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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Refuge International Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 820563114
TX · NTEE E60
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ginia V Northcutt, Executive Director / CEO ($69,300) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 105 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 46th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

105 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 105 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,433 total compensation of comparable organizations → $232,473 $69,300
$27,06410th
$50,30825th
$77,865Median
$104,25975th
$140,15590th
$69,300This org · 46th
p10$27,064
p25$50,308
p50$77,865
p75$104,259
p90$140,155
$69,300

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 TX cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Restoration House WncNC $440,895$49,497 990
Milwaukee Community Acupuncture IncWI $441,890$58,641 990
Care Nest Homes LimitedPA $430,865$168,043 990
Senior Housing And Resource ManagementSC $441,998$126,398 990
Interfaith Caregivers Of Greater Mercer County IncNJ $428,586$54,852 990
Center For Healthcare Careers OfWI $427,710$140,927 990
Oregon Spinal Cord Injury ConnectionOR $427,229$66,128 990
Youthcast Media Group IncVA $423,891$118,335 990
Als United Rhode IslandRI $422,201$86,172 990
Medbank Foundation IncGA $420,934$77,480 990
Cactus Cancer SocietyCA $416,929$69,262 990
Uhphealth IncTX $414,126$75,765 990
The Greene FoundationCA $458,754$57,854 990
Confluence HrkcMO $411,620$41,942 990
Slamt1d IncVT $462,702$104,259 990
Lightpath HealthTX $463,502$143,124 990
A Time To Heal IncNE $401,881$133,391 990
St Louis Health Equipment LendingMO $401,059$103,516 990
Lifeline Pregnancy Help Center IncNC $400,449$50,903 990
Wise Health FoundationTX $399,867$134,823 990
Man Cave Health IncNY $398,267$96,785 990
Helping Hands Health And WellnessOH $476,674$52,179 990
Children's Health Ventures IncNJ $394,773$144,364 990
Positive Family Partners IncFL $392,326$16,904 990
Pronto InternationalWA $481,162$119,293 990

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 TX 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 default46th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted52nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Ginia V Northcutt) 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 105 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $69,300 is reasonable (approximately the 46th 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). 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.