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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sarasota Addiction Recovery Assistance Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 384039226
FL · NTEE F22
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Danielle Thorpe, Executive Director / CEO ($42,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 67 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 37th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

67 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 67 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,665 total compensation of comparable organizations → $298,816 $42,000
$16,73810th
$29,77025th
$65,209Median
$83,18375th
$104,02690th
$42,000This org · 37th
p10$16,738
p25$29,770
p50$65,209
p75$83,183
p90$104,026
$42,000

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 FL 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
Be The Bush Ministries TN$430,427 Executive Director $43,600 $47,385 2024
Solus Christus Inc NC$422,724 Executive Di $62,000 $66,237 2024
Keene Serenity Center Inc NH$421,322 Executive Director $63,888 $60,994 2024
Will Work For Recovery MN$436,741 President $116,981 $123,044 2023
Addict Ii Athlete UT$418,827 Director And Officer $80,288 $84,963 2024
Alcoholics Anonymous Cleveland Dist OH$411,140 Secretary/tr $72,200 $81,402 2023
Treatment Communities Of America DC$408,833 Executive Di $137,500 $124,756 2024
Victory Family Outreach Ministries TX$407,627 Trustee $24,339 $25,917 2023
Acacia Counseling Inc CO$451,559 President $57,595 $57,102 2024
Indian Neighborhood Club On MN$403,878 Executive Dir. $94,996 $97,053 2024
A Place Of Restoration LA$456,923 Director $59,085 $67,269 2024
Northwest Network Btlg Survivors Abuse0 WA$457,014 Executive Dir. $322,801 $298,816 2024
The Etheridge Foundation CA$463,479 Executive Director $96,500 $86,156 2024
Darp Inc OK$468,439 President $80,600 $89,399 2025
Liberation Institute HI$468,990 Clincial Director $41,215 $38,153 2024
Aaron B Lackey Ministries GA$470,460 President $26,000 $27,828 2023
Turning Point Recovery Residence TN$382,694 Secretary $60,700 $67,918 2023
Kanawha Valley Fellowship Home Inc WV$480,927 Executive Director $58,738 $67,699 2023
Turning Point Evaluation Inc IA$483,893 Member $93,575 $105,936 2024
Grants Pass Sobering Center Inc OR$370,463 Executive Director $17,105 $16,909 2023
Alabaster House SC$489,645 Director $71,182 $76,781 2024
East Los Angeles Alcoholism Council CA$490,169 Chairman $14,600 $13,035 2024
Alano Club Of Kent County MI$363,081 Executive Di $70,850 $75,611 2024
Reaching Everyone In Distress Foundation Inc OH$361,388 Board Member $5,000 $5,476 2024
Simple Promise Farms TX$360,356 Executive Dir. $35,000 $36,199 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default37th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)36th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Danielle Thorpe) 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 67 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F22), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,000 is reasonable (approximately the 37th 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.