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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Refuge Host Homes

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 882407006
OH · NTEE P42
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Emilie Oxley, Executive Director / CEO ($21,600) against the 2000 closest of 2,443 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

How comparable organizations were selected

2,443 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$161 total compensation of comparable organizations → $361,323 $21,600
$10,64310th
$23,88025th
$40,739Median
$60,20975th
$77,97490th
$21,600This org · 22nd
p10$10,643
p25$23,880
p50$40,739
p75$60,209
p90$77,974
$21,600

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.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Youth And Family Advocacy ServicesSC $204,508$38,278 990
Yanam2mCO $204,439$50,965 990
Valverde IncCA $204,608$3,400 990
Night Off The Streets IncNV $204,652$55,319 990
Forever Families Through AdoptionNY $204,283$82,131 990
Good Samaritan Counseling IncGA $204,278$77,610 990
Casa Del Valle IncCO $204,734$6,615 990
Well Of Grace Ministries IncMI $204,250$20,626 990
Thunderzoll IncKS $204,757$16,277 990
Texas Special Children's ProjectsTX $204,224$42,220 990
Friends Of The Palapa Society Of Todos Santos IncCA $204,222$5,748 990
Hitha Healing House IncMI $204,220$4,843 990
Uptown Association IncMN $204,192$65,305 990
Creative Citizen StudiosPA $204,801$31,085 990
Riverways Pregnancy Resource CenterMO $204,953$44,615 990
Pasadena Supportive HousingMN $204,006$61,809 990
Larry Kings Clubhouse ChildrensNC $204,986$68,212 990
Love Not Lost IncGA $203,992$43,981 990
Journey For LifeNC $203,981$119,652 990
To Whom It May ConcernOH $203,951$47,840 990
Florida Automobile DealersFL $205,050$43,715 990
Friends Of The International InstituteWI $205,058$22,334 990
Starfish Project FoundationKS $205,094$7,334 990
Live Oak Mental Wellness Project IncCA $205,144$11,714 990
Washington Mindcare InstituteVA $205,172$31,972 990

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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)21st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted28th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Emilie Oxley) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,600 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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). 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.