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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Salt Lake Harm Reduction Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 815416993
UT · NTEE E50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mackenzie Bray, Executive Director / CEO ($62,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 65 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 66th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

65 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 65 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$259 total compensation of comparable organizations → $125,738 $62,500
$13,71110th
$22,11525th
$55,901Median
$68,36375th
$82,52390th
$62,500This org · 66th
p10$13,711
p25$22,115
p50$55,901
p75$68,363
p90$82,523
$62,500

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 UT cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Therapy And Counseling ServicesPA $346,088$40,698 990
Therapies For Hope IncCO $344,783$5,401 990
Equi-kids Therapeutic Riding ProgramVA $344,773$23,068 990
Voices Of Hope For Aphasia IncFL $341,264$54,081 990
The Arc Of Whatcom CountyWA $357,296$57,379 990
Windhorse Equine LearningMT $358,139$57,927 990
Easter Seals Southwest FloridaFL $361,813$14,184 990
Hopelife Regeneration IncNC $329,601$45,399 990
Ahead With Horses IncCA $327,152$54,401 990
Carrusel En La Sebastiana CorpPR $369,010$43,138 990
Pure Living Recovery And RehabilitationIL $324,689$10,478 990
Community Supported AcupunctureKY $323,981$77,837 990
New Hope Equine Assisted TherapyTX $320,848$34,544 990
Hope To Walk IncVA $376,619$86,931 990
Two Bear Therapeutic Riding Center IncMT $317,556$59,638 990
Berkeley Acupuncture Project Of CaCA $316,423$48,793 990
Association Of Occupational AndDC $378,399$67,893 990
Arise At Marshall Farms IncNY $380,033$16,644 990
Therapy Dogs International IncNJ $380,069$125,738 990
Form5 Prosthetics IncOH $314,173$56,917 990
School Of ServiceMO $310,410$41,600 990
Leaps And Sounds Pediatric RehabilitationOH $385,091$68,363 990
Willowind Therapeutic Riding Center IncME $303,502$92,268 990
Warrior Ranch Foundation IncNY $395,902$19,115 990
Vip Neurorehabilitation CenterCA $400,040$60,079 990

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 UT 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 default66th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted68th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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 (Mackenzie Bray) 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 65 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $62,500 is reasonable (approximately the 66th 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). 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.