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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Samaritan Counseling Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 141655253
NY · NTEE F60Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Olsen, Executive Director / CEO ($48,651) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 24 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: David Olsen — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

24 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 24 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11,228 total compensation of comparable organizations → $94,917 $48,651
$23,75310th
$30,99425th
$52,367Median
$67,06175th
$78,32190th
$48,651This org · 38th
p10$23,753
p25$30,994
p50$52,367
p75$67,061
p90$78,321
$48,651

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 NY 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
Turning Everything Around NC$113,970 President $15,500 $18,247 2023
Restoried Life SC$120,599 Member $60,000 $67,484 2025
Aish Seminars Inc MD$97,209 President $56,000 $57,938 2024
Kentucky Center For Grieving Children And Families Inc KY$125,230 Executive Director $79,833 $94,917 2024
A Right Heart Ministries Inc NY$95,429 Director $65,000 $66,920 2023
Healing Partners Counseling Inc NJ$90,167 Director $27,200 $27,669 2023
Dustins Place Inc IN$131,983 Executive Director $44,000 $52,866 2023
Prepare Our Youth Inc DC$85,879 Executive Director $35,417 $34,394 2024
Lost Sheep Ministries Intl MN$85,518 Executive Director $33,000 $36,085 2024
Dance With Todd Inc FL$81,981 Executive Director And Board Memeber $48,000 $51,376 2023
Avenue Resource Inc CA$139,195 President $80,000 $76,448 2024
Mft Worldwide Inc FL$141,597 Director $10,800 $11,228 2024
Ten Ten Life Inc VA$142,516 Board Member At Large $21,750 $22,641 2025
Law Enforcement Chaplaincy Service CA$143,149 Executive Dir. $60,000 $57,336 2024
Elk Institute For Psychological FL$75,981 Executive Di $51,894 $55,543 2023
Life Skills International Inc TX$145,284 President Ceo $45,500 $51,856 2023
Magdalene's Inc FL$151,355 Executive Di $49,891 $51,867 2024
Open Doors Outdoors CT$151,681 President $70,000 $74,778 2023
About Progress Not Perfection CA$154,850 Executive Director $82,800 $79,123 2024
Shelter Of Wisdom HI$157,678 Vp/director $32,400 $32,102 2024
Sims Training And Wellness Center NC$157,833 Sims $47,640 $56,083 2023
North Cherry Creek Counseling Center CO$159,406 Vice President $86,398 $91,681 2024
Watershed Ministries Inc NC$164,101 Executive Di $24,000 $27,443 2024
Bennie's Barn Inc OK$165,068 Executive Director $21,000 $26,346 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (David Olsen) 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 24 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,651 is reasonable (approximately the 38th 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.