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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cmc Initiative Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 461052114
GA · NTEE F21
FY ending 2024-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Eric Odom, Executive Director / CEO ($83,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 40 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 88th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

40 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 40 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,956 total compensation of comparable organizations → $122,447 $83,000
$18,21710th
$30,57125th
$60,729Median
$72,23675th
$90,53790th
$83,000This org · 88th
p10$18,217
p25$30,571
p50$60,729
p75$72,236
p90$90,537
$83,000

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 GA 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
Wswa Educational Foundation Inc DC$240,275 Secretary $83,620 $75,135 2023
Angels At Risk CA$259,116 President $138,490 $122,447 2023
Educational Alternatives OK$259,532 Executive Director $86,056 $94,243 2024
Boone County Prevention & IA$234,876 Executive Dir. $57,132 $64,053 2023
Broward County Intergroup Inc FL$233,902 Executive Dir. $66,634 $62,256 2024
Lifeline-connect Inc IL$268,033 Exec Dir $12,000 $11,733 2024
Pickaway Addiction Action Coalition OH$226,884 Coalition Administrator $31,200 $32,865 2024
Campbell County Drug Free Alliance KY$225,002 Executive Director $81,927 $90,125 2023
Ben's Friends SC$224,219 Vice President $75,000 $80,115 2023
Lets Be Clear Georgia Inc GA$274,503 Executive Dir. $27,616 $27,616 2024
The Shepherds Fold Ministry Inc AR$276,142 Exec Director $56,012 $64,466 2023
Peer Coalition Inc NY$215,000 Director $65,875 $59,202 2024
Cwc Alliance Inc GA$214,173 Coo $43,895 $43,895 2024
The Pier Foundation GA$282,695 Vice Chairma $68,296 $68,296 2024
The Peggie And Paul Shevlin Family PA$292,653 Executive Di $71,859 $71,269 2024
Birdielight OH$203,383 Co-founder $22,769 $24,693 2023
Oasis Recovery Community GA$202,208 Secretary/tr $18,200 $21,068 2021
Community Living Above OR$201,413 Board Director And Executive Director $73,481 $67,866 2024
525 Foundation Inc IN$296,807 President $61,000 $65,867 2023
Mi Chiantla WA$191,301 President $83,736 $76,763 2023
Portland Area Intergroup Inc OR$186,364 Office Manager $68,000 $62,804 2024
Massac County Drug Awareness C IL$316,847 Program Dir $52,821 $51,646 2024
Hillsborough County Anti-drug Alliance Inc FL$177,178 Ceo $66,734 $62,350 2024
Favor Western Pennsylvania PA$320,914 Executive Di $18,144 $18,527 2023
Suffit Inc LA$175,539 President $1,899 $2,080 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default88th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted83rd

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 (Eric Odom) 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 40 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $83,000 is reasonable (approximately the 88th 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.