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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Path Of Life

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 810986702
WA · NTEE F60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sheri Olsen, Executive Director / CEO ($67,725) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 99 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 62nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Sheri Olsen — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

99 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 99 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,766 total compensation of comparable organizations → $214,636 $67,725
$17,44810th
$31,51925th
$51,959Median
$82,42675th
$100,69790th
$67,725This org · 62nd
p10$17,448
p25$31,519
p50$51,959
p75$82,426
p90$100,697
$67,725

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 WA 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
Authentic Hope Center For Peace & OR$240,216 Executive Dir. $72,327 $77,237 2023
Caldwell-clark CA$242,381 President $29,600 $28,548 2024
Nami Of Washington County Inc WI$236,311 Executive Di $65,000 $75,822 2024
Lee's Summit Cares MO$244,636 Executive Director $80,000 $94,641 2024
Domestic Outreach Corporation PA$244,729 President $27,000 $30,074 2024
Adams Place NV$245,465 Executive Dir. $64,000 $71,654 2024
Heart Tones Inc TX$232,702 President $71,334 $82,054 2023
Fhgr Inc KY$248,728 Executive Di $38,182 $45,818 2024
Anathallo Counseling Center PA$250,489 Executive Director $156,985 $174,857 2024
4c Children And Family CA$251,266 Ceo $10,075 $9,717 2024
Chazkeinu MD$251,725 Ceo $74,041 $77,316 2024
Counseling Center Of Highlands NC$227,552 Executive Director $35,299 $40,738 2024
Hepc Alliance Inc MO$253,053 Executive Director $70,323 $85,650 2023
Changing Lanes Ministries Inc OK$226,786 Executive Direc $104,041 $127,960 2024
Yesh Tikva Inc CA$253,135 Executive Dir. $70,655 $70,158 2023
Benji Project WA$253,155 Executive Director $65,132 $63,453 2025
One Recovery CA$226,696 President $62,500 $60,280 2024
Fields Of Grace Ministries Inc GA$253,311 Executive Dir. $9,000 $10,108 2024
Living Scripture Institute PA$254,423 President $13,962 $15,552 2024
Michiana Biblical Counseling Center Inc IN$254,975 Executive Director $57,015 $67,156 2024
Firecracker Foundation MI$255,487 Co-director $43,776 $51,959 2023
Narrative Initiatives San Diego CA$223,255 Director $21,014 $20,267 2024
Center For Early Childhood Connections CA$256,654 Secretary And Co-executive Director $49,038 $48,693 2023
Positive Communication Practices Inc CA$256,977 President $93,460 $92,803 2023
Nueva Luz Foundation TX$220,353 Clinical Director And Board Vp $41,667 $47,929 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default62nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted61st

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 (Sheri Olsen) 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 99 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $67,725 is reasonable (approximately the 62nd 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.