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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Pals For Healing

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 272494217
OH · NTEE F30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Misty Ramos Saviano, Executive Director / CEO ($38,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 69 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 35th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Misty Ramos Saviano — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

69 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 69 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,547 total compensation of comparable organizations → $164,647 $38,500
$11,38010th
$30,28725th
$48,498Median
$70,18475th
$97,92390th
$38,500This org · 35th
p10$11,380
p25$30,287
p50$48,498
p75$70,184
p90$97,923
$38,500

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 OH 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
Crossroads Inc OK$257,621 Executive Dir. $65,000 $67,576 2024
Healing Arts Project Inc TN$257,976 Executive Director $48,780 $48,411 2024
Champions For Children's Mental Health DE$255,744 Executive Director $100,121 $95,293 2023
Tina Huseth Counseling TX$260,979 President $47,100 $44,483 2024
Recovery-hub Inc NJ$261,461 President & Ceo $90,000 $78,108 2023
Gabby's Ladder Inc MI$262,607 Executive Di $53,550 $53,727 2023
The Speedy Foundation Inc ID$250,333 Executive Director $77,000 $77,337 2024
Strong Partners In Health OR$250,000 Managing Director $22,888 $20,661 2023
Valley Community Counseling Clinic CA$264,041 Pres And Exec D $31,459 $25,648 2024
Nami Of Richland County Ohio OH$264,447 Executive Dir. $65,230 $63,549 2025
Our Daily Gnome Creative Arts Center Of Chesapeake VA$249,365 President $2,714 $2,547 2023
Merakey Youth Services PA$249,352 President/ceo $55,952 $54,237 2023
Linden Lodge Foundation NC$266,266 Executive Di $28,445 $28,569 2023
Crested Butte State Of Mind CO$247,597 Executive Director $63,135 $58,846 2023
Dreavita Counseling Coaching And Consulting Inc DE$245,854 Founder $157,570 $145,669 2024
Equiteam Support Services PA$269,287 Executive Director $121,541 $114,436 2024
Penquis Mental Health Association ME$270,417 Chief Executive Officer $34,929 $33,022 2024
Mental Health Programs Inc V MA$240,219 President $12,032 $9,945 2025
The Samaritan Counseling Center Of GA$238,356 Executive Di $90,025 $85,463 2024
Community Improvement Associates NH$235,476 Employee Representative $33,500 $29,205 2024
Teton Valley Mental Health ID$233,570 Executive Di $72,659 $72,977 2024
New Mexico Association For Infant Mental Health NM$281,850 Executive Director $31,720 $32,211 2024
Papillion Center Inc KY$282,268 Executive Director $88,463 $89,734 2024
The Mental And Emotional Resource Center TN$283,071 Executive Dir $29,423 $30,063 2023
Azimuth Counseling And Therapeutic Services Inc VT$230,623 Executive Director $12,500 $11,573 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default35th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted29th

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 (Misty Ramos Saviano) 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 69 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $38,500 is reasonable (approximately the 35th 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.