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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Marys Place Pittsburgh

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 824605430
PA · NTEE L40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Paige Mitzen, Executive Director / CEO ($47,956) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 66 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Paige Mitzen — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (ENTER 1/12/24)”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

66 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 66 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$570 total compensation of comparable organizations → $130,279 $47,956
$12,30310th
$40,54525th
$60,828Median
$74,92475th
$90,52490th
$47,956This org · 32nd
p10$12,303
p25$40,545
p50$60,828
p75$74,924
p90$90,524
$47,956

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 PA 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
Home Together A Nonprofit Corporation NV$482,513 Executive Director $90,000 $90,464 2024
Chestnut Campus Inc CA$457,585 Ceo (After 6/22) $39,101 $34,858 2023
Franklin County Women And Family Shelter KY$452,315 Executive Director $56,273 $60,626 2024
Palaemon Inc MA$494,012 President $106,600 $96,058 2024
Santa Cruz Hostel Society CA$496,743 President $13,971 $12,097 2024
Walking Down Ranch Inc AZ$447,141 Vice President $41,882 $40,391 2024
Haven Of Hope Inc NM$442,527 Executive Di $82,265 $88,726 2024
New Alternatives For Lgbt Homeless Youth Inc NY$441,779 Executive Director $69,000 $64,370 2023
Loving Hands Childrens Home CA$437,160 Executive Director $28,800 $24,938 2024
Butte Spirit Center MT$507,431 Executive Director $29,432 $32,753 2023
The Rock Found CO$510,654 Polan $56,700 $56,130 2023
Servants Of Shelter Of Koochiching County MN$430,647 Executive Director $76,200 $77,733 2023
South Oakland Citizens For The MI$426,298 Executive Di $65,000 $65,543 2025
Trinity Sober Homes MN$525,755 President $9,543 $9,735 2023
River Of Refuge MO$528,434 Executive Di $84,819 $90,086 2024
Gmp Development Corp MA$401,456 President & Ceo $4,937 $4,449 2024
Hoskins Park Ministries Inc NC$401,432 Director $61,825 $65,951 2023
Affordable Housing Alliance Of MI$543,314 Executive Di $60,000 $63,936 2023
Our Front Porch CO$400,731 Ceo $79,625 $76,563 2024
The Village At Glencliff TN$544,166 Executive Di $85,939 $90,584 2024
New Attitude On My Image Inc OH$398,948 Exec Director $53,400 $56,716 2024
Next Step Initiative Tennessee TN$397,545 Executive Dir. $53,737 $55,182 2025
Hearne House Inc OH$393,504 Executive Dir. $37,500 $41,005 2023
Housing Initiatives Of Princeton NJ$392,002 Executive Director $49,167 $45,320 2023
Trinity Transitional Housing WA$552,600 Vice Preside $13,932 $12,508 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default32nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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 (Paige Mitzen) 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 66 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $47,956 is reasonable (approximately the 32nd 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.