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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 814068872
AK · NTEE F32
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Josephine Barry, Executive Director / CEO ($58,155) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 38 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

38 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 38 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,422 total compensation of comparable organizations → $190,261 $58,155
$20,16410th
$39,84925th
$73,809Median
$96,03575th
$116,61990th
$58,155This org · 42nd
p10$20,164
p25$39,849
p50$73,809
p75$96,035
p90$116,619
$58,155

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 AK 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
Mental Health Collaborative FL$486,683 Executive Director $92,616 $91,005 2024
Youth Development Services WY$490,445 Executive Director $33,461 $36,511 2025
North Suburban Counseling Center MN$491,605 Executive Director/therapi $80,669 $85,837 2023
Be The Change In Mental Health CA$492,149 Ed/secretary $104,403 $97,082 2023
Recovery Zone OH$442,279 Exec Dir - Logan $34,762 $39,649 2023
Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute MI$502,780 Administrator Director $81,724 $88,231 2024
Prince William Drop In Center VA$429,344 Former Vise Pre $78,382 $79,160 2024
The Helen Wheeler Center For Community IL$519,400 President/ceo $152,723 $161,686 2023
Arch Street Center Inc PA$411,582 Exec Directo $17,236 $18,509 2023
Christian Counseling Center CT$409,305 President $85,907 $84,250 2024
Community Support Systems Inc MN$531,253 Executive Di $66,236 $68,457 2024
Taylor Wellness Center Inc MD$408,929 President Ceo $95,000 $95,643 2023
Clubhouse Of St Joseph County Inc IN$532,776 Executive Director $100,023 $110,329 2024
Samaritan Counseling Center Of The Mohaw NY$534,026 Executive Director $103,512 $97,836 2024
Caya Clinic Inc WI$405,021 Director $26,614 $29,072 2024
Samaritan Counseling Center Inc MI$404,144 Executive Di $105,510 $110,974 2025
Consumer Services Of Madison County Inc NY$540,215 Executive Director $59,994 $56,704 2024
Grace River Christian Counseling OK$553,863 Executive Di $30,800 $35,474 2024
Safehaven Inc OH$555,229 Executive Director $77,772 $83,938 2025
Womens Mental Health Collective Inc MA$384,457 Clerk/l.i.c.s.w. $11,000 $10,645 2023
People First Therapy Group PA$559,793 Executive Director $81,891 $87,942 2023
Alaska Mental Health Consumer Web AK$563,705 Executive Director $93,009 $90,612 2025
Art Of Intellegent Minds AZ$570,329 Ceo $20,750 $20,873 2024
Our Place Of Hope SC$364,203 Director $56,870 $62,057 2024
Chadwick Clubhouse OR$360,508 Executive Di $61,270 $59,514 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AK 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 AK 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)39th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted42nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Josephine Barry) 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 38 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F32), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $58,155 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.