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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Suffer Out Loud

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 815336718
MT · NTEE F01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rachel Caldwell, Executive Director / CEO ($10,825) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,610 total compensation of comparable organizations → $127,500 $10,825
$2,39210th
$16,72925th
$36,849Median
$71,60275th
$95,16190th
$10,825This org · 19th
p10$2,392
p25$16,729
p50$36,849
p75$71,602
p90$95,161
$10,825

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 MT 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
1 Degree Of Separation Inc CA$220,527 President $46,000 $36,849 2024
Triangle Disability Advocates Inc NC$225,652 Executive Director $13,000 $12,829 2023
Kif1aorg Inc NY$229,470 Chief Science Officer $65,744 $56,740 2023
The Hidden Opponent Inc CA$207,582 Coo $30,500 $25,154 2023
Avery's Angels Foundation Inc MO$204,105 Employee $98,417 $96,702 2024
Mindfulness And Positivity Project CO$200,477 Executive Director $45,800 $41,945 2023
Therapy First Corporation PA$251,692 Executive Director $18,083 $16,729 2024
The Liv Project PA$259,477 Executive Director/ Board Director $2,000 $1,905 2023
Children S Mental Health Resource Center Inc HI$175,130 Executive Director $22,017 $18,287 2024
Healing Minds Nola LA$175,082 President Director $70,850 $72,375 2024
Rebel With A Cause Films CO$276,545 President/executive Director $10,000 $9,158 2023
Black Mental Health Oregon OR$277,124 Executive Director President $143,750 $127,500 2023
Words Of Hope 4 Life MI$161,866 Executive Di $19,500 $18,672 2024
Asian Mental Health Project CA$155,399 Director Of Partnership $2,010 $1,610 2024
The Pete Foundation Inc KY$151,770 Secretary Treasurer $2,400 $2,392 2024
Project Safety Net CA$293,508 President & Ceo $112,896 $90,437 2024
Nevada Coalition For NV$296,353 Ceo/president $77,000 $71,602 2024
Nami Piedmont Tri-county SC$308,875 Executive Director $66,608 $64,464 2024
Stay Here Nonprofit Corporation TN$309,238 Ceo $97,587 $95,161 2024
Hope For A Drug Free Stephens Corp GA$320,007 Project Dire $33,664 $31,401 2024
Project Discovery Inc NV$326,616 President $70,200 $65,279 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MT 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 MT 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted19th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Rachel Caldwell) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,825 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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 13, 2026.