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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Project Libertad

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 810747522
PA · NTEE L01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rachel Rutter, Executive Director / CEO ($73,089) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1277 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Rachel Rutter — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,277 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,277 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$78 total compensation of comparable organizations → $606,158 $73,089
$9,93710th
$23,40225th
$46,428Median
$68,38375th
$96,94590th
$73,089This org · 79th
p10$9,937
p25$23,402
p50$46,428
p75$68,383
p90$96,945
$73,089

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 PA 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
United Church Residences Of Burlington OH$459,652 Treasurer $34,230 $37,429 2023
Mckendree Lambuth At Gallatin Inc TN$459,465 President $46,401 $50,354 2023
Main Plaza Conservancy TX$460,080 Executive Director $65,962 $66,166 2024
Blue Ridge Housing Network Inc VA$460,099 Executive Di $55,790 $52,625 2025
Peace Presbyterian Village MI$460,195 Administrator $47,128 $48,779 2024
Patuxent Habitat For Humanity Inc MD$460,198 Office Manager $56,280 $54,321 2023
5199 Mission Street Senior Housing Inc CA$460,301 Executive Dir. $13,111 $11,688 2023
At Jacobs Well Inc MD$458,285 Executive Dir. $57,829 $54,215 2024
Edward Romero Terrace FL$460,871 Executive Vp $72,591 $68,383 2024
Suncoast Charities For Children Inc FL$460,955 Executive Director $128,480 $121,032 2024
Skyline Residences PA$458,111 Executive Director & Presi $6,000 $6,000 2024
Hrpheavensreliefprograminc TX$458,000 Project Manager $2,150 $2,221 2023
Calvary Refuge Inc GA$461,266 Executive Dir. $84,706 $85,407 2024
Vision Personal Care Home Inc GA$461,289 Director $101,000 $101,836 2024
Habitat For Humanity International PA$457,691 Executive Di $87,990 $90,589 2023
Chestnut Campus Inc CA$457,585 Ceo (After 6/22) $39,101 $34,858 2023
Boston Public Housing Corporation MA$457,270 President Until 8/4/2023 $27,754 $25,009 2024
Casa Tierra Sa-1 Inc TX$456,964 Dir/pres $48,000 $48,148 2024
State College Community Land Trust Inc PA$462,215 Executive Director $54,905 $56,527 2023
2life Realty Inc MA$456,866 Ceo, President $13,523 $12,545 2023
United Church Residences Of Greenwood OH$456,733 Treasurer $50,772 $53,925 2024
Dlh Low-income Housing Inc OK$462,429 Vice President & Executive Director $40,000 $44,168 2024
Villa At Meadow View Inc MA$456,354 President $13,889 $12,516 2024
The Davidson Housing Coalition NC$462,855 Executive Dir. $55,000 $58,671 2023
Greencastle Of Sterling Inc IL$456,225 President & Ceo $50,615 $49,899 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)76th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted83rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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 (Rachel Rutter) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 1277 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (L), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $73,089 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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 13, 2026.