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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Samaritans Market

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 850849026
MS · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sherree Blaylock King, Executive Director / CEO ($12,669) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 904 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 13th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Sherree Blaylock King — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

904 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 904 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$283 total compensation of comparable organizations → $191,819 $12,669
$10,60410th
$22,50325th
$40,776Median
$61,70475th
$83,14490th
$12,669This org · 13th
p10$10,604
p25$22,503
p50$40,776
p75$61,704
p90$83,144
$12,669

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 MS 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
The Comfort Home Mi MI$243,277 Executive Di $61,321 $56,829 2024
Pathfinders Justice Initiative Inc NV$244,060 Founder/ed $62,500 $57,911 2023
American Heroes Outdoors MN$243,227 Gall $62,396 $56,993 2023
Reborn Ministries IL$243,210 Executive Director $12,500 $11,034 2024
Nlc Youth Association KS$243,203 Director $23,198 $23,167 2023
Good Life Refuge CO$243,200 President/director $21,000 $18,080 2024
Hearts Unite To Give Support NV$243,184 President & $66,038 $59,434 2024
Arlington Community Services Inc FL$243,130 Executive Director $29,416 $24,812 2024
Love Helps Inc TN$244,242 Executive Director $119,056 $112,363 2024
Caitlin's Smiles Inc PA$242,835 Founder/ceo $34,500 $31,803 2023
Rock N Our Disabilities Foundation CA$244,484 Foudner/ceo $16,335 $13,038 2023
Blue Sky Acres Inc GA$244,653 Executive Di $34,740 $31,363 2024
Kingdom Servants Inc TX$244,775 Director/chairm $141,900 $131,211 2023
More MN$244,818 Executive Dir. $62,154 $55,143 2024
Crusaders For The Cross MO$244,850 Secretary $6,630 $6,491 2023
Holy Family Adoption Agency MN$242,350 Executive Di $58,240 $51,670 2024
Fiorenza's Food For Friends PA$242,342 Executive Director $81,250 $72,750 2024
National Network For District Authorizing CA$242,318 Executive Director $174,198 $135,058 2024
Pdx Saints Love WA$245,032 Executive Dir. $48,000 $39,726 2023
African Young Dreamers Empowerment Program Intl WA$245,049 Director $45,000 $37,242 2023
Shelter Wf Inc MT$242,199 Board Member $5,496 $5,319 2024
Coaches Of Influence CA$245,135 Ceo $49,777 $38,593 2024
Renesting Project Inc LA$245,147 Executive Di $36,863 $36,446 2024
Warrior Expeditions VA$242,144 President/ex $25,542 $22,143 2024
431 Ministries TN$242,034 President $70,137 $66,194 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MS 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 MS 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 default13th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)11th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted16th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted12th

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 (Sherree Blaylock King) 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 904 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,669 is reasonable (approximately the 13th 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.