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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Illinois Mental Health Counselors Assoc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 363929182
IL · NTEE P46
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Charlotte Lee, Executive Director / CEO ($35,100) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 59 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

59 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 59 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,158 total compensation of comparable organizations → $149,324 $35,100
$18,12610th
$30,69525th
$47,999Median
$88,39075th
$119,27990th
$35,100This org · 32nd
p10$18,126
p25$30,695
p50$47,999
p75$88,390
p90$119,279
$35,100

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 IL 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
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Usa CA$239,704 Office Manager $74,845 $67,478 2024
Mobilepreacherorg Inc FL$249,166 President & Ceo $90,600 $88,864 2024
Empowered And Dedicated To Edify The MA$231,724 Ceo And Exec Director $100,000 $93,823 2024
Community Grief Support Service AL$230,846 Executive Director - Part Year $45,536 $51,363 2024
Eagle Family Ministries Inc AR$230,634 President $32,500 $39,268 2023
Dovehouse Ministries TN$251,533 Founding Dir $62,956 $71,133 2023
Heart In Balance CA$228,400 Executive Dir. $25,190 $22,710 2024
Joshua Holmes Ministries TX$220,000 Secretary $28,000 $29,244 2024
Free To Be Ministries OH$261,697 Executive Director $34,077 $38,797 2023
Pastoral Care & Counseling Institute NC$262,503 Director $27,298 $30,320 2023
Bliss & Wisdom Culture And Education CA$218,140 Cfo $2,400 $2,227 2023
Hope Matters Marriage Ministries TX$263,644 President $114,367 $122,974 2023
Daemion Counseling Center Inc PA$217,687 Executive Director $24,728 $26,507 2023
Someone To Tell It To Inc PA$265,573 Co-ceo $82,127 $88,036 2023
Teen Hope Of Idaho Inc ID$265,688 Executive Director (June-dec) $11,550 $13,208 2023
Shalveh Inc NY$269,717 Director $3,000 $2,830 2024
Delaware Multicultural And Civic Organiz DE$210,427 President $27,347 $27,958 2024
Marriage Adventure Inc GA$210,041 President $42,500 $44,616 2024
Siloam PA$271,663 Executive Di $123,735 $128,833 2024
Restore Ministries Inc MO$273,193 Minister $28,196 $31,180 2024
Christian Psychological Services Of KS$275,098 Executive Dir. $30,637 $34,558 2024
Journey For Life NC$203,981 President $122,650 $132,317 2024
Bridge To Life Ministries MI$278,387 President $64,062 $71,077 2023
Equipping Network LA$278,874 President $30,142 $35,677 2023
Freedom That Lasts Ministries SC$279,515 Executive Director $81,473 $88,744 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL cost of living and 2025 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 IL 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 default32nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)39th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted36th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted31st

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 (Charlotte Lee) 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 59 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P46), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,100 is reasonable (approximately the 32nd 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.