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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope 139 House Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 822187608
GA · NTEE P45
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shelley Tanner, Executive Director / CEO ($22,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 25 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 8th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

25 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 25 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11,487 total compensation of comparable organizations → $97,047 $22,000
$32,44210th
$47,95625th
$66,817Median
$77,94375th
$83,81190th
$22,000This org · 8th
p10$32,442
p25$47,956
p50$66,817
p75$77,943
p90$83,811
$22,000

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 GA 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
Road To Hope OR$475,551 President And Ceo $79,999 $76,069 2023
Madonna Of The Streets Inc IL$477,639 Vice President $33,453 $33,675 2023
Desert Rose Womens Resource Center NM$417,550 Executive Director $53,772 $59,218 2023
Christian Life Home NC$483,442 Executive Director $67,966 $68,044 2025
Generations Ahead MI$412,269 Executive Di $81,320 $85,944 2023
St Catherine Residence Inc CO$409,567 President $12,045 $11,487 2024
A Place Of Refuge Ministries Of So Wi Inc WI$406,774 Treasurer $11,950 $12,412 2024
Empowering Parents Kansas City MO$399,575 Ceo $64,183 $67,609 2024
Family Counseling Service Of UT$398,211 Executive Dir. $95,341 $97,047 2024
Mothers' Home PA$504,995 Executive Di $80,667 $77,943 2025
Agnus Dei Foundation CA$376,575 Executive Director $90,925 $78,086 2024
Elizabeths House Option 1 SD$370,307 Executive Di $52,550 $57,680 2024
Under His Wings Inc AL$359,458 Executive Director $68,833 $73,957 2024
Men Of Influence CA$351,539 Executive Dir. $75,572 $66,817 2023
Gabriel Project Inc IN$339,428 President And Exec Director $29,846 $32,228 2023
Abortion Alternatives & Womens TN$574,526 Director $45,873 $47,956 2024
The Pregnancy Center OR$576,536 Executive Dir. $55,000 $50,798 2024
Cherish Center IA$579,488 Executive Di $73,333 $79,857 2024
5 Steps To Five NY$309,811 Executive Director $36,456 $32,763 2024
A Center Of Hope Cpc Inc GA$591,581 Executive Director $57,106 $57,106 2024
St Gianna's Place Inc NH$599,243 Co-director $73,955 $67,915 2024
Step By Step Inc KY$608,907 Executive Director $82,000 $87,618 2024
Providence House Inc FL$625,878 Executive Di $62,442 $62,525 2022
Medical Home Plus VA$662,089 Executive Di $83,946 $80,612 2024
Southeast Texas Family Resource Center Inc TX$663,134 Executive Director $45,883 $45,647 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default8th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)8th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted8th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted4th

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 (Shelley Tanner) 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 25 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P45), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $22,000 is reasonable (approximately the 8th 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.