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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

First Choice Center For Women Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 760745649
MS · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sara Bell, Executive Director / CEO ($42,550) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1043 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Sara Bell — reported title “Executive Direc”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,043 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,043 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $259,733 $42,550
$13,21410th
$26,65125th
$48,138Median
$76,49475th
$104,83990th
$42,550This org · 43rd
p10$13,214
p25$26,651
p50$48,138
p75$76,494
p90$104,839
$42,550

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
Live Again Ministries Inc NC$283,911 Executive Di $30,861 $29,477 2023
Onerace Inc GA$284,191 Ceo/director $112,787 $104,830 2023
Model City Church Inc MD$284,195 Senior Pastor $24,208 $20,921 2023
Liberty Ministries Inc IN$282,781 Board Member Teacher $13,695 $13,351 2023
Children's Bible Fellowship Of New York Inc NY$284,508 Chief Executive Officer $25,000 $20,882 2023
Arkansas House Of Prayer Inc AR$282,482 Executive Dir. $34,092 $35,424 2023
Glory Pointe Church CA$282,444 Chief Executive Officer $15,500 $12,372 2023
Student Impact International CA$284,644 President $90,000 $69,778 2024
Redemption Road Ministries ND$282,329 President $84,117 $85,331 2023
Rushtons Hope Inc GA$284,702 President $19,399 $17,513 2024
Keith Wheeler Ministries Inc OK$282,207 President $112,830 $114,847 2023
The Gathering Of Northwest Indiana Inc IN$285,278 Pastor $88,500 $83,797 2024
Iron Sharpens Iron Inc CT$285,313 President $90,123 $78,111 2023
Mtn2sea Outfitters Inc GA$285,346 Director $60,000 $55,767 2023
420 Fire Ministries Inc WV$281,315 Executive Director $238,580 $231,938 2024
Light Presbyterian Church Inc NJ$285,773 President $33,600 $26,936 2024
Love And Conflict Peacemaking Ministries CA$281,211 Ceo $11,750 $9,110 2024
Bethel Mission Inc TX$281,163 Officer $23,850 $21,421 2024
North Point Inc MN$281,116 Executive Di $93,150 $85,083 2023
Iglesia Elim Plainfield Nj Non NJ$280,904 President $31,200 $25,751 2023
Ebenezer Shepherding Ministries Of IN$286,158 President $19,496 $18,460 2024
New Life Outreach Ministry Inc FL$280,538 Bd Member Ceo $12,025 $10,442 2023
Vick And Pathfinder Camp And C NY$280,045 Interim Ceo $24,390 $19,789 2024
Kingdom Focus Coaching TX$287,098 President & Founder $110,846 $99,556 2024
Tag Kids Club MS$287,113 President $19,800 $19,800 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 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 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 default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Sara Bell) 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 1043 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,550 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd 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.