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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Bless Your Heart Nonprofit Corporation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 850767397
LA · NTEE P50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ashley Autin, Executive Director / CEO ($20,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 73 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 15th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Ashley Autin — reported title “Project Manager”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

73 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 73 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,074 total compensation of comparable organizations → $126,508 $20,000
$14,09510th
$29,78325th
$49,623Median
$60,26475th
$75,61790th
$20,000This org · 15th
p10$14,095
p25$29,783
p50$49,623
p75$60,264
p90$75,617
$20,000

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 LA 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
Steps To Tomorrow CA$294,840 Exec Director $67,700 $51,721 2025
Wabanaki Womens Coalition Inc ME$296,796 Executive Director $83,419 $75,859 2024
The National Advocacy Center Of The MD$292,016 Executive Direc $61,631 $53,872 2023
Transition 123 Inc MI$298,973 Executive Dir. $103,903 $100,272 2023
Beautiful You By Profile MI$303,333 Executive Di $25,532 $23,933 2024
Haydens House Of Healing Inc NJ$285,958 Ceo $72,000 $58,380 2024
Southern Minnesota Womens Center MN$282,337 Ex. Director $33,010 $30,497 2023
Net Resource Foundation TN$307,721 Executive Director $31,200 $29,783 2024
Saving Our Seniors Inc FL$280,581 President $49,181 $41,958 2024
Mothers' Milk Bank Of Mississippi MS$308,834 Former Executive Director $47,653 $49,623 2023
Families Helping Families Region 7 LA$309,590 Executive Dir. $69,903 $71,968 2023
Coos Elderly Services Inc OR$277,188 Executive Director $51,532 $44,744 2023
Wild Instincts Inc WI$313,288 President $9,750 $9,247 2024
Community Grief Center CO$275,781 Executive Director $46,500 $40,493 2024
Laolam WA$314,367 President $7,200 $5,854 2024
Global Mother Divine Org Usa IA$274,823 President $60,000 $59,662 2024
Wiregrass 2-1-1 AL$273,001 Executive Director $57,979 $56,884 2024
Steel Magnolia Moms TX$316,806 President Through Jan 2024 $70,968 $64,470 2024
Neighbors Who Care Inc AZ$272,387 Executive Director $84,299 $73,626 2024
Hope For Addiction Inc AZ$322,436 President $69,000 $60,264 2024
Hello Gorgeous Of Hope Inc IN$322,604 President $50,085 $47,966 2024
National Fund For Foster Children FL$322,825 President $6,000 $5,119 2024
Anointed Community Services International Inc FL$324,631 Ceo $31,836 $27,161 2024
Desert Waters Correctional Outreach CO$263,171 Executive Di $39,087 $35,043 2023
Love Inc Of Boise Community Incorporated ID$326,646 Executive Dir. $50,200 $48,497 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to LA 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 LA 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 default15th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted16th
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 (Ashley Autin) 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 73 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,000 is reasonable (approximately the 15th 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.