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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hilltop Children's House

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823663394
OH · NTEE X22
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Thomas Crowe, Executive Director / CEO ($27,475) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Thomas Crowe — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$455 total compensation of comparable organizations → $111,627 $27,475
$8,96710th
$13,66625th
$41,968Median
$61,93275th
$100,83190th
$27,475This org · 33rd
p10$8,967
p25$13,666
p50$41,968
p75$61,932
p90$100,831
$27,475

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 OH 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
Mary Lay Center OH$191,900 Director $10,534 $9,968 2025
Christ Central Camp TX$196,921 Director/employee $45,750 $41,968 2024
Theology Of The Body Cleveland OH$200,380 Executive Director $49,500 $48,080 2024
Women's Ordination Conference DC$200,479 Executive Di $74,750 $61,932 2023
Scripture Awakening Inc NC$186,713 Exec Directo $41,667 $40,649 2023
Springs In The Desert PA$202,317 President/ Exec Director $32,300 $29,539 2024
Confraternity Of Penitents IN$204,576 Council Member $6,000 $5,803 2024
Pace E Bene Inc OR$213,913 Executive Director $14,731 $12,545 2024
Hope For The New Evangelization Inc MN$218,678 Treasurer $33,784 $30,614 2024
St Sophia Religious Association PA$226,304 President $72,700 $66,486 2024
Bethany House Of Prayer Inc MA$242,821 Executive Director $70,722 $60,003 2023
Pew Ministries Inc TN$248,610 President $115,800 $111,627 2024
Catholic Media Apostolate Inc CO$135,387 President $115,400 $104,475 2023
Visitation Auxiliary Inc AL$252,420 President $42,328 $43,175 2023
In Ipso CO$252,899 President $105,000 $95,059 2023
Franciscan Friars Of Our Lady Of Good Success Inc KS$132,084 President & Treasurer $459 $455 2024
Sqpn Inc Not Open For Public Insp GA$267,367 Ceo $109,350 $100,831 2024
Portuguese Holy Ghost Society Inc CT$268,021 Vice Preside $10,428 $8,967 2024
My Catholic Cause OH$269,562 President And Trustee $24,000 $23,311 2024
Canticle Inc CA$270,391 Executive Dir. $64,616 $52,680 2023
Order Of St Michael NY$278,543 Pres $16,491 $13,666 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH cost of living and 2023 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 OH 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted33rd

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 (Thomas Crowe) 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 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X22), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $27,475 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.