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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Appropriate Place Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 820788589
NJ · NTEE T30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lisa Ann Cratch, Executive Director / CEO ($80,985) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 224 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 72nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lisa Ann Cratch — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

224 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 224 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$867 total compensation of comparable organizations → $340,892 $80,985
$14,49510th
$28,22625th
$52,558Median
$85,28075th
$117,44190th
$80,985This org · 72nd
p10$14,495
p25$28,226
p50$52,558
p75$85,280
p90$117,441
$80,985

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 NJ 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
From Cradle To College Foundation FL$328,000 Executive Di $100,450 $102,967 2025
Great Southwest Equestrian Foundation TX$328,505 Treasurer/director $23,832 $26,701 2024
Indie Chicas Fc Inc ID$329,064 Board Member & Chair $76,231 $90,827 2024
Bikes Blues & Barbeque Inc AR$329,936 Executive Di $34,100 $42,931 2024
The Elmore Bolling Initiative Inc AL$323,502 Treasurer $4,000 $4,840 2024
The Buck Fifty Inc OH$322,619 Race Director $18,333 $22,391 2023
Maji Safi Group CO$331,801 President $36,000 $39,804 2023
Central Florida Educational FL$321,167 President/director $46,702 $49,139 2024
Auxiliary To Greenville Health System SC$332,699 Board Member/gift Shop Manager (Until Aug 2024) $83,378 $97,423 2024
Missouri Coalition Of Recovery Support MO$319,660 Interim Ex Dir $21,000 $24,912 2024
Home Health Care Foundation PA$334,192 President $11,250 $12,565 2024
Pikes Peak Or Bust Rodeo Foundation CO$318,025 General Manager $37,410 $39,142 2025
The Dominguez Dream In Memory Of CA$317,313 Executive Director $71,000 $68,667 2024
One By One Costa Rica NC$316,898 Director $18,317 $21,824 2023
Dake Foundation For Children NY$316,350 Executive Director $55,847 $56,522 2024
Moebius Syndrome Foundation CO$338,157 Executive Director $90,018 $96,676 2024
Leading Education DC$315,241 Director $6,230 $6,123 2024
Ministry Services Group Inc GA$314,000 Ceo, Director $3,000 $3,378 2024
Mds Foundation Inc MA$313,380 Executive Director, Clerk $35,827 $35,130 2025
Explore Ministries Inc AR$340,878 Executive Director $256,058 $331,888 2023
Samaritan Ministries Inc MD$312,260 Executive Director $54,736 $59,008 2023
Living Resources Foundation Inc NY$311,021 Ceo $26,209 $26,526 2024
Kurt Warner First Things MO$343,174 Executive Director/secreta $69,914 $82,937 2024
New Jersey State Federation Of Womens Clubs NJ$310,251 Care Vp $14,984 $14,598 2025
Woods Affiliation Corp PA$309,407 Treasurer $30,458 $35,024 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default72nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)78th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted51st

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 (Lisa Ann Cratch) 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 224 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,985 is reasonable (approximately the 72nd 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.