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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Santa Cruz Hostel Society

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 942443348
CA · NTEE L400
FY ending 2024-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Terri Fisher, Executive Director / CEO ($13,971) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 64 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 11th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Terri Fisher — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

64 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 64 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$658 total compensation of comparable organizations → $150,456 $13,971
$13,58110th
$47,17925th
$70,249Median
$90,02275th
$106,15990th
$13,971This org · 11th
p10$13,581
p25$47,179
p50$70,249
p75$90,022
p90$106,159
$13,971

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
Palaemon Inc MA$494,012 President $106,600 $110,935 2024
Butte Spirit Center MT$507,431 Executive Director $29,432 $37,826 2023
The Rock Found CO$510,654 Polan $56,700 $64,823 2023
Home Together A Nonprofit Corporation NV$482,513 Executive Director $90,000 $104,474 2024
Marys Place Pittsburgh PA$472,123 Executive Director (Enter 1/12/24) $47,956 $55,383 2024
Trinity Sober Homes MN$525,755 President $9,543 $11,243 2023
River Of Refuge MO$528,434 Executive Di $84,819 $104,037 2024
Chestnut Campus Inc CA$457,585 Ceo (After 6/22) $39,101 $40,256 2023
Franklin County Women And Family Shelter KY$452,315 Executive Director $56,273 $70,015 2024
Affordable Housing Alliance Of MI$543,314 Executive Di $60,000 $73,838 2023
The Village At Glencliff TN$544,166 Executive Di $85,939 $104,613 2024
Walking Down Ranch Inc AZ$447,141 Vice President $41,882 $46,646 2024
Haven Of Hope Inc NM$442,527 Executive Di $82,265 $102,467 2024
New Alternatives For Lgbt Homeless Youth Inc NY$441,779 Executive Director $69,000 $74,339 2023
Trinity Transitional Housing WA$552,600 Vice Preside $13,932 $14,445 2024
Loving Hands Childrens Home CA$437,160 Executive Director $28,800 $28,800 2024
Servants Of Shelter Of Koochiching County MN$430,647 Executive Director $76,200 $89,772 2023
South Oakland Citizens For The MI$426,298 Executive Di $65,000 $75,694 2025
1270 Pacific Housing Development Fund Co NY$574,064 President $75,418 $81,254 2023
Columbus Outdoor Pursuits Inc OH$581,189 Staff $64,808 $79,492 2024
Brighter Behavior Choices Inc IL$583,703 Executive Director $132,150 $150,456 2024
Genesis Joy House Homeless Shelter Inc GA$587,394 Executive Director $11,000 $12,809 2024
Project Kompass Incorporated MA$588,427 President/treasurer/execut $128,273 $130,049 2025
I58 Inc SC$590,072 Development $50,000 $62,192 2023
Gmp Development Corp MA$401,456 President & Ceo $4,937 $5,138 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 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 default11th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted14th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted8th

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 (Terri Fisher) 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 64 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $13,971 is reasonable (approximately the 11th 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.