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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Counseling Institute Of Texas Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 752144060
TX · NTEE P460
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Susan Mifflin, Executive Director / CEO ($18,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 73 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 8th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Susan Mifflin — reported title “SECRETARY ADMIN ASSIT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

73 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 73 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,007 total compensation of comparable organizations → $155,194 $18,000
$21,26110th
$30,93725th
$53,797Median
$86,69075th
$106,86790th
$18,000This org · 8th
p10$21,261
p25$30,937
p50$53,797
p75$86,690
p90$106,867
$18,000

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 TX 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
Restoration Resources Ministry Inc OH$307,270 President $98,500 $101,302 2024
Emmanuel Center For Pastoral Counseling Of St Bartholomews Inc GA$307,004 Counselor And Exec Dir $138,158 $138,872 2023
Great Marriages For Sheboygan County WI$304,852 Executive Director/ceo $89,449 $90,709 2024
Love-light Christian Counseling Inc IL$311,087 Director $124,600 $118,945 2024
Hearts And Hands Counseling CA$313,794 Ceo $41,120 $33,589 2025
Serenity Group Family Therapy Inc CA$313,988 Secretary $132,000 $110,678 2024
Gustafson Counseling And Consulting KS$317,012 President $25,000 $26,226 2024
Parenting And Childhood Education Inc MD$317,669 President $24,036 $21,820 2024
Tinina Q Cade Foundation Inc MD$318,478 President & Ceo $50,000 $45,391 2024
United Marriage Encounter IA$319,064 Executive Director $9,000 $9,569 2024
Haven Retreats Inc FL$293,861 Board Of Directors, Director (Employee) Nonvoting Member $52,975 $48,323 2024
Drexel Community Fair Incorporated NC$322,260 President $2,000 $2,007 2024
Camp Koala PA$292,269 President; Exec Director $50,000 $49,846 2023
Dad Tired SC$324,373 President $110,500 $111,936 2024
Living Well Inc OK$289,602 Executive Director $24,000 $25,000 2025
Fuller Life Institute TX$288,769 Board Member $30,995 $30,106 2024
One Voice One Community PA$288,166 Vice Preside $35,000 $34,892 2023
Ste Genevieve Area Center For Life MO$288,158 Executive Di $53,321 $56,458 2023
Community Counseling Center Inc CA$287,160 Executive Director $54,648 $44,639 2025
Newton Pregnancy Resource Center GA$284,362 Executive $59,900 $60,210 2023
Pastoral Counseling For Denver Inc CO$284,132 Administrative Director $31,034 $28,895 2024
Marriageteam WA$334,826 Deputy Executive Director $46,359 $40,302 2024
Freedom That Lasts Ministries SC$279,515 Executive Director $81,473 $82,532 2024
Equipping Network LA$278,874 President $30,142 $33,180 2023
Bridge To Life Ministries MI$278,387 President $64,062 $66,102 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX cost of living and 2023 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 TX 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 default8th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)8th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted12th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted7th

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 (Susan Mifflin) 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 73 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P46), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $18,000 is reasonable (approximately the 8th 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.