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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Alcoholics Anonymous Cleveland Dist

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 346000037
OH · NTEE F22Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ruth Dubin, Executive Director / CEO ($72,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 63 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

Benchmarked executive: Ruth Dubin — reported title “SECRETARY/TR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

63 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 63 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,138 total compensation of comparable organizations → $265,037 $72,200
$14,81410th
$25,30425th
$54,099Median
$75,88875th
$93,39690th
$72,200This org · 73rd
p10$14,814
p25$25,304
p50$54,099
p75$75,888
p90$93,396
$72,200

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
Treatment Communities Of America DC$408,833 Executive Di $137,500 $110,653 2024
Victory Family Outreach Ministries TX$407,627 Trustee $24,339 $22,987 2023
Indian Neighborhood Club On MN$403,878 Executive Dir. $94,996 $86,082 2024
Addict Ii Athlete UT$418,827 Director And Officer $80,288 $75,358 2024
Keene Serenity Center Inc NH$421,322 Executive Director $63,888 $54,099 2024
Solus Christus Inc NC$422,724 Executive Di $62,000 $58,749 2024
Sarasota Addiction Recovery Assistance Inc FL$428,021 President $42,000 $37,252 2023
Be The Bush Ministries TN$430,427 Executive Director $43,600 $42,029 2024
Will Work For Recovery MN$436,741 President $116,981 $109,135 2023
Turning Point Recovery Residence TN$382,694 Secretary $60,700 $60,241 2023
Acacia Counseling Inc CO$451,559 President $57,595 $50,647 2024
Grants Pass Sobering Center Inc OR$370,463 Executive Director $17,105 $14,998 2023
A Place Of Restoration LA$456,923 Director $59,085 $59,665 2024
Northwest Network Btlg Survivors Abuse0 WA$457,014 Executive Dir. $322,801 $265,037 2024
Alano Club Of Kent County MI$363,081 Executive Di $70,850 $67,064 2024
Reaching Everyone In Distress Foundation Inc OH$361,388 Board Member $5,000 $4,857 2024
Simple Promise Farms TX$360,356 Executive Dir. $35,000 $32,107 2024
The Etheridge Foundation CA$463,479 Executive Director $96,500 $76,417 2024
Greater Nashua Council On Alcoholism NH$356,438 President & Ceo (End 10/2022) $34,771 $30,313 2023
The Women's Shelter SC$356,124 Executive Di $66,265 $63,397 2024
Teen Challenge For Girls Inc OH$354,524 Ce0/director $49,869 $49,869 2023
Darp Inc OK$468,439 President $80,600 $79,293 2025
Liberation Institute HI$468,990 Clincial Director $41,215 $33,840 2024
Aaron B Lackey Ministries GA$470,460 President $26,000 $24,683 2023
Intercounty Fellowship Of CA$348,275 Executive Director $146,792 $119,676 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted68th

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 (Ruth Dubin) 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 63 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F22), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,200 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). 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.