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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Thistle Hills Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 851655793
PA · NTEE P85
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tiffany Starkes, Executive Director / CEO ($55,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 925 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

925 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 925 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3 total compensation of comparable organizations → $255,222 $55,000
$7,95910th
$16,98225th
$32,122Median
$52,04275th
$74,91690th
$55,000This org · 77th
p10$7,959
p25$16,982
p50$32,122
p75$52,042
p90$74,916
$55,000

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 PA 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
Leadercare Inc CO$127,188 President $41,000 $39,423 2024
Institutes For Human Being Inc MS$127,092 Director $89,000 $99,399 2024
Restoration Ministriesinc IL$127,239 President $72,164 $71,142 2024
Marshall County Senior Citizens Corp TN$127,301 Executive Director $44,136 $46,522 2024
Partners In Home Care Inc NJ$126,944 Account Executive $109,790 $98,297 2024
Conaxion Inc CA$126,782 President $23,500 $20,950 2023
Caroline's Promise NC$126,765 Executive Director $24,000 $25,602 2023
The Pat Green Foundation TX$127,906 Executive Director $67,650 $69,863 2023
Indiana Members Foundation Inc IN$126,407 Vice President $48,058 $50,821 2024
Pregnancy Crisis Center Inc FL$127,930 Executive Director $68,042 $65,991 2023
Gapp Services Inc MN$126,377 President $59,500 $58,956 2024
Spring Research Innovation Network Group CA$127,975 Executive Director $23,868 $21,278 2023
At Risk Children Foundation Inc FL$128,000 Field Officer Sup $7,000 $6,789 2023
Careyes Foundation CA$128,003 Director $16,000 $14,264 2023
Three Rivers Respite SC$128,093 Director $15,000 $15,692 2024
Ventura County Central Service Office Inc CA$126,080 Office Manager $68,007 $63,112 2022
Faithbuilders Inc KS$128,260 Executive Di $36,000 $39,000 2024
Team Guts Inc MI$128,413 President $50,000 $53,280 2023
East Bay Housing Options Inc RI$128,443 Executive Director $16,653 $16,486 2023
Fueling Embers Youth Ministry MO$128,445 President $35,120 $37,301 2024
Greenmount Senior Center Inc MD$128,472 Officer $42,000 $38,360 2025
Exponential Destiny WY$125,828 Director $8,750 $9,396 2024
Christ's Outreach For The Blind Inc MI$125,792 President $27,420 $29,219 2023
Hoseas House Inc KY$125,746 Director $43,942 $48,739 2023
Unitarian Universalist Action New Hampshire NH$128,665 Executive Director $18,500 $16,688 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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 (Tiffany Starkes) 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 925 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $55,000 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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.