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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Theres Still Hope

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 820778542
FL · NTEE F50
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mark Denison, Executive Director / CEO ($76,231) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 568 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

568 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 568 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,275 total compensation of comparable organizations → $232,995 $76,231
$14,70010th
$30,59925th
$52,219Median
$76,20975th
$99,30190th
$76,231This org · 75th
p10$14,700
p25$30,599
p50$52,219
p75$76,209
p90$99,301
$76,231

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 FL 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
Kif1aorg Inc NY$229,470 Chief Science Officer $65,744 $65,107 2023
Grof Legacy Project Usa NM$229,366 Executive Director $21,962 $25,888 2023
Montreux Management Corporation PA$230,000 President $43,401 $46,072 2024
Butler Behavioral Health Properties OH$229,149 Ceo $33,771 $38,075 2024
Azimuth Counseling And Therapeutic Services Inc VT$230,623 Executive Director $12,500 $13,048 2025
110 Inc MA$228,430 President $65,000 $62,177 2024
Alaska Eating Disorders Alliance AK$231,015 Executive Dir. $75,514 $76,851 2024
Christian Clubhouse Ministries Inc FL$231,161 President $55,011 $55,011 2024
Your Neighborhood Clinic DC$227,700 Psychological Associate $65,771 $61,438 2024
Counseling Center Of Highlands NC$227,552 Executive Director $35,299 $38,825 2024
Council On Alcoholism Lord Fairfax VA$231,687 Executive Director $60,492 $62,174 2024
Unity Acres Inc NY$227,169 Officer $33,945 $32,652 2024
Vermont Recovery Network Inc VT$227,042 Executive Di $30,552 $33,701 2023
North Dakota Federation Of Families ND$226,911 Exe. Dir. $85,000 $102,228 2023
Pickaway Addiction Action Coalition OH$226,884 Coalition Administrator $31,200 $35,176 2024
Changing Lanes Ministries Inc OK$226,786 Executive Direc $104,041 $121,951 2024
One Recovery CA$226,696 President $62,500 $57,449 2024
Heart Tones Inc TX$232,702 President $71,334 $78,201 2023
Cornerstone For Hope PA$226,245 Director $54,000 $59,016 2023
Amaly CA$226,032 Director And Co-ceo $35,803 $32,910 2024
East Bay Mens Recovery Center CA$233,558 Executive Director $63,767 $58,614 2024
Teton Valley Mental Health ID$233,570 Executive Di $72,659 $82,278 2024
Triangle Disability Advocates Inc NC$225,652 Executive Director $13,000 $14,721 2023
Western Wellness Foundation Inc ND$233,635 Executive Director $79,095 $95,125 2023
Ruthlyn Aitcheson Corporation FL$225,422 Manager $48,228 $48,228 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default75th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)80th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted43rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Mark Denison) 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 568 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,231 is reasonable (approximately the 75th 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.