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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sisters Haven

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 882562122
OH · NTEE P40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carshena Maddox, Executive Director / CEO ($15,675) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 175 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 10th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Carshena Maddox — reported title “Executive Director-Management”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

175 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 175 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,829 total compensation of comparable organizations → $122,291 $15,675
$16,82510th
$30,99025th
$46,157Median
$59,78675th
$75,66190th
$15,675This org · 10th
p10$16,825
p25$30,990
p50$46,157
p75$59,786
p90$75,661
$15,675

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
Texas Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Inc TX$276,570 Executive Director $38,000 $34,859 2024
One Love Community Programs Inc NC$276,774 Director $31,200 $29,564 2024
Hastings Total Lifecare Center Inc MN$276,165 Executive Di $63,839 $57,848 2024
Waynewinfield Area Youthfamily Service IL$275,785 Executive Director $81,923 $71,957 2025
Steps Inc CT$277,276 Director $16,800 $14,445 2024
Hope Spring Community TX$274,799 Executive Di $7,000 $6,421 2024
Compassion Delivered Inc OH$274,616 Co-founder $23,760 $23,760 2023
Rockwall Grace Center For Family & TX$278,985 Executive Di $100,000 $94,444 2023
Watertown Family Connections Inc WI$271,948 Executive Director $73,670 $70,557 2024
Hires Family Resources Inc WA$281,281 Co-administrator $64,355 $52,839 2024
Alpha Womens Center Of Barry County MI$281,304 Executive Director $10,640 $10,369 2023
Taking Back Our Lives IL$271,545 Executive Director $88,864 $78,053 2025
Healing House WV$282,095 President $46,550 $45,030 2025
Agape Hands CA$282,113 Executive Dir. $54,608 $43,243 2024
Resource & Connect With Benita IL$270,391 President $77,637 $69,996 2024
Valley Hope Counseling Center VA$282,697 Executive Di $73,591 $67,087 2023
Special Needs Solutions AZ$269,607 Executive Director And President $52,334 $46,157 2024
Vermont Kin As Parents Inc VT$283,791 Executive Director $51,249 $47,306 2024
Raregivers Inc CA$284,045 President $90,585 $71,733 2024
Beltway 8 South Crisis Pregnancy TX$284,207 Executive Di $56,224 $51,577 2024
Motherwoman Inc MA$268,498 Vice President $19,461 $16,038 2024
Hope Restored Pregnancy Resource Center LA$266,883 Executive Director $47,100 $47,562 2024
Hustle Mommies IL$287,016 President $61,029 $56,648 2023
Neighborlink Porter County IN$288,351 Executive Dir. $38,610 $37,339 2024
Pregnancy Support Center NC$264,601 Executive Dir. $42,998 $41,947 2023

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 default10th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)9th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted11th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted10th

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 (Carshena Maddox) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 175 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $15,675 is reasonable (approximately the 10th 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 10, 2026.