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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Behavioral Health Alliance Of Montana

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 822322223
MT · NTEE E01
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mary Windecker, Executive Director / CEO ($126,921) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 24 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 88th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Mary Windecker — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

24 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 24 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,831 total compensation of comparable organizations → $155,475 $126,921
$13,71210th
$31,83525th
$58,889Median
$88,21075th
$131,94090th
$126,921This org · 88th
p10$13,712
p25$31,835
p50$58,889
p75$88,210
p90$131,940
$126,921

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
Canopy Global Foundation Inc FL$303,465 Ceo $178,400 $155,475 2024
Social Medicine International UT$324,751 Executive Director $23,744 $22,544 2024
Kyle J Taylor Foundation CA$279,884 Director Of Operations $27,004 $21,632 2024
Texans For Vaccine Choice TX$339,693 President $10,800 $10,318 2023
Waiha Warriors OH$266,763 President $73,333 $74,183 2023
Global Alliance For Surgical Obstetric DC$263,263 Executive Director $125,696 $102,327 2024
Pro-choice North Carolina NC$253,845 Executive Di $87,115 $83,504 2024
Americans For Homeopathy Choice DC$252,868 Ceo $10,800 $8,792 2024
Texans For Vaccine Freedom TX$247,344 President $40,800 $38,980 2023
Family Voices Of North Dakota Inc ND$368,018 Executive Director $55,620 $55,165 2025
Licensed Adult Residential Care Association Inc CA$236,069 Executive Director $77,300 $60,326 2025
Higgy Bears Inc MI$376,835 President $60,000 $57,452 2024
Day Eagle Hope Project MT$231,163 Executive Director $33,960 $33,960 2024
Samaritan Healthcare Foundation WA$228,549 Executive Director $72,137 $61,685 2023
Headache Alliance Inc NJ$386,225 Executive Dir. $100,155 $80,818 2025
Louisiana Alliance For Patient Safety - LA$221,550 Executive Director $24,209 $25,460 2023
Vermont End Of Life Choices Inc VT$216,671 Executive Director $4,103 $3,831 2024
Alliance For Artificial Intelligence MD$215,592 Executive Director $131,762 $114,278 2024
Share Health Southeast Georgia Inc GA$396,803 Executive Director $35,580 $34,169 2023
Echcc Inc FL$397,438 Executive Director $73,995 $62,825 2025
Physicians For Patient Protection Inc NY$205,703 Executive Director Since 3/2024 $49,675 $41,642 2024
Cco Oregon OR$205,482 Executive Director $122,784 $105,780 2024
Epilepsy Alliance America Inc LA$420,508 Coo $138,237 $145,382 2023
Birth Control Advocates Of New York NY$446,704 Co-executive Director $166,421 $139,509 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 default88th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted79th

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 (Mary Windecker) 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 24 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $126,921 is reasonable (approximately the 88th 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.