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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hope For Appalachia Incorporated

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472796944
WV · NTEE F20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Erin Flanagan, Executive Director / CEO ($26,980) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 82 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Erin Flanagan — reported title “DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

82 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 82 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$247 total compensation of comparable organizations → $121,403 $26,980
$9,47110th
$20,57025th
$35,452Median
$53,41475th
$69,09590th
$26,980This org · 38th
p10$9,471
p25$20,570
p50$35,452
p75$53,414
p90$69,095
$26,980

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
Epperson Ministries Inc TN$197,840 President $11,500 $11,494 2023
Helping Kids To Recover Inc CA$195,142 Ceo $10,000 $8,210 2023
Rzp Foundation Inc OH$195,108 Former Ed $42,500 $41,574 2024
Teen Challenge Of Baltimore Inc MD$194,438 Executive Dir. $21,500 $18,564 2024
Dothan Houston County Substance Abuse AL$193,222 Executive Director $55,428 $55,305 2024
Vpoids Inc CA$191,675 Member $120,000 $95,702 2024
Lazarus Life Ministries OH$191,369 President $37,094 $37,358 2023
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
Outsiders Anonymous TX$204,614 Program Director $30,000 $28,535 2023
Tennessee Jail Chemical TN$185,436 President $6,750 $6,553 2024
Hanani House MO$209,092 Director Of $21,112 $20,652 2024
Addiction Recovery Institute NC$211,585 President $24,000 $23,580 2023
Lifeboat Addiction Recovery Services MI$212,025 Executive Director $9,700 $9,247 2024
Impactful Changes Inc MD$214,869 Ceo $25,000 $21,587 2024
Life Change Centers TX$215,002 President $15,461 $14,284 2024
T Whitehead Recovery Center OH$179,273 Director $21,000 $20,542 2024
Gateway House Inc OH$215,484 Executive Director (From 6/22) $63,312 $63,762 2023
Concho Valley Turning Point TX$177,344 Executive Director $45,000 $42,802 2023
Substance Abuse Coalition Of FL$174,512 Ceo $100,000 $86,763 2024
A Place Of Comfort Inc CA$220,156 Executive Dir. $75,500 $61,991 2023
Rancho Park Recovery Inc CA$221,558 Ceo & Chair $40,000 $32,842 2023
Dallas Intergroup Association TX$171,502 Office Manager $57,758 $53,361 2024
Iowa Board Of Certification IA$223,675 Executive Director $80,000 $80,901 2024
Life Houses Inc MT$168,595 Executive Dir. $21,055 $20,962 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 default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)37th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted40th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted37th

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 (Erin 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 82 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $26,980 is reasonable (approximately the 38th 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.