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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Advocacy Choices And Empowerment Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 341805579
OH · NTEE F80
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Todd Little, Executive Director / CEO ($64,760) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 68th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Todd Little — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,989 total compensation of comparable organizations → $93,466 $64,760
$13,21010th
$34,43225th
$55,855Median
$66,77775th
$79,16190th
$64,760This org · 68th
p10$13,210
p25$34,432
p50$55,855
p75$66,777
p90$79,161
$64,760

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
Black Mental Health Village TN$209,294 Executive Dir. $13,462 $13,755 2023
Nami Lorain County OH$212,543 Executive Director $64,346 $64,346 2024
The Mental Health Association NC$198,016 Executive Di $87,185 $82,862 2025
Building Recovery Integrity Dedication GA$223,417 Exec. Dir./ceo $52,885 $50,205 2024
Phoenix Rising Therapy Center NV$189,488 President $25,646 $24,271 2024
Dekalb County Mental Retardation Board AL$234,359 Executive Director $64,615 $65,907 2024
Kings View Foundation CA$175,709 Ceo $5,943 $4,989 2023
Anchor International CO$173,676 Executive Director $49,400 $44,723 2024
The Center For Reintegration NY$166,063 Executive Director $12,560 $11,032 2023
Smiles For Jake MN$161,163 Executive Di $83,861 $78,236 2024
Amazing Grace Advocacy NC$254,651 Executive Di $69,341 $67,646 2024
Mental Health Association Of Rhode RI$261,774 Executive Director $75,808 $70,658 2023
Lighthouse Inc MD$264,244 Executive Director $68,488 $62,240 2023
Mental Health Association In Michigan MI$148,275 President/ceo $95,910 $93,466 2024
The Chas Foundation VA$141,748 Executive Di $45,867 $41,813 2024
Resilience Education And Training Institute Inc FL$281,437 Chief Executive Officer $40,206 $36,715 2023
Conneaut Human Resources Council Inc OH$295,111 Executive Director $33,000 $32,149 2025
Emotions Matter Inc NY$301,412 Executive Director $65,468 $55,855 2024
National Alliance On Mental Illness Of NY$307,484 Executive Director $66,070 $56,368 2024

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 default68th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted68th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Todd Little) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $64,760 is reasonable (approximately the 68th 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.