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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Counselors Obediently Preventing Substance Abuse

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 264439275
MO · NTEE F60
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Angela C Wesson, Executive Director / CEO ($21,675) 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 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Angela C Wesson — reported title “EXEUCTIVE DIRECTOR”, 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

$3,913 total compensation of comparable organizations → $143,567 $21,675
$12,76810th
$26,60225th
$50,119Median
$66,98375th
$77,70590th
$21,675This org · 18th
p10$12,768
p25$26,602
p50$50,119
p75$66,983
p90$77,705
$21,675

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 MO 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
On Our Own Of Anne Arundel County MD$179,302 Executive Di $56,780 $50,119 2023
Serenity Life Resource Center Inc MO$179,638 Executive Director $70,920 $68,885 2024
Children Are A Gift Foundation TX$171,045 Former Exec Dir $13,063 $11,983 2024
Childrens Grief Center Of The MI$184,323 Executive Dir. $67,000 $65,293 2023
Bennie's Barn Inc OK$165,068 Executive Director $21,000 $21,832 2023
Watershed Ministries Inc NC$164,101 Executive Di $24,000 $22,741 2024
North Cherry Creek Counseling Center CO$159,406 Vice President $86,398 $75,974 2024
Sims Training And Wellness Center NC$157,833 Sims $47,640 $46,476 2023
Shelter Of Wisdom HI$157,678 Vp/director $32,400 $26,602 2024
The Childrens Treehouse Foundation CO$196,554 Executive Director $100,000 $87,935 2024
About Progress Not Perfection CA$154,850 Executive Director $82,800 $65,568 2024
Open Doors Outdoors CT$151,681 President $70,000 $61,967 2023
Magdalene's Inc FL$151,355 Executive Di $49,891 $42,982 2024
Angels Of Mercy Inc NY$200,555 President $48,925 $40,543 2024
Chicago Veterans IL$204,484 Executive Director $84,761 $76,419 2024
The Good Death Foundation CA$204,787 Ceo $4,800 $3,913 2023
Dream Big Wellness WA$204,927 President $81,582 $66,983 2024
The Open Table CA$205,254 Executive Dir. $91,420 $72,394 2024
Bridge Inter Faith Services Inc NJ$205,969 Chairman $57,600 $47,162 2024
Community Counseling Institute Inc WA$206,388 Director $48,269 $39,631 2024
Life Skills International Inc TX$145,284 President Ceo $45,500 $42,972 2023
Law Enforcement Chaplaincy Service CA$143,149 Executive Dir. $60,000 $47,513 2024
Ten Ten Life Inc VA$142,516 Board Member At Large $21,750 $18,762 2025
The Four Health Family Resource Center MI$209,414 Executive Director $12,864 $11,863 2025
Check Your Compass MA$209,497 President $133,960 $110,395 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO cost of living and 2023 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 MO 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), adjusted20th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted16th

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 (Angela C Wesson) 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 (F60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,675 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.