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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Shdc No 7 Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 990319051
HI · NTEE F330
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Linda S Ahue, Executive Director / CEO ($12,721) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 47 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 30th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Linda S Ahue — reported title “EXEC DIR/ASST. SECRETARY”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

47 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 47 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,172 total compensation of comparable organizations → $152,943 $12,721
$6,72410th
$10,83425th
$21,280Median
$34,26175th
$64,31490th
$12,721This org · 30th
p10$6,724
p25$10,834
p50$21,280
p75$34,261
p90$64,314
$12,721

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 HI 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
Helping Our Mentally Ill Experience CA$51,272 President & Ceo $67,023 $62,787 2024
Lighthouse For New Hope TX$53,527 Development Director $15,600 $17,430 2023
Center South Housing Development PA$48,315 Director Of Construction $13,787 $15,357 2023
Whistleblowers Of America FL$47,484 Vice President $22,126 $22,550 2024
Reclaiming Victory Ministries Inc OR$57,764 President $11,135 $11,550 2023
2nd Chance Ministries Community Developm NY$58,009 Board Member $9,050 $9,134 2023
Country Valley Industries Inc NY$46,243 Chief Executive Officer $35,005 $34,317 2024
Caring Residential Services Iii Inc NJ$58,960 Pres And Exec Director Ope $157,895 $152,943 2024
National Drug & Safety League MI$59,272 President/di $7,156 $8,014 2024
Project Live Xiii Inc NJ$59,819 Executive Director $11,844 $11,472 2024
Resilience Across Borders Inc MD$44,588 Executive Director $15,608 $16,298 2023
Vesta Arundel Inc MD$60,462 President $21,417 $21,723 2024
Mosaic Illinois Housing Of Rockford I NE$60,646 President $15,891 $18,542 2024
Bloom In The Dark Inc TN$43,599 President Chairman $18,125 $21,280 2023
Nami Mahoning Valley OH$61,216 Director $13,100 $15,497 2023
My Own Home MI$61,510 Executive Director $5,228 $5,854 2024
Concha Ortiz Y Pino De Kleven Corporation NM$61,819 Executive Director $27,258 $31,806 2024
Cfc Loud N Clear Foundation Inc NJ$62,319 Executive Director $81,539 $81,314 2023
Ground For Growth Inc GA$41,154 President $5,000 $5,455 2024
Florida Society Of Addiction Medicine FL$63,381 Administrator $21,703 $22,772 2023
Willcox Against Substance Abuse AZ$63,888 Executive Director $32,784 $34,205 2024
The Openminds Foundation CA$40,330 Executive Director $1,800 $1,736 2023
Living With Change OH$64,941 Vice President/treas $30,000 $34,472 2024
Sundown M Foundation WA$39,356 Executive Director $28,878 $28,049 2024
Warhorse Legacy Foundation AR$65,781 President $81,120 $101,845 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to HI 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 HI 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 default30th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted49th

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 (Linda S Ahue) 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 47 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,721 is reasonable (approximately the 30th 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.