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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Substance Abuse Coalition Of

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 203455197
FL · NTEE F20
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Guy Blanchette, Executive Director / CEO ($100,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 61 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 95th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

61 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 61 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$247 total compensation of comparable organizations → $139,925 $100,000
$9,67610th
$24,16025th
$43,057Median
$62,17775th
$81,55190th
$100,000This org · 95th
p10$9,676
p25$24,160
p50$43,057
p75$62,177
p90$81,551
$100,000

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 FL 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
Concho Valley Turning Point TX$177,344 Executive Director $45,000 $49,332 2023
Dallas Intergroup Association TX$171,502 Office Manager $57,758 $61,502 2024
T Whitehead Recovery Center OH$179,273 Director $21,000 $23,676 2024
Life Houses Inc MT$168,595 Executive Dir. $21,055 $24,160 2024
North Fayette Valley Community IA$166,740 Mentor Coord $11,036 $13,243 2023
Beech Grove Comprehensive Drug-free IN$164,073 Executive Di $50,394 $56,570 2024
Tennessee Jail Chemical TN$185,436 President $6,750 $7,553 2024
Journey House Foundation Inc VA$190,969 Exec. Director/president $44,758 $46,003 2024
Greater Milwaukee Central Office Inc WI$191,044 Executive Director $71,806 $79,827 2024
Lazarus Life Ministries OH$191,369 President $37,094 $43,057 2023
The Shed Inc AL$157,435 President $25,284 $29,077 2024
Vpoids Inc CA$191,675 Member $120,000 $110,302 2024
Pittsburgh Area Central Office Inc PA$156,990 Administrato $49,197 $52,225 2024
Dothan Houston County Substance Abuse AL$193,222 Executive Director $55,428 $63,742 2024
Teen Challenge Of Baltimore Inc MD$194,438 Executive Dir. $21,500 $21,397 2024
Rzp Foundation Inc OH$195,108 Former Ed $42,500 $47,917 2024
Helping Kids To Recover Inc CA$195,142 Ceo $10,000 $9,463 2023
Ocl Properties Ii Inc NY$153,420 Chief Financial Officer $73,290 $70,497 2024
Hope For Appalachia Incorporated WV$197,241 Director Of Development $26,980 $31,096 2024
Epperson Ministries Inc TN$197,840 President $11,500 $13,248 2023
Oklahoma Harm Reduction Alliance OK$146,387 Executive Di $24,818 $29,090 2024
Outsiders Anonymous TX$204,614 Program Director $30,000 $32,888 2023
Fountain Hills Youth Substance Abuse Prev Coalition AZ$141,379 Executive Director $27,550 $29,037 2023
Casa Juan Pablo Ii Inc PR$140,713 President $247 $247 2024
Recovery Support And Personal Growth Alliance Inc TN$139,950 Executive Director $25,910 $29,847 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default95th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)95th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted93rd

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 (Guy Blanchette) 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 61 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100,000 is reasonable (approximately the 95th 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.