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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Deep Healing Ministries Of Atlanta Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 813879364
GA · NTEE F60
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Richard Gartrell, Executive Director / CEO ($49,559) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 80 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Richard Gartrell — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

80 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 80 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,043 total compensation of comparable organizations → $284,535 $49,559
$6,45210th
$11,24625th
$23,477Median
$42,77275th
$66,26790th
$49,559This org · 83rd
p10$6,452
p25$11,246
p50$23,477
p75$42,772
p90$66,267
$49,559

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 GA 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
Community Transformation Partners IN$68,033 President $45,000 $45,842 2024
Paradise Life Resource Team CA$67,854 Chairman $7,600 $6,340 2024
Esperance Homes Inc MD$67,788 President $20,272 $18,849 2023
Richard Walz Apartments Inc MO$67,135 President $7,395 $7,372 2025
Behavioral Connections Of Wood County OH$66,839 President/ceo $44,493 $46,868 2023
Wetzel Homes Inc MD$66,741 President $20,272 $18,849 2023
Westside Community Residence Inc NY$70,315 Ceo $18,651 $16,762 2023
Warhorse Legacy Foundation AR$65,781 President $81,120 $90,686 2023
Friends Of Youth Foundation WA$71,511 President & Ceo $10,775 $9,079 2025
Living With Change OH$64,941 Vice President/treas $30,000 $30,694 2024
Southlake Center Residential Inc IN$71,939 Ex-officio & Regional Ceo $63,183 $66,267 2023
Willcox Against Substance Abuse AZ$63,888 Executive Director $32,784 $30,457 2024
New Life House Inc OK$72,864 Key Employee $24,241 $25,121 2025
Florida Society Of Addiction Medicine FL$63,381 Administrator $21,703 $20,277 2023
Lakes Area Community Coalition MI$73,345 President $22,900 $22,833 2024
East Pittsburgh Commons Inc PA$73,506 President & Ceo $5,667 $5,459 2024
One More Moment Inc AL$73,872 President $1,000 $1,043 2024
Leaf411 CO$73,907 Executive Di $8,500 $7,873 2024
Cfc Loud N Clear Foundation Inc NJ$62,319 Executive Director $81,539 $72,404 2023
Concha Ortiz Y Pino De Kleven Corporation NM$61,819 Executive Director $27,258 $28,321 2024
My Own Home MI$61,510 Executive Director $5,228 $5,213 2024
Tarc Foundation KS$75,259 Executive Director $23,113 $24,121 2024
Nami Mahoning Valley OH$61,216 Director $13,100 $13,799 2023
Elk Institute For Psychological FL$75,981 Executive Di $51,894 $48,485 2023
Mosaic Illinois Housing Of Rockford I NE$60,646 President $15,891 $16,511 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)81st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted45th

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 (Richard Gartrell) 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 80 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,559 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.