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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

12 Step Life

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 843983979
OH · NTEE L40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shawn Hardy, Executive Director / CEO ($76,476) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 42 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 88th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

42 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 42 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,807 total compensation of comparable organizations → $323,502 $76,476
$10,52110th
$18,82225th
$34,443Median
$55,37475th
$76,27890th
$76,476This org · 88th
p10$10,521
p25$18,822
p50$34,443
p75$55,374
p90$76,278
$76,476

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
Arvad Ministries Incorporated LA$198,533 Executive Di $34,500 $36,927 2023
Altrusa Hospitality House Inc WI$206,495 Executive Di $73,819 $72,788 2024
Win Decatur Housing Development Fund Corporation NY$208,686 President & Ceo $8,404 $7,170 2024
Pa Dream House Inc PA$189,049 Administrativedirector $49,920 $47,002 2024
Stand At The Crossroads Ministries SC$214,681 President $10,000 $10,140 2023
Family Gateway Affordable Housing Inc TX$215,522 President And Ceo $8,427 $7,959 2024
Philippians Place NC$216,132 Executive Di $18,760 $17,829 2025
Bay House Housing Development Fund NY$184,243 Secretary/treasurer $53,979 $46,053 2024
Tabitha Ministry NC$183,081 Executive Director $14,628 $13,903 2025
Mesa Housing Inc CO$182,845 Treasurer $14,400 $13,421 2023
Phoenixville Womens Outreach PA$220,134 Executive Director $50,034 $47,109 2024
Freedom Thru Faith Ministries Inc MN$179,956 Secretary $28,165 $26,276 2024
Surplus Property Roundtable MI$224,356 Executive Dir. $78,788 $76,781 2024
Courage To Change Sober Living IN$229,969 Executive Director $19,550 $19,465 2024
Rise - El Dorado Inc KS$230,561 Director $10,225 $10,430 2024
Restore House Inc MN$167,940 Coordinator $20,965 $19,559 2024
Mz Shirliz Transitional CA$160,537 Board Member/program Director $29,520 $24,778 2023
Westminster Room In The Inn TN$244,102 Executive Di $27,650 $26,733 2025
Seeds Of Hope Inc OH$244,140 Executive Director $35,161 $36,200 2023
Darlene Slaters Rehabilitation Center MS$249,109 President $24,000 $25,237 2024
Somerset Lutheran Housing Community Inc PA$148,126 Ceo $343,589 $323,502 2024
North Beacon Hill Housing Initiative WA$252,682 President $63,876 $53,995 2024
St Bakhita Catholic Worker Inc WI$254,431 Executive Director $59,380 $58,551 2024
The Transformation Project ME$145,428 Executive Director $72,942 $68,961 2024
Veterans Accession House CA$255,798 Adm.assistant $40,092 $32,686 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 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 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 default88th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Shawn Hardy) 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 42 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,476 is reasonable (approximately the 88th 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.