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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

House Of Mercy Enterprises Llc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 822979723
TX · NTEE L41
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Preston Crow, Executive Director / CEO ($18,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 58 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 12th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Preston Crow — reported title “Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

58 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 58 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,964 total compensation of comparable organizations → $144,866 $18,000
$15,68310th
$35,70525th
$54,667Median
$63,18275th
$73,32590th
$18,000This org · 12th
p10$15,683
p25$35,705
p50$54,667
p75$63,182
p90$73,325
$18,000

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 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
Steadfast Standing Firm Against MD$206,889 Executive Di $56,035 $52,371 2024
Family Promise Of Lewis Clark Valley Inc ID$206,175 Executive Dir. $58,000 $61,681 2024
E S T H E R Homes Inc MN$202,775 Executive Director $84,480 $83,450 2024
The Shelter Inc IN$202,582 Executive Director $1,810 $1,964 2023
Emergency Housing And Advocacy NJ$201,876 Executive Di $68,000 $60,694 2024
Free From Hardship La Inc CA$201,115 Executive Director $5,197 $4,619 2023
Warriors Once Again SC$194,138 Executive Di $17,040 $17,771 2024
Northwoods Homeless Shelters Inc WI$190,778 Executive Di $50,444 $52,665 2024
My Sisters Keeper Incorporated KY$224,456 Exectuive Director Non Voting $50,000 $53,702 2024
Family Promise Of Butler County Inc OH$225,193 Interim Executive Director $28,846 $30,543 2024
Welcome House Inc ND$187,335 Executive Dir. $50,846 $55,781 2024
Duluth Harbor Rescue Mission Inc MN$229,672 Director $48,441 $47,850 2024
My Sisters House Ministries Inc KS$180,242 President $134,135 $144,866 2024
Dignity First ME$179,716 Executive Director $27,342 $27,370 2024
Mason County Housing Options For Students In Transition WA$178,912 Executive Director $81,667 $75,253 2023
Ashland Church Community Emergency OH$237,807 Executive Di $49,920 $54,417 2023
Sitka Homeless Coalition AK$239,078 Executive Di $66,561 $63,616 2024
Number One Single Room Occupancy Hdfc NY$174,179 Interim Ceo To 4/3/23 & Bd Director $36,280 $33,742 2023
Gospel Homes For Women CO$241,398 Treasurer $25,000 $23,964 2024
Mattoon Area Pads Community IL$241,802 Exec Dir $74,287 $73,010 2024
Marie Adelaide Center Inc NJ$171,372 Vice Pres/di $66,000 $58,909 2024
Pals N Pets Inc CA$170,910 Executive Dir. $76,085 $67,619 2023
Bethel House Of Whitewater Inc WI$245,566 Director Of Case Management $48,750 $50,897 2024
Murfreesboro Cold Patrol Inc TN$247,120 Executive Director $42,039 $45,480 2023
Visitation House Ministriesinc TX$247,127 Executive Dir. $87,612 $90,200 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 default12th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)12th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted17th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted10th

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 (Preston Crow) 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 58 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $18,000 is reasonable (approximately the 12th 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.