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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wvhy Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 862841607
CA · NTEE P85
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kim Olsen, Executive Director / CEO ($88,037) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 75 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 81st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

75 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 75 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,293 total compensation of comparable organizations → $153,101 $88,037
$26,77210th
$52,04425th
$65,014Median
$85,33075th
$101,40390th
$88,037This org · 81st
p10$26,772
p25$52,044
p50$65,014
p75$85,330
p90$101,403
$88,037

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 CA 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
Make A Day Foundation OH$476,596 Executive Director $36,115 $43,027 2024
Inspire Together CA$475,517 Ceo $97,115 $97,115 2023
Hogar Del Buen Pastor Inc PR$471,978 Executive Di $66,458 $66,458 2023
Heart House Inc IN$471,783 Current Exe Director $65,183 $77,322 2024
Stepping Stones NH$495,245 Executive Director $51,048 $54,587 2023
Wellsprings Village Inc TX$470,507 Ex-officio $70,000 $81,091 2023
Mr Bobs Under The Bridge Inc WI$495,878 Executive Director $36,249 $42,584 2024
Reborn AZ$496,989 Director $59,800 $64,691 2024
Laramie Soup Kitchen WY$465,083 Executive Di $70,000 $84,316 2024
Live Love Outreach WA$464,251 Director $31,020 $32,163 2023
Humanity Heroes Foundation CA$462,932 Fundraising Manager $110,570 $107,398 2024
Greater Portland Family Promise ME$505,170 Executive Director $76,958 $86,682 2024
Goshen Interfaith Hospitality IN$457,306 Executive Director $73,130 $86,748 2024
Family Promise Of York Countyinc SC$450,617 Execuitve Di $53,737 $63,060 2024
Rebuilding Paradise NC$449,984 President $115,000 $133,661 2024
3rd Shift Warming Cooling Center OH$447,015 Executive Director $53,380 $61,957 2025
Family Promise Of Montgomery County TX$445,304 Exec Dir $72,711 $81,815 2024
Interfaith Community Pads Inc IN$443,348 Executive Director $54,807 $65,014 2024
Potter's Clay Ministries Inc AR$523,558 Director $5,375 $6,796 2024
Homeless Gay Kids - Houston TX$441,152 Executive Director $100,641 $113,242 2024
Family Promise Of The Palouse Inc ID$526,327 Executive Director $68,926 $82,478 2024
Family Promise Of The Midlands Inc SC$438,794 Executive Director $93,265 $112,679 2023
Minot Area Homeless Coalition ND$527,555 Executive Di $52,675 $65,023 2024
Network Services WA$532,324 Executive Director, Presid $152,024 $153,101 2024
Merge Memphis TN$429,848 Board Member $34,560 $42,070 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA cost of living and 2023 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 CA 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 default81st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)87th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Kim Olsen) 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 75 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P85), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $88,037 is reasonable (approximately the 81st 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.