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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Laporte County Drug Free

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 352088450
IN · NTEE F192
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michelle Webb, Executive Director / CEO ($162,264) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 833 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 98th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Michelle Webb — reported title “PROGRAM DIRE”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

833 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 833 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $464,510 $162,264
$19,52210th
$38,42025th
$62,089Median
$82,28175th
$110,19890th
$162,264This org · 98th
p10$19,522
p25$38,420
p50$62,089
p75$82,281
p90$110,198
$162,264

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 IN 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
Community Resilience Initiative WA$451,310 Executive Director $36,256 $30,781 2024
Shalom House Ministries Inc SC$451,156 Executive Director/president $52,530 $53,502 2023
Acacia Counseling Inc CO$451,559 President $57,595 $52,369 2024
Hope4utah UT$451,114 Assistant Director $65,000 $63,084 2024
Recoverywerks TX$450,983 Executive Dir. $57,692 $54,724 2024
The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation Inc IL$450,686 President/director $98,200 $91,547 2024
Sea Change Recovery Community NJ$450,113 President $86,539 $73,268 2024
Kadima Nonprofit Housing Corporation MI$452,605 President $36,676 $35,897 2024
The Shafer Center For Crisis Intervention MS$450,069 Director $55,660 $58,784 2024
The Shine Initiative Inc MA$452,657 Executive Director $117,349 $99,996 2024
Greentree Peer Support Program NC$452,730 Executive Di $58,000 $56,829 2024
Recovery Advocates In Livingston Inc MI$449,928 Director $49,525 $48,474 2024
K9s On The Front Line ME$449,827 Co-founder $41,760 $39,653 2024
Idaho Anti Trafficking Coalition Inc ID$452,898 Executive Director $64,167 $66,640 2023
Palmetto Recovery Of Charleston SC$449,521 President $52,350 $51,788 2024
Christian Love Ministries Inc NC$449,460 Executive Di $57,485 $57,988 2023
Charlie's 34 House Inc OH$449,340 Board Member $47,641 $49,262 2023
Matthew's Hope Foundation Inc TX$453,413 Director & Executive Direc $96,000 $91,062 2024
Quabbin Healthcare Inc MA$449,103 Past President/ceo $61,276 $53,757 2023
Wow Transition House Inc TN$448,460 Executive Di $76,021 $73,821 2025
The Robert W Maxwell Memorial PA$448,331 Executive Vp $96,693 $91,437 2024
Spirit - Peers For Independence & CA$448,235 Executive Dir. $40,312 $33,984 2023
Morning Star Community Services WA$455,110 Executive Director $22,283 $19,477 2023
Yana House IL$455,297 Executive Director $158,600 $144,045 2025
New Beginning Of Charleston Inc SC$455,552 Program Coordinator $60,577 $59,927 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default98th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)97th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted99th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (Michelle Webb) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 833 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $162,264 is reasonable (approximately the 98th 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 13, 2026.