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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 134230715
MI · NTEE F30
FY ending 2025-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of C Patrick Beal, Executive Director / CEO ($48,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 32 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: C Patrick Beal — reported title “Director”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

32 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 32 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,361 total compensation of comparable organizations → $173,422 $48,200
$13,84910th
$32,52525th
$48,797Median
$62,92575th
$73,65890th
$48,200This org · 44th
p10$13,849
p25$32,525
p50$48,797
p75$62,925
p90$73,658
$48,200

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 MI 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
Biblical Restoration Ministries Inc IA$154,580 President $76,077 $82,839 2024
Family Assessment Clinic MI$145,514 Co-director $3,500 $3,699 2023
Jersey Innovative Services Foundati NJ$162,494 Trustee $2,660 $2,361 2024
Petersburg Mental Health Services Inc AK$162,935 Executive Director $41,900 $38,810 2025
Hope Valley - Helping Others Through Per OH$143,526 Executive Director $90,069 $97,671 2023
The Research And Recognition NY$166,782 Chief Executive Officer $25,000 $22,465 2024
Therapy Experienced OR$166,809 President $43,950 $40,589 2024
Center For Care & Counseling GA$134,794 Director $49,167 $49,163 2024
Tlr Realty RI$133,126 President $52,490 $51,531 2023
Mental Health America Of Hendricks County IN$173,989 Executive Director $66,000 $71,260 2023
The Stillpoint Resources CA$130,123 Executive Dir. $62,486 $55,243 2023
Fresh Aire Samaritan Counseling Center MI$128,452 Ececutive Director $36,685 $38,768 2023
Runnin Free Ranch TX$180,228 Executive Direc $48,600 $48,346 2024
The Arc Of The Gulf Coast TX$116,993 Executive Director $61,300 $62,781 2023
Hillside Wellness Center CA$194,204 Cfo And Ceo $15,938 $13,687 2024
Second Mile Psychological And Consulting NM$200,394 President $162,136 $173,422 2024
Family & Children Counseling Service CA$201,508 Ceo $77,300 $66,379 2024
New Life Behavioral Health Services MD$202,027 Executive Director $33,078 $30,754 2024
Christian Counseling Of Mid Michigan MI$205,033 Executive Director $40,189 $40,189 2025
Depression And Bipolar Support Alliance CA$205,574 Executive Director $66,000 $58,350 2023
Renovations For Life Inc ID$205,716 Secretary $30,155 $31,901 2024
Ground Work Inc AZ$206,523 Chair $16,000 $15,302 2024
Live Oak Counseling Center SC$208,958 Executive Director $51,062 $54,540 2023
Logos Healing Institute CO$209,780 President And Director Of Ops $50,817 $48,458 2024
Animal Companion Counseling OH$210,989 Co-executive Director $44,007 $46,352 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI cost of living and 2025 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 MI 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 default44th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted44th

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 (C Patrick Beal) 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 32 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,200 is reasonable (approximately the 44th 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.