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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mercy Mission House

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 862848457
OH · NTEE L40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Emily Neu, Executive Director / CEO ($42,692) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 70 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

70 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 70 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$521 total compensation of comparable organizations → $81,915 $42,692
$10,42810th
$21,78625th
$43,640Median
$56,75975th
$71,42790th
$42,692This org · 47th
p10$10,428
p25$21,786
p50$43,640
p75$56,759
p90$71,427
$42,692

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 OH 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
Shadetree Historical Artisan CA$323,323 President $71,250 $56,422 2024
Hope House Of Tennessee Inc TN$325,908 Founder Executive Director $50,000 $48,198 2024
Bethesda House Inc MA$326,001 Director $20,240 $17,172 2023
Isaiah House Inc GA$326,462 Executive Dir. $14,150 $13,048 2024
Steps 4 Life Community Services CA$312,208 President $65,680 $52,011 2024
Myplace Inc MI$327,076 Executive Director $65,977 $62,451 2024
New Vision Housing Development Fund NY$309,036 Ceo $23,171 $19,769 2023
Safe Shelter Incorporated WI$332,175 Executive Director $72,800 $69,724 2024
Lilys House MO$306,565 Co-executive Director $7,800 $7,576 2024
The New Beginnings Of Southwest FL$334,293 Executive Director $61,007 $54,111 2023
Mission Accomplished TX$335,955 President $58,455 $53,624 2024
Life Line Outreach Inc NC$302,825 Board Member $22,631 $21,445 2024
Glory House Of Miami Inc FL$301,603 Ceo /Preside $56,496 $48,672 2024
Siloam Missionary Homes NC$338,177 President $45,493 $44,381 2023
Sacred Roots Farm Inc GA$341,171 Ceo $84,908 $80,606 2023
Natasha House Inc VA$292,986 Executive Director $35,258 $31,219 2024
Active Change Recovery Inc CA$346,347 President $25,000 $19,797 2024
Village Of Hope Inc MD$349,483 Executive Director $61,250 $52,514 2024
Skelley House Inc AZ$288,089 President $62,400 $55,035 2024
Park Avenue Thorpe Housing Development NY$287,925 Executive Director $2,057 $1,755 2023
Avenues 12 Inc FL$287,719 Executive Director (Deceased) $20,980 $18,074 2024
Abraham Apartments Housing Development NY$287,359 President/ceo $50,896 $43,422 2023
Papilion House Inc TX$352,841 President $34,770 $31,896 2024
Sweet Evening Breeze Inc KY$284,020 Executive Director $85,340 $81,915 2025
Gila House Inc AZ$355,543 Executive Director $40,000 $35,278 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted54th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Emily Neu) 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 70 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,692 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.