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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Recover Wyoming

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 274005690
WY · NTEE F21
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lana Mahoney, Executive Director / CEO ($71,017) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 51 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 73rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

51 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 51 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,805 total compensation of comparable organizations → $444,333 $71,017
$21,97010th
$36,45625th
$52,347Median
$74,73175th
$104,33590th
$71,017This org · 73rd
p10$21,970
p25$36,456
p50$52,347
p75$74,731
p90$104,335
$71,017

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 WY cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Mountain Top Cares Coalition IncNY $436,347$70,539 990
Palmer Drug Abuse Program Of LeaNM $439,949$98,241 990
Uplift Youth FoundationCA $440,987$49,734 990
Power Forward IncMA $430,604$34,471 990
Alcohol & Drug Abuse Council Of DelawareNY $430,396$40,021 990
Men Of Pa AHI $429,115$52,787 990
Life Challenge InternationalCA $424,816$37,597 990
Matthew's Hope Foundation IncTX $453,413$6,805 990
Community Prevention Services IncNC $412,682$48,246 990
The Mccoy House Extended Care For WomenMS $463,810$23,221 990
Tri-county Community Partnership IncNY $469,843$49,366 990
Dream Of Hattiesburg IncMS $402,862$85,637 990
Cobb Community Alliance To PreventGA $473,070$52,583 990
Communities Confronting Substance Use &NJ $400,942$19,049 990
National Asian Pac Am Fam Allied ForCA $475,903$92,745 990
Partnership For A Drug Free Community IncAL $391,838$58,112 990
Life Align IncMI $390,123$95,558 990
AlcapAL $388,306$69,620 990
My Life Foundation IncMD $385,986$27,290 990
Day At A Time Club IncAZ $491,302$22,293 990
What's Important Now FoundationOK $380,972$104,335 990
Next Steps For Change IncWI $494,760$107,864 990
Eau Claire Sober Living IncWI $499,750$35,314 990
Columbus County Dream Center IncNC $364,138$48,746 990
Monroe County Coalition IncFL $358,422$63,816 990

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 WY 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)65th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (Lana Mahoney) 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 51 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $71,017 is reasonable (approximately the 73rd 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). 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.