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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Duluth Harbor Rescue Mission Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 811924799
MN · NTEE L41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Veronica Ciurleo, Executive Director / CEO ($48,441) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 63 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Veronica Ciurleo — 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

63 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 63 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,988 total compensation of comparable organizations → $146,654 $48,441
$18,81510th
$35,47725th
$56,470Median
$65,61575th
$74,76190th
$48,441This org · 33rd
p10$18,815
p25$35,477
p50$56,470
p75$65,615
p90$74,761
$48,441

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 MN 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
Family Promise Of Butler County Inc OH$225,193 Interim Executive Director $28,846 $30,920 2024
My Sisters Keeper Incorporated KY$224,456 Exectuive Director Non Voting $50,000 $54,365 2024
Ashland Church Community Emergency OH$237,807 Executive Di $49,920 $55,089 2023
Sitka Homeless Coalition AK$239,078 Executive Di $66,561 $64,401 2024
Gospel Homes For Women CO$241,398 Treasurer $25,000 $24,260 2024
Mattoon Area Pads Community IL$241,802 Exec Dir $74,287 $73,911 2024
Bethel House Of Whitewater Inc WI$245,566 Director Of Case Management $48,750 $51,525 2024
Murfreesboro Cold Patrol Inc TN$247,120 Executive Director $42,039 $46,042 2023
Visitation House Ministriesinc TX$247,127 Executive Dir. $87,612 $91,314 2023
Brothers Keeper Inc IN$249,691 Facility Manager $48,508 $51,770 2024
House Of Mercy Enterprises Llc TX$206,910 Director $18,000 $18,222 2024
Tims Clube IA$252,434 Administrator $5,967 $6,612 2024
Steadfast Standing Firm Against MD$206,889 Executive Di $56,035 $53,018 2024
Family Promise Of Lewis Clark Valley Inc ID$206,175 Executive Dir. $58,000 $62,442 2024
Hope House Of Mcalester Inc OK$256,012 Executive Dir. $32,337 $37,100 2023
Greater Westfield Mass Committee For The Homeless Inc MA$256,368 Executive Director $65,730 $61,542 2023
E S T H E R Homes Inc MN$202,775 Executive Director $84,480 $84,480 2024
The Shelter Inc IN$202,582 Executive Director $1,810 $1,988 2023
Emergency Housing And Advocacy NJ$201,876 Executive Di $68,000 $61,444 2024
Collective Chicago IL$257,496 President $65,769 $65,436 2024
Free From Hardship La Inc CA$201,115 Executive Director $5,197 $4,676 2023
Family Promise Of Grayson County TX$260,437 Executive Di $57,780 $58,493 2024
Geauga Faith Rescue Mission Inc OH$261,428 Executive Director $55,250 $59,222 2024
Warriors Once Again SC$194,138 Executive Di $17,040 $17,991 2024
Covenant International Foundation NY$266,283 President & Ceo As Of Feb 2023 $37,308 $35,126 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
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 (Veronica Ciurleo) 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 63 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,441 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.