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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Catalyst Rescue Mission Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 843735324
IN · NTEE L41
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dana Reuter, Executive Director / CEO ($16,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 88 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

88 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 88 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,486 total compensation of comparable organizations → $155,215 $16,800
$25,74610th
$46,42325th
$62,423Median
$71,45075th
$81,74890th
$16,800This org · 5th
p10$25,746
p25$46,423
p50$62,423
p75$71,450
p90$81,748
$16,800

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 IN 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
Gracebound Inc CA$433,413 President $48,156 $38,300 2024
Family Promise Of Shenandoah County Inc VA$429,921 Executive Director $72,088 $64,110 2024
Hope Haven Ministries Inc TN$429,651 Executive Director $50,000 $48,408 2024
Sarah Jane Bentley Foundation PA$438,266 Executive Dir $100,300 $92,126 2024
Moravian Open Door Inc NY$438,968 Executive Director $74,865 $62,310 2024
Leavenworth Interfaith Community Of Hope KS$424,624 Executive Director $66,000 $65,673 2024
Inner City Night Shelter Inc GA$440,932 Executive Di $86,590 $80,192 2024
Nashville Launch Pad Inc TN$445,645 Executive Di $62,115 $61,914 2023
Albany Rescue Mission GA$446,601 Ceo $63,950 $59,224 2024
Opportunity Place Inc FL$448,000 Executive Director $63,649 $53,653 2025
Phoenix Recovery Institute OK$409,370 Program Director $61,659 $62,535 2024
At Jacobs Well Inc MD$458,285 Executive Dir. $57,829 $49,797 2024
Family Promise Of Greene Co Oh OH$406,099 Facility Director $65,975 $66,262 2023
Home Alliance Inc SC$404,404 Executive Director And Sec $74,250 $73,453 2023
Calvary Refuge Inc GA$461,266 Executive Dir. $84,706 $78,447 2024
Tyson's Community Development Inc FL$404,069 Director $31,850 $27,558 2024
La Roca Ministries Inc CA$466,366 Cfo $48,000 $38,176 2024
Unseen Faces Foundation Inc CA$467,811 President $45,000 $36,847 2023
Brunswick Partnership For Housing Inc NC$393,222 Executive Director $45,621 $42,298 2025
Unity Place Housing Inc FL$390,810 President $164,500 $142,336 2024
Illinois Valley Family Coalition OR$390,371 Executive Di $27,302 $23,353 2024
Compassionate Hands Inc TN$475,540 Executive Director $69,520 $67,306 2024
Ministerial Association Temporary TN$476,869 Executive Director $49,585 $46,769 2025
Community Service Alliance OH$387,851 Executive Di $83,067 $83,429 2023
Community Supportive Living Systems IL$478,532 President/ce $74,733 $69,670 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted8th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Dana Reuter) 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 88 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,800 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.