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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sherman Oaks Services Corporation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 954431019
CA · NTEE L21
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Douglas Cope, Executive Director / CEO ($7,252) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — 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

Benchmarked executive: Douglas Cope — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,726 total compensation of comparable organizations → $220,078 $7,252
$4,82610th
$17,97625th
$22,864Median
$46,48875th
$66,69990th
$7,252This org · 22nd
p10$4,826
p25$17,976
p50$22,864
p75$46,488
p90$66,699
$7,252

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
Pch Homes Inc NJ$33,783 Executive Director $37,693 $40,124 2023
Bridge Community Residence Inc NY$37,102 Ceo $18,651 $20,094 2023
Top House Inc MA$37,612 Ceo $211,478 $220,078 2024
Thurston Housing Development Fund NY$39,574 President/ceo $36,309 $37,996 2024
Ashlawn View Inc VA$24,725 Executive Director $57,939 $66,699 2023
Good Deeds And Good Seeds TX$23,615 President $4,800 $5,560 2024
Cpnj Plainfield Residence Inc NJ$40,839 Ceo - President $17,303 $18,419 2023
Community Residence Programs Inc NY$40,879 Ceo $18,651 $20,094 2023
Piney Ridge Apartments Corporation VA$23,436 Executive Director $57,939 $66,699 2023
Belair Manor Inc MD$41,169 Executive Director $4,329 $4,826 2023
Valley Of The Sun School Properties Five AZ$41,936 Board Member $19,940 $22,864 2023
Forest Park Housing OH$42,017 Ceo $14,293 $17,532 2024
Hale Mahaolu Eono (5) Inc HI$42,640 Executive Director $68,471 $73,089 2023
Leslie Haven Inc OH$44,176 Executive Director $41,692 $51,139 2024
Good Shepherd Corporation Of Oregon WI$44,970 President And Ceo $33,743 $40,811 2024
Betty Jane Malone Homes Inc MD$45,294 President $20,272 $22,597 2023
Hunters Point Affordable Housing Inc CA$45,343 Ceo/president $2,726 $2,726 2024
Venture Development 2004 Inc NY$45,355 Chief Executive Officer $43,348 $45,362 2024
Honeyman Inc MA$45,524 President $3,075 $3,295 2023
Lss Housing Germantown Inc WI$45,613 President $38,239 $47,614 2023
Home Of Our Own Inc WI$46,714 Exec. Dir/ch $19,269 $23,305 2024
Fmhm Housing Corp OH$47,251 Ceo/executive Director $15,476 $18,983 2024
2301 N Charles St Inc MD$47,754 Executive Director $4,329 $4,826 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 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)22nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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 (Douglas Cope) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $7,252 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). 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.