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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Steps Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 800193566
CT · NTEE P40
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Beatrice Jennette, Executive Director / CEO ($16,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 173 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 9th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Beatrice Jennette — reported title “Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

173 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 173 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,127 total compensation of comparable organizations → $142,225 $16,800
$19,11010th
$35,96525th
$53,481Median
$69,77475th
$88,03190th
$16,800This org · 9th
p10$19,110
p25$35,965
p50$53,481
p75$69,774
p90$88,031
$16,800

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 CT 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
One Love Community Programs Inc NC$276,774 Director $31,200 $34,383 2024
Texas Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Inc TX$276,570 Executive Director $38,000 $40,541 2024
Sisters Haven OH$276,514 Executive Director-management $15,675 $18,230 2023
Hastings Total Lifecare Center Inc MN$276,165 Executive Di $63,839 $67,277 2024
Waynewinfield Area Youthfamily Service IL$275,785 Executive Director $81,923 $83,685 2025
Rockwall Grace Center For Family & TX$278,985 Executive Di $100,000 $109,839 2023
Hope Spring Community TX$274,799 Executive Di $7,000 $7,468 2024
Compassion Delivered Inc OH$274,616 Co-founder $23,760 $27,633 2023
Hires Family Resources Inc WA$281,281 Co-administrator $64,355 $61,451 2024
Alpha Womens Center Of Barry County MI$281,304 Executive Director $10,640 $12,059 2023
Healing House WV$282,095 President $46,550 $52,370 2025
Agape Hands CA$282,113 Executive Dir. $54,608 $50,292 2024
Watertown Family Connections Inc WI$271,948 Executive Director $73,670 $82,058 2024
Valley Hope Counseling Center VA$282,697 Executive Di $73,591 $78,022 2023
Taking Back Our Lives IL$271,545 Executive Director $88,864 $90,775 2025
Vermont Kin As Parents Inc VT$283,791 Executive Director $51,249 $55,016 2024
Raregivers Inc CA$284,045 President $90,585 $83,425 2024
Resource & Connect With Benita IL$270,391 President $77,637 $81,405 2024
Beltway 8 South Crisis Pregnancy TX$284,207 Executive Di $56,224 $59,984 2024
Special Needs Solutions AZ$269,607 Executive Director And President $52,334 $53,680 2024
Motherwoman Inc MA$268,498 Vice President $19,461 $18,652 2024
Hustle Mommies IL$287,016 President $61,029 $65,881 2023
Hope Restored Pregnancy Resource Center LA$266,883 Executive Director $47,100 $55,314 2024
Neighborlink Porter County IN$288,351 Executive Dir. $38,610 $43,426 2024
Pregnancy Support Center NC$264,601 Executive Dir. $42,998 $48,784 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default9th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)10th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted10th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted9th

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 (Beatrice Jennette) 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 173 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,800 is reasonable (approximately the 9th 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.