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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dekalb County Mental Retardation Board

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 630910551
AL · NTEE F80
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amanda Phillips, Executive Director / CEO ($64,615) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 63rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Amanda Phillips — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

27 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 27 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,891 total compensation of comparable organizations → $129,539 $64,615
$13,78710th
$39,92125th
$60,793Median
$77,18575th
$91,21890th
$64,615This org · 63rd
p10$13,787
p25$39,921
p50$60,793
p75$77,185
p90$91,218
$64,615

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 AL 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
Building Recovery Integrity Dedication GA$223,417 Exec. Dir./ceo $52,885 $49,221 2024
Amazing Grace Advocacy NC$254,651 Executive Di $69,341 $66,320 2024
Nami Lorain County OH$212,543 Executive Director $64,346 $63,084 2024
Black Mental Health Village TN$209,294 Executive Dir. $13,462 $13,485 2023
Advocacy Choices And Empowerment Inc OH$207,630 Executive Director $64,760 $63,490 2024
Mental Health Association Of Rhode RI$261,774 Executive Director $75,808 $69,272 2023
Lighthouse Inc MD$264,244 Executive Director $68,488 $61,019 2023
The Mental Health Association NC$198,016 Executive Di $87,185 $81,237 2025
Phoenix Rising Therapy Center NV$189,488 President $25,646 $23,795 2024
Resilience Education And Training Institute Inc FL$281,437 Chief Executive Officer $40,206 $35,995 2023
Kings View Foundation CA$175,709 Ceo $5,943 $4,891 2023
Anchor International CO$173,676 Executive Director $49,400 $43,846 2024
Conneaut Human Resources Council Inc OH$295,111 Executive Director $33,000 $31,519 2025
Emotions Matter Inc NY$301,412 Executive Director $65,468 $54,759 2024
The Center For Reintegration NY$166,063 Executive Director $12,560 $10,816 2023
National Alliance On Mental Illness Of NY$307,484 Executive Director $66,070 $55,263 2024
Smiles For Jake MN$161,163 Executive Di $83,861 $76,702 2024
Resource Development Institute MO$312,122 Ceo $91,054 $89,269 2024
Psychotherapy Training Associates CA$314,697 President & Ceo $17,500 $13,988 2024
Seacoast Pathways NH$316,672 President And Ceo Of Fedcap $151,561 $129,539 2024
Black Men Speak CA$318,188 Executive Dir. $70,000 $57,603 2023
Nami Broward County Inc FL$331,789 Ceo $123,775 $107,630 2024
Nami Davidson County Inc TN$333,149 Executive Director $86,452 $84,115 2024
North Carolina Infantyoung Child NC$333,856 Executive Di $78,875 $77,667 2023
Nami Montana MT$342,441 Executive Director $94,350 $94,141 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default63rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted70th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted59th

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 (Amanda Phillips) 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 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $64,615 is reasonable (approximately the 63rd 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.