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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Safe Talk For Teens

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 462427571
NV · NTEE P30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joe L Dufur, Executive Director / CEO ($84,050) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 141 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Joe L Dufur — reported title “PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

141 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 141 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$18 total compensation of comparable organizations → $190,516 $84,050
$16,19710th
$33,01225th
$54,105Median
$71,57675th
$95,06190th
$84,050This org · 87th
p10$16,197
p25$33,012
p50$54,105
p75$71,576
p90$95,061
$84,050

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 NV 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
Hicks-wright Corporation Aurora IL$214,705 Hicks $57,450 $56,346 2024
Pointters Community Initatives WI$218,289 Ceo $71,923 $74,936 2024
House Of Healing Inc OK$214,185 Chief Executive Officer $54,056 $59,382 2024
Lil Iguanas Child Safety Found NH$213,976 Exec Director $41,600 $38,321 2024
Indiana Chapter Of National IN$218,937 Executive Di $97,988 $103,089 2024
Highland Haven OR$213,720 President $750 $695 2024
Court Appointed Special Advocates Of AL$213,545 Executive Director $55,029 $59,309 2024
Reset Mentoring TX$213,227 President $60,600 $60,475 2024
Jeoc-jireh Empowerment Outreac NC$219,814 President $22,080 $23,433 2023
Fostering Sweet Dreams Inc OK$220,043 Executive Director $23,000 $25,266 2024
Borderland Cheer And Dance NM$220,198 Denny $54,600 $58,586 2024
A Positive Attitude Outlook Of Southern CA$220,407 Executive Director $51,356 $45,548 2023
Systems Of Care Initiative Inc KS$212,215 Executive Director $65,000 $70,056 2024
Children's Healing OR$211,421 Executive Director (Thru Feb. '24) $13,274 $12,298 2024
Edward Pierce Center For Autism Inc MS$221,540 Registered Behavior Tech $19,061 $21,804 2023
Counseling Inc OK$221,903 Exec Director $58,975 $66,699 2023
Harvest Family Life Ministries Hawaii HI$210,176 Executive Director $37,800 $33,762 2024
Speak Our Minds Ending The Youth Mental CO$223,129 Executive Director $199,158 $190,516 2024
St Clair County Sav-a-life Inc AL$208,801 Executive Director $35,541 $38,305 2024
Ladders For Leaders TX$226,245 Founder/president $55,000 $54,887 2024
Urban Family Outreach Inc TN$226,633 Program Director $36,643 $39,560 2023
Mask Mothers Awareness On School Age Kids AZ$205,709 President $85,723 $82,247 2024
City Without Orphans CA$227,532 Former Executive Director $59,138 $50,945 2024
Advo-kids Casa Inc GA$227,759 Executive Dir. $41,438 $40,495 2025
Riverways Pregnancy Resource Center MO$204,953 Executive Director $44,615 $47,142 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NV 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 NV 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)86th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted86th

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 (Joe L Dufur) 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 141 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $84,050 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.