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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Saddle Light Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 742612738
TX · NTEE P80Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kerstin L Fosdick, Executive Director / CEO ($47,794) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 24 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 13th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Kerstin L Fosdick — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

24 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 24 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11,691 total compensation of comparable organizations → $178,333 $47,794
$27,55110th
$60,53525th
$77,600Median
$90,73575th
$113,27190th
$47,794This org · 13th
p10$27,551
p25$60,535
p50$77,600
p75$90,735
p90$113,271
$47,794

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 TX 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
Art Spark Texas TX$358,886 Executive Director $62,868 $62,868 2024
Target Evolution Incorporated TX$358,079 Executive Director $72,420 $72,420 2024
Soleana Stables TX$354,040 Executive Director $85,000 $85,000 2024
Young Audiences Of Northeast Texas Inc TX$340,792 Executive Dir. $50,417 $51,906 2023
Refuge City TX$416,586 Ceo, Board M $113,750 $113,750 2024
Dallas Hearing Foundation Inc TX$424,486 Development Director $105,600 $105,600 2024
Volunteer Interfaith Caregivers Sw TX$311,191 Executive Director $77,800 $77,800 2024
Raise Texas TX$434,313 Executive Director $173,217 $178,333 2023
Unlimited Potential Inc TX$304,008 Executive Director $75,600 $75,600 2024
Tvec Charitable Foundation Inc TX$450,758 Executive Director $175,014 $175,014 2024
Houston Aphasia Recovery Center TX$453,030 Executive Director $112,154 $112,154 2024
Association For Texas Advocates Inc TX$285,334 Executive Director $63,333 $63,333 2024
Rccc Inc TX$455,450 Executive Di $96,709 $96,709 2024
Homeless Veterans Services Of Dallas Inc TX$281,631 President $17,000 $17,502 2023
Prosumers International TX$280,057 Executive Director $51,000 $51,000 2024
The Alexander House Apostolate TX$468,758 President And Ceo $88,743 $88,743 2024
Bridges Training Foundation TX$258,583 President $52,000 $53,536 2023
Family Promise Of Greater New Braunfels TX$254,832 Executive Director $12,000 $11,691 2025
The Pangea Network TX$513,658 Executive Director $77,400 $77,400 2024
Slew Inc--support Lending For TX$520,146 Executive Di $83,700 $83,700 2024
Hopes Path TX$531,064 Executive Director $85,000 $85,000 2024
Healing With Horses Ranch TX$534,332 Executive Director $17,400 $17,400 2024
Able Center For Independent Living TX$534,477 Exec Director $86,583 $86,583 2024
Libbies Place TX$542,113 Chief Executive Officer $68,250 $68,250 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default13th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted17th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

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 (Kerstin L Fosdick) 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 24 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $47,794 is reasonable (approximately the 13th 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.