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Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202822343
GA · NTEE F22
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bridget Hall, Executive Director / CEO ($21,225) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 50 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

50 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 50 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,267 total compensation of comparable organizations → $147,710 $21,225
$16,23910th
$29,63425th
$45,538Median
$62,43375th
$93,31390th
$21,225This org · 18th
p10$16,239
p25$29,634
p50$45,538
p75$62,433
p90$93,313
$21,225

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 GA 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
Miller Fellowship House Inc CA$283,201 President $21,065 $18,090 2024
180 Center Inc TN$281,032 Supervisor $40,350 $43,428 2023
City Of Refuge Hopewell Inc VA$296,103 Ceo $16,200 $16,016 2023
New Beginnings Fellowship Center CA$304,477 Program Director $108,650 $93,308 2024
Changing Gaits Inc MN$308,231 Chairman $29,668 $29,155 2024
Recovery Community Foundation Of GA$265,304 Executive Di $60,000 $60,000 2024
Merit Family Services TX$264,963 Chairman $14,495 $14,846 2023
Harbor Ministries Life Trainin TX$309,295 President $46,500 $47,627 2023
Free State Regional Svc Ctr Of Na Inc MD$261,601 Executive Dir. $32,455 $31,069 2023
Pri Counseling Services Inc NC$258,830 Secretary $32,200 $33,090 2024
Prodigal Daughters Journey Home Inc FL$252,710 Executive Director $12,000 $11,212 2024
Make A Difference TN$326,126 Executive Director $60,000 $62,724 2024
Morgan County Court Services I AL$247,119 Gann $55,650 $61,559 2023
West County Medical Corp CA$327,915 Director Of Administration $19,000 $16,799 2023
The Way Homes Inc MD$244,388 Vice President $29,553 $28,290 2023
Breakaway Inc MN$242,711 Mgr $63,600 $60,891 2025
Peniel Recovery Ministries Inc GA$242,375 President $33,600 $33,600 2024
Recovery Resource Center Inc MD$331,915 Executive Director $61,954 $57,605 2024
Freedom House Of Mecklenburg Inc NC$240,894 Executive Director $40,472 $42,818 2023
Gateway Of Hope Addiction NC$237,497 President $46,667 $47,956 2024
Anchored Ministries Corp KY$337,971 President $19,200 $21,121 2023
Cornerstone For Hope PA$226,245 Director $54,000 $55,139 2023
Intercounty Fellowship Of CA$348,275 Executive Director $146,792 $129,788 2023
Wyoming Professional Assistance Program WY$223,305 Executive Dir. $90,000 $95,848 2024
Never Alone Transitional TN$223,094 Executive Dir. $54,324 $56,791 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default18th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)18th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted22nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Bridget Hall) 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 50 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F22), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,225 is reasonable (approximately the 18th 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.