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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Schoharie County Council On Alcohol And

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 141685492
NY · NTEE F20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rebecca Schroeder, Executive Director / CEO ($27,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 139 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Rebecca Schroeder — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

139 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 139 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $261,551 $27,000
$17,79110th
$35,17525th
$58,267Median
$74,77075th
$94,64190th
$27,000This org · 19th
p10$17,791
p25$35,175
p50$58,267
p75$74,770
p90$94,641
$27,000

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
Lifeline Rehabilitation And Prevention Center CA$315,877 Case Manager $24,358 $23,276 2024
Recovery Cafe Dc DC$313,362 Ceo/board Secretary $60,000 $58,267 2024
Good Samaritans Of San Diego CA$311,063 Director $52,000 $49,691 2024
Unicoi County Prevention Coalition Inc TN$322,089 Director $57,183 $66,518 2024
Lotus Recovery Homes Inc WI$323,079 Executive Director $52,291 $62,221 2023
Darjune Foundation Inc WI$324,627 President $17,380 $20,087 2024
Greater Spokane Substance Abuse Council WA$303,768 Executive Director $79,132 $80,719 2023
Arise Addiction Recovery Inc ME$302,800 President $55,120 $61,080 2024
Freedom House Ministries Inc OR$329,121 Pres/exec Dir $78,915 $81,101 2024
Mstepp Inc AZ$301,816 Program Director $91,678 $95,057 2025
Go The Distance OR$301,000 Executive Director $67,061 $70,954 2023
U-turn For Christ New Mexico NM$331,246 Pastor $32,100 $39,336 2023
2nd Chance Ministry Inc FL$331,454 Director $25,000 $26,758 2023
Point Of Return Inc SC$332,201 President $58,455 $69,481 2023
Park County Court Supervised WY$332,427 Director $7,629 $9,041 2024
8 Oaks Inc TN$333,043 Chief Executive Officer $24,000 $28,743 2023
Marwin Counseling Services Inc AL$333,220 Director $10,770 $12,876 2024
Miami Recovery Project Inc FL$297,774 Executive Di $70,000 $72,773 2024
Welcoming Light Inc NH$334,373 President & Ceo (End 10/2022) $34,771 $36,580 2023
New Hope Philly Inc PA$296,738 Executive Director $64,971 $71,701 2024
Still Worthy Inc SC$295,655 Co-founder $13,790 $16,391 2023
Decatur Prevention Initiative Inc GA$295,167 Executive Director $98,998 $113,411 2023
Lawyers Concerned For Lawyers- CT$336,990 Executive Director $95,000 $98,573 2024
Anything Helps MN$294,114 Executive Director $16,808 $18,379 2024
Community Drug Coalition NM$338,126 Executive Di $77,668 $90,063 2025

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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)23rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted22nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Rebecca Schroeder) 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 139 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $27,000 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.