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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Adams Purpose

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 843747706
CO · NTEE F60
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shainika Jacobs, Executive Director / CEO ($31,254) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 134 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Shainika Jacobs — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

134 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 134 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,467 total compensation of comparable organizations → $257,800 $31,254
$20,56810th
$40,52525th
$63,160Median
$90,55475th
$128,64590th
$31,254This org · 16th
p10$20,568
p25$40,525
p50$63,160
p75$90,554
p90$128,645
$31,254

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 CO 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
Wells Of Wholeness Inc GA$391,188 Executive Di $132,125 $138,547 2024
Elevate North Texas TX$392,082 Executive Director $60,000 $62,593 2024
Concordia Counseling A Lutheran IN$388,692 Ceo $43,175 $47,483 2024
Life Focus Center Inc NJ$396,394 President $47,600 $44,322 2024
Drums In Recovery Inc FL$397,477 President $183,200 $179,483 2024
Mental Health Grace Alliance TX$397,742 President An $81,520 $85,042 2024
Marriage Mentors Inc TX$398,843 Ceo/president $138,334 $144,311 2024
Fighting Chance Inc NY$381,997 Chairman & Ceo $60,000 $56,543 2024
Deliver The Dream Inc FL$381,679 Ceo/executiv $130,907 $128,251 2024
Thriving Families Counseling Services IA$381,561 Director $140,508 $156,309 2025
Nami Wayne & Holmes Counties OH$380,782 Executive Di $38,728 $44,042 2023
House In The Woods Inc ME$380,477 Secretary/treas $14,968 $16,092 2023
Companions On A Journey OH$378,239 Executive Di $45,750 $52,027 2023
Veteran Resilience Project Inc MN$377,786 Vice Chair $2,325 $2,467 2023
Healing Heroes Ministries MT$405,025 President $229,325 $257,800 2024
Love And Respect Ministries Inc MI$405,717 President $224,820 $242,004 2024
The Moriah Foundation IL$370,540 Executive Director $134,325 $141,789 2023
Childrens Grief Center Of El Paso TX$411,640 Executive Director $115,414 $120,401 2024
Shielding The Frontline Kern County Inc CA$412,313 Executive Dir. $60,000 $55,628 2023
Wholeness To Freedom Ministries Inc FL$412,452 President $19,664 $19,834 2023
Verity Inc FL$413,652 Executive Director $60,008 $58,790 2024
Story House Ministries Inc IN$366,241 Executive Di $69,224 $78,380 2023
Marriage Heritage Inc GA$364,732 Ceo & Secretary $144,000 $150,999 2024
Life Over Coffee SC$361,888 President $115,000 $128,814 2023
Sanctuary Counseling Center TN$360,869 Executive Director $102,500 $112,362 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted17th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (Shainika Jacobs) 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 134 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,254 is reasonable (approximately the 16th 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.