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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Alive At Last

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 452613422
TX · NTEE I70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gwen Miller, Executive Director / CEO ($52,495) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 164 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 55th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Gwen Miller — reported title “President Exec Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

164 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 164 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10 total compensation of comparable organizations → $187,376 $52,495
$10,75710th
$31,11725th
$48,945Median
$70,22575th
$98,54890th
$52,495This org · 55th
p10$10,757
p25$31,117
p50$48,945
p75$70,225
p90$98,548
$52,495

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 TX 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
Orange Ribbons For Jaime Inc FL$148,951 Director $36,000 $33,809 2024
Unitarian Universalist Refugee And CA$148,644 President & Ceo $45,000 $38,845 2024
Serenity Fair Way Foundation OH$150,644 President & Executive Dire $30,000 $31,765 2024
Global Centurion Foundation Inc VA$151,054 President And Founder $20,000 $19,305 2024
Jeffco Deangelis Foundation CO$147,262 Executive Di $90,000 $84,048 2025
Legacies Of Success Cdc OH$146,819 Executive Dir. $60,036 $63,568 2024
Pataula Center For Children Inc GA$152,608 Office Manag $38,000 $39,324 2023
Decarcerate Inc AR$144,955 Executive Dir. $50,000 $56,185 2024
Fairfax Law Foundation VA$144,619 Executive Director $8,139 $8,088 2023
Circle Of Hope Ministries Inc SC$144,339 President And Executive Director $13,920 $14,517 2024
Covered Bridge Therapeutic Communities Inc VT$155,009 Executive Director $58,830 $57,670 2025
Casa Of Bradley County Tennessee TN$142,400 Executive Director $29,453 $30,152 2025
Buried Alive Project TX$142,193 National Director,board Member $182,000 $187,376 2023
Redeeming The Family OK$156,611 Exec Directo $54,999 $60,543 2024
The Congress Of Neutrals CA$156,876 Executive Di $39,943 $34,480 2024
Stop The Violence Indianapolis Inc IN$141,307 President/executive Director $45,000 $48,841 2023
Lake County Childrens Advocacy Center IL$157,485 Executive Dir. $173,031 $170,057 2024
Stephens Place PA$157,670 Executive Director $14,604 $14,989 2023
Dukes Foundation Corporation GA$140,064 President $40,000 $40,207 2024
Tulsa County Bar Foundation Inc OK$139,953 Executive Dir. $12,000 $13,210 2024
Dickenson County Recovery Inc VA$139,345 Center Director $49,100 $47,393 2024
Manalive-sacramento Inc CA$159,345 Executive Di $70,556 $62,705 2023
Freer Records Inc NY$159,647 Co Exec Dire $45,356 $40,972 2024
Wisconsin Justice Initiative Inc WI$138,548 Executive Dir. $84,000 $87,699 2024
West Hamlin Unity Place Inc WV$138,243 President $53,483 $57,890 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default55th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)57th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted46th

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 (Gwen Miller) 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 164 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (I), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,495 is reasonable (approximately the 55th 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.