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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 845188594
TN · NTEE L40
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Samantha Baugus, Executive Director / CEO ($27,650) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 59 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Samantha Baugus — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

59 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 59 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$555 total compensation of comparable organizations → $87,226 $27,650
$10,72810th
$20,18125th
$38,193Median
$56,51075th
$76,04790th
$27,650This org · 39th
p10$10,728
p25$20,181
p50$38,193
p75$56,510
p90$76,047
$27,650

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 TN 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
Seeds Of Hope Inc OH$244,140 Executive Director $35,161 $37,440 2023
Darlene Slaters Rehabilitation Center MS$249,109 President $24,000 $26,102 2024
North Beacon Hill Housing Initiative WA$252,682 President $63,876 $55,846 2024
St Bakhita Catholic Worker Inc WI$254,431 Executive Director $59,380 $60,558 2024
Veterans Accession House CA$255,798 Adm.assistant $40,092 $33,807 2024
Casa Esperanza Housing Development Fund NY$255,864 President/ceo $50,896 $46,238 2023
Rise - El Dorado Inc KS$230,561 Director $10,225 $10,788 2024
Courage To Change Sober Living IN$229,969 Executive Director $19,550 $20,132 2024
Surplus Property Roundtable MI$224,356 Executive Dir. $78,788 $79,414 2024
Journey Home Inc VA$264,064 Operations Director And Board Director $27,115 $26,322 2023
New Dimensions In Recovery Inc AZ$264,532 Executive Director $82,011 $79,295 2023
Elli's House MI$264,991 Executive Di $55,650 $57,749 2023
Wayward Homes Inc GA$265,222 Chairman $15,957 $16,131 2023
Phoenixville Womens Outreach PA$220,134 Executive Director $50,034 $48,724 2024
Philippians Place NC$216,132 Executive Di $18,760 $18,441 2025
Family Gateway Affordable Housing Inc TX$215,522 President And Ceo $8,427 $8,232 2024
Stand At The Crossroads Ministries SC$214,681 President $10,000 $10,489 2023
Journey Home Inc TX$273,644 Executive Director / President $43,021 $42,024 2024
Peacock Legacy Of Hope TX$274,338 Executive Director $87,136 $85,116 2024
Shall Never Thirst Ministries NJ$275,961 President & Director $24,985 $22,428 2023
Win Decatur Housing Development Fund Corporation NY$208,686 President & Ceo $8,404 $7,415 2024
Altrusa Hospitality House Inc WI$206,495 Executive Di $73,819 $75,284 2024
The Guest House Inc IN$283,548 Executive Di $36,926 $38,026 2024
Sweet Evening Breeze Inc KY$284,020 Executive Director $85,340 $87,226 2025
Abraham Apartments Housing Development NY$287,359 President/ceo $50,896 $46,238 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN cost of living and 2025 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 TN 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)37th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Samantha Baugus) 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 59 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $27,650 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.