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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Indiana Guardianship Services

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 820780476
IN · NTEE P02
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amber Poff, Executive Director / CEO ($19,231) against the 2000 closest of 2,150 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

2,150 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$106 total compensation of comparable organizations → $362,897 $19,231
$9,80810th
$22,38325th
$39,658Median
$59,10075th
$76,98990th
$19,231This org · 22nd
p10$9,808
p25$22,383
p50$39,658
p75$59,100
p90$76,989
$19,231

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 IN 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
North Spencer Community Action IN$187,118 Manager $48,860 $48,860 2024
Hannah And Friends Inc IN$187,260 Secretary, Director Of Ope $18,545 $19,093 2023
Comserv Foundation NC$187,297 President $6,000 $5,879 2024
Nest Mission WA$187,316 Director $20,000 $16,980 2024
Good Life Community Development NE$187,349 Executive Di $57,557 $58,703 2024
Warehouse Nj NJ$186,983 Founder, Executive Director $35,000 $29,633 2024
Hospice Of Wichita Falls Inc Support Trust TX$187,586 Trustee $6,228 $6,082 2023
Hands Of Faith Ministries Inc NE$187,590 Executive Director $24,000 $24,478 2024
Network Housing '94 Sixth St Inc OH$187,692 Ceo (Exited 3.24.25) $30,598 $30,731 2024
Deaf Service Center Of Lake County FL$187,749 President $10,000 $8,908 2024
Alzheimer's Community Care FL$186,562 Former Ceo (7/1/23-3/7/24) $4,651 $4,143 2024
A Second Wish By Demetrius Inc FL$187,840 Executive Director / Ceo $26,000 $23,161 2024
Harpswell Aging At Home ME$187,857 Director $1,000 $950 2024
Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center CA$186,476 Executive Director $45,630 $38,467 2023
Ultimate Escape TN$187,862 Director $103,110 $105,812 2023
Do Your Children Believe Inc GA$187,895 President $38,449 $37,743 2023
St Joseph's House Ltd MD$186,424 Executive Director $53,917 $47,799 2024
The Bus Stop Club Inc NY$187,923 Executive Director $43,352 $37,147 2024
Safe Haven Foster Shoppe WI$187,968 Executive Di $36,618 $36,264 2024
Freedom Fighters Of Georgia Inc GA$188,009 President $42,800 $40,808 2024
Lutheran Family Services Foundation Inc NE$188,050 Secretary/pres & Ceo - Lfs $36,060 $36,778 2024
Asi Minot Inc MN$186,195 President/tr $65,715 $63,393 2023
Esteem Total Transformation NC$188,177 Owner $54,000 $52,910 2024
The Toby Center For Family FL$188,296 Ceo $69,639 $62,036 2024
Chs Charitable Foundation Inc NJ$186,000 President $20,618 $17,456 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted28th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 (Amber Poff) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,231 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.