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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Manzanita Services Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263901214
CA · NTEE F30
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Susan Wynd Novotny, Executive Director / CEO ($43,454) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 20 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 60th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Susan Wynd Novotny — reported title “Interim Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

20 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 20 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$819 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,141,639 $43,454
$16,29810th
$23,63025th
$26,694Median
$82,53675th
$195,54290th
$43,454This org · 60th
p10$16,298
p25$23,630
p50$26,694
p75$82,536
p90$195,542
$43,454

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 CA 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
Lifeworks Nw Solutions OR$0 President And Ceo $37,473 $40,300 2024
Abh Georgia Inc PA$0 President $21,085 $24,350 2024
Abh Connecticut Inc PA$0 President $17,153 $19,810 2024
Abh Arizona Inc PA$0 President $20,635 $23,831 2024
Abh Florida Inc PA$0 President $21,163 $24,441 2024
Abh New York Inc PA$0 President $21,999 $25,406 2024
Abh Texas Inc PA$0 President $24,229 $27,981 2024
Devereux Corporation PA$0 President & Ceo, Trustee $91,393 $105,547 2024
Abh Massachusetts Inc PA$0 President $19,965 $23,057 2024
Glom Substance Abuse Program Inc CA$0 Treasurer $175,000 $175,000 2024
Parent-child Center Inc FL$0 Incoming Ceo - Outgoing Coo $21,896 $23,821 2024
Cab Health And Recovery Services Inc MA$0 Ttee & Ceo (Ceo, Bilh) $1,097,028 $1,141,639 2024
Hope Recovery Care Center MS$0 President $55,200 $71,197 2024
Visiting Nurse Association Of Mid-ohio OH$0 Vice Chair/ceo $166,518 $204,248 2024
R&g Healthcare Services Inc MA$0 President $69,876 $74,865 2023
Sheltercare 499 Project OR$0 Board Presid $15,031 $16,643 2023
Lifeview Group Inc FL$0 President/ceo $11,777 $13,191 2023
Mon Cleveland Street Revitalization Inc TX$0 Managing Director $687 $819 2023
Treatment Assessment Screening Center Inc AZ$0 Cfo $174,703 $194,575 2024
Advanced Community Service Associates PA$0 Executive Vp $41,926 $48,419 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default60th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)65th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Susan Wynd Novotny) 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 20 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $43,454 is reasonable (approximately the 60th 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.