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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Usa Housing Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 800606360
AZ · NTEE L21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sarah Eron Arthurs Fergis, Executive Director / CEO ($37,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 210 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Sarah Eron Arthurs Fergis — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/TREASURER”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

210 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 210 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$288 total compensation of comparable organizations → $303,548 $37,200
$9,89110th
$21,44225th
$38,946Median
$67,37075th
$69,51290th
$37,200This org · 47th
p10$9,891
p25$21,442
p50$38,946
p75$67,370
p90$69,512
$37,200

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 AZ 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
Bledsoe Lane Supportive Housing Inc MN$190,659 President/tr $68,006 $68,071 2025
Brisbane Senior Housing Inc CA$189,312 Evp/cfo $120,262 $107,979 2024
Cedar Street Apartments Inc CA$190,900 Executive Director $19,654 $18,168 2023
Federation Housing Ii Inc NY$191,054 Cfo $50,911 $47,836 2024
Snhs Elderly Housing Viii Inc NH$191,317 Treasurer $53,564 $50,102 2025
Nar Roberts Jr Inc WV$188,016 Vice Preside $16,639 $19,286 2023
Armenia-eddy Apartments Inc FL$187,807 Ceo $38,719 $37,821 2024
Albert Lea Senior Housing Inc MN$187,333 President/tr $68,006 $68,071 2025
Nazareth House Housing Development Fund NY$192,701 Executive Director $2,057 $1,990 2023
Snhs Elderly Housing Ix Inc NH$192,810 Treasurer $53,564 $50,102 2025
Bay Aging Apartments Montross Inc VA$193,099 President $17,050 $17,118 2024
Brewton Voa Elderly Housing Inc AL$186,597 President/ceo $53,238 $58,263 2025
Kenn Homes Inc Co The Kennedy Center Inc CT$193,536 President $22,886 $22,971 2023
Harvard Supportive Housing Inc MN$186,418 President/tr $68,006 $68,071 2025
Clackamas Residential Options Inc OR$194,060 Secretary $17,407 $16,808 2024
Senior Citizens Housing Development NH$194,226 President $24,428 $23,454 2024
San Leandro Supportive Housing Inc CA$194,384 President $43,669 $40,367 2023
Asi Freeport Inc MN$194,608 President/tr $68,006 $68,071 2025
Peoria Place CO$194,673 Vice President/director $35,478 $35,373 2024
Margaret B Mack Supportive Housing CT$184,977 President & Ceo (Until 7/2/24) $99,790 $97,288 2024
Robert L Fortes House Inc MA$184,685 Chief Executive Officer $42,255 $40,648 2023
New Eve Ministries VA$184,568 Executive Director $35,878 $36,021 2024
Residential Supports & Servicesinc OH$195,978 Chairman $325 $369 2023
Good Shepherd Housing Corporation OH$196,317 Executive Director $53,884 $59,343 2024
Asi Greeley Inc MN$196,463 President/tr $68,006 $68,071 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted94th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Sarah Eron Arthurs Fergis) 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 210 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $37,200 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.