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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Consumer Avocates For Smoke Free Alternatives Association Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 300580814
NY · NTEE F52
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alex Clark, Executive Director / CEO ($56,837) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 205 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 69th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

205 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 205 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$240 total compensation of comparable organizations → $316,608 $56,837
$10,61010th
$24,39625th
$42,826Median
$65,63675th
$80,22890th
$56,837This org · 69th
p10$10,610
p25$24,396
p50$42,826
p75$65,636
p90$80,228
$56,837

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 NY 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
Restoried Life SC$120,599 Member $60,000 $65,548 2025
Newbridge Fund Inc NJ$121,147 Ceo $11,980 $11,497 2024
St Landry-evangeline Sexual Assault LA$119,804 Executive Di $31,200 $38,019 2023
Special Needs Education And Resources Foundation PA$119,290 Officer $46,923 $50,298 2024
Knowresolve MI$119,233 Executive Di $68,000 $77,673 2023
Stepping Stones To Success Inc CA$118,760 Ceo $32,400 $30,073 2024
Standing Firm Ministries Inc AR$118,516 Director $4,017 $4,997 2023
Dare Coalition Against Substance NC$118,147 Programs Dir $36,612 $41,865 2023
A New Beginning Pregnancy Resource WV$123,182 Executive Di $43,651 $50,803 2024
Emanuel Co Alcohol & Drug Inc GA$123,717 Director $33,233 $35,919 2024
The Arc Of The Gulf Coast TX$116,993 Executive Director $61,300 $67,859 2023
Above & Beyond Care OH$124,516 Ceo $110,975 $126,343 2024
Obed Apartments Inc RI$124,781 President $52,490 $55,699 2023
Thresholds Housing Inc IL$116,338 Chief Executive Officer $29,764 $32,382 2023
Community Coalitions Of Virginina VA$124,842 Coordinator $22,040 $22,285 2025
Amity Resource Management Inc NY$115,962 Executive Director $16,361 $16,361 2023
Kentucky Center For Grieving Children And Families Inc KY$125,230 Executive Director $79,833 $92,195 2024
Wsk House Inc MA$125,238 Ceo $3,300 $3,282 2023
Hdc Foundation Inc FL$126,715 Vice President $68,495 $67,383 2025
Serenity Recovery Of Western Kenucky Inc KY$126,822 Managing Director $37,008 $42,738 2024
Tennessee Certification Board Inc TN$126,995 Executive Director $66,433 $75,061 2024
Strategies For Change CA$114,061 Director $38,295 $36,595 2023
Turning Everything Around NC$113,970 President $15,500 $17,724 2023
Siouxland Cares About Substance Abuse IA$127,423 Executive Director $58,548 $68,908 2024
Richmondwayne County Halfway House IN$127,551 Program Director $40,711 $46,148 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default69th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted78th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted51st

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 (Alex Clark) 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 205 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,837 is reasonable (approximately the 69th 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.