 2024
Borger Area Crisis Pregnancy Center Inc TX$229,826 Exec. Director $39,038 $35,990 2024
Multiple Sclerosis Resources Of Central NY$229,479 Executive Director $76,059 $63,342 2024
New Directions Of Decatur County Inc IN$229,917 Executive Dir. $55,000 $55,034 2023
Wellness Tree Community Clinic ID$229,432 Executive Dir. $82,987 $79,264 2025
Small Miracles Therapeutic TN$229,287 Executive Di $51,482 $49,873 2024
Strong Like Ak NC$229,278 Executive Director $46,410 $44,196 2024
Danville Neca-ibew Electrical Jatc IL$228,990 Training Director $63,333 $59,079 2023
Unverferth House Inc OH$230,398 Executive Director $59,986 $58,555 2024
Alight Center Inc NY$230,458 Executive Director $55,000 $45,804 2024
La Clinica Vallejo Georgia Street CA$230,460 Chief Executive Officer $84,839 $69,511 2023
Hospice Help Foundation NH$230,554 Executive Di $63,748 $54,250 2024
Morris Hospital Auxiliary IL$228,550 President/ceo $54,801 $49,653 2024
Samaritan Healthcare Foundation WA$228,549 Executive Director $72,137 $61,281 2023
Life Circle NM$228,514 Executive Director $62,500 $63,784 2023
Northeastern Anesthesia Of New Jersey Pc NY$228,503 Ceo $70,612 $60,543 2023
Lmhf Strive To Thrive Program Inc NY$230,991 Director, Strive To Thrive $79,600 $66,291 2024
Coast Pregnancy Clinic OR$228,269 Executive Director $42,417 $37,376 2023
Hermiston Rhf Housing Inc CA$228,213 President/ceo $76,739 $61,070 2024
Troup Cares Inc GA$231,158 Executive Di $99,000 $91,741 2024
Day Eagle Hope Project MT$231,163 Executive Director $33,960 $33,738 2024
Sheridan Health Care Foundation Inc MT$228,019 Executive Director $9,850 $9,786 2024
Washington Global Health Alliance WA$231,428 President And Ceo $150,755 $128,067 2023
Hope 4 Life VA$227,924 Advisor To Board $4,143 $3,687 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MS 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 MS 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 default70th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)66th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 (Katie Laney) 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 959 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (E), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $64,834 is reasonable (approximately the 70th 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.