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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Steel Magnolia Moms

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 821808999
TX · NTEE P50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Elizabeth Elder, Executive Director / CEO ($70,968) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 75 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Elizabeth Elder — reported title “President through Jan 2024”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

75 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 75 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,384 total compensation of comparable organizations → $185,636 $70,968
$15,73010th
$36,07325th
$54,863Median
$71,31875th
$85,60490th
$70,968This org · 75th
p10$15,730
p25$36,073
p50$54,863
p75$71,318
p90$85,604
$70,968

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.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Laolam WA$314,367 President $7,200 $6,444 2024
Wild Instincts Inc WI$313,288 President $9,750 $10,179 2024
Hope For Addiction Inc AZ$322,436 President $69,000 $66,338 2024
Hello Gorgeous Of Hope Inc IN$322,604 President $50,085 $52,801 2024
National Fund For Foster Children FL$322,825 President $6,000 $5,635 2024
Families Helping Families Region 7 LA$309,590 Executive Dir. $69,903 $79,222 2023
Anointed Community Services International Inc FL$324,631 Ceo $31,836 $29,898 2024
Mothers' Milk Bank Of Mississippi MS$308,834 Former Executive Director $47,653 $54,625 2023
Net Resource Foundation TN$307,721 Executive Director $31,200 $32,785 2024
Love Inc Of Boise Community Incorporated ID$326,646 Executive Dir. $50,200 $53,386 2024
Laundry Workers Center Inc NY$327,588 Co-director $70,000 $63,234 2024
Beautiful You By Profile MI$303,333 Executive Di $25,532 $26,345 2024
St Joseph Regional Sports Commission Inc MO$331,819 Executive Director $6,062 $6,419 2024
Oakland Catholic Worker CA$332,110 Director $48,000 $41,435 2024
Coastal Communities Consulting Inc LA$333,999 Executive Directorvp $89,443 $98,458 2024
Transition 123 Inc MI$298,973 Executive Dir. $103,903 $110,379 2023
Wabanaki Womens Coalition Inc ME$296,796 Executive Director $83,419 $83,505 2024
Steps To Tomorrow CA$294,840 Exec Director $67,700 $56,935 2025
Bless Your Heart Nonprofit Corporation LA$294,687 Project Manager $20,000 $22,016 2024
The National Advocacy Center Of The MD$292,016 Executive Direc $61,631 $59,302 2023
Grace And Gratitude Sober Living FL$341,617 President $72,000 $69,615 2023
The Legacy Center Inc AL$345,033 Executive Director $73,256 $81,454 2023
Haydens House Of Healing Inc NJ$285,958 Ceo $72,000 $64,264 2024
Neighbours International Inc NJ$348,361 President $18,344 $16,373 2024
Southern Minnesota Womens Center MN$282,337 Ex. Director $33,010 $33,571 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 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 default75th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted79th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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 (Elizabeth Elder) 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 75 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,968 is reasonable (approximately the 75th 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.