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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Stars And Strides Therapeutic

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472092923
WV · NTEE F70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rebecca Flanagan, Executive Director / CEO ($8,840) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 464 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 7th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Rebecca Flanagan — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

464 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 464 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$247 total compensation of comparable organizations → $239,924 $8,840
$11,95610th
$26,17125th
$43,863Median
$63,24975th
$81,01090th
$8,840This org · 7th
p10$11,956
p25$26,171
p50$43,863
p75$63,249
p90$81,010
$8,840

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 WV 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
Hillside Wellness Center CA$194,204 Cfo And Ceo $15,938 $12,711 2024
Teen Challenge Of Baltimore Inc MD$194,438 Executive Dir. $21,500 $18,564 2024
Rzp Foundation Inc OH$195,108 Former Ed $42,500 $41,574 2024
Dothan Houston County Substance Abuse AL$193,222 Executive Director $55,428 $55,305 2024
Helping Kids To Recover Inc CA$195,142 Ceo $10,000 $8,210 2023
Mountain Wellness Associates NH$195,306 Ceo & President $72,000 $63,216 2023
Haven Of Hope Of Dekalb County Inc TN$192,085 Executive Dir. $33,400 $32,425 2024
The Childrens Treehouse Foundation CO$196,554 Executive Director $100,000 $88,560 2024
National Psychological Assn NY$196,661 Executive Director $115,370 $96,285 2024
Vpoids Inc CA$191,675 Member $120,000 $95,702 2024
Lazarus Life Ministries OH$191,369 President $37,094 $37,358 2023
Addicted Nation Solutions AZ$197,019 Ceo $150,000 $137,170 2023
Mi Chiantla WA$191,301 President $83,736 $71,285 2023
Hope For Appalachia Incorporated WV$197,241 Director Of Development $26,980 $26,980 2024
Greater Milwaukee Central Office Inc WI$191,044 Executive Director $71,806 $69,261 2024
Journey House Foundation Inc VA$190,969 Exec. Director/president $44,758 $39,913 2024
Epperson Ministries Inc TN$197,840 President $11,500 $11,494 2023
The Mental Health Association NC$198,016 Executive Di $87,185 $81,057 2025
Newport Center For Psychoanalytic CA$190,180 Treasurer $4,550 $3,535 2025
Central Ohio Health & Wellness Center Inc OH$198,574 President $26,000 $25,434 2024
Phoenix Rising Therapy Center NV$189,488 President $25,646 $23,742 2024
There Is Victory In Jesus Recovery TX$199,477 Secretary $12,162 $11,236 2024
Preston Homes Ii Inc OH$188,145 President $54,434 $54,821 2023
Friendship Place Inc WI$200,230 Executive Director $81,090 $78,216 2024
Second Mile Psychological And Consulting NM$200,394 President $162,136 $161,060 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WV 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 WV 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 default7th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted14th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Rebecca Flanagan) 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 464 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $8,840 is reasonable (approximately the 7th 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.