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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lifeboat Addiction Recovery Services

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 822339175
MI · NTEE F20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Hunter Taylor, Executive Director / CEO ($9,700) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 87 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 8th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

87 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 87 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,819 total compensation of comparable organizations → $127,352 $9,700
$13,23910th
$22,81925th
$41,869Median
$60,62675th
$74,84390th
$9,700This org · 8th
p10$13,239
p25$22,819
p50$41,869
p75$60,626
p90$74,843
$9,700

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 MI 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
Addiction Recovery Institute NC$211,585 President $24,000 $24,735 2023
Impactful Changes Inc MD$214,869 Ceo $25,000 $22,644 2024
Hanani House MO$209,092 Director Of $21,112 $21,664 2024
Life Change Centers TX$215,002 President $15,461 $14,984 2024
Gateway House Inc OH$215,484 Executive Director (From 6/22) $63,312 $66,886 2023
Outsiders Anonymous TX$204,614 Program Director $30,000 $29,933 2023
A Place Of Comfort Inc CA$220,156 Executive Dir. $75,500 $65,028 2023
Rancho Park Recovery Inc CA$221,558 Ceo & Chair $40,000 $34,452 2023
Iowa Board Of Certification IA$223,675 Executive Director $80,000 $84,865 2024
Epperson Ministries Inc TN$197,840 President $11,500 $12,058 2023
Hope For Appalachia Incorporated WV$197,241 Director Of Development $26,980 $28,302 2024
Unity Acres Inc NY$227,169 Officer $33,945 $29,718 2024
110 Inc MA$228,430 President $65,000 $56,590 2024
Helping Kids To Recover Inc CA$195,142 Ceo $10,000 $8,613 2023
Rzp Foundation Inc OH$195,108 Former Ed $42,500 $43,611 2024
Teen Challenge Of Baltimore Inc MD$194,438 Executive Dir. $21,500 $19,474 2024
Dothan Houston County Substance Abuse AL$193,222 Executive Director $55,428 $58,015 2024
Vpoids Inc CA$191,675 Member $120,000 $100,391 2024
Lazarus Life Ministries OH$191,369 President $37,094 $39,188 2023
Greater Milwaukee Central Office Inc WI$191,044 Executive Director $71,806 $72,654 2024
Journey House Foundation Inc VA$190,969 Exec. Director/president $44,758 $41,869 2024
East Bay Mens Recovery Center CA$233,558 Executive Director $63,767 $53,347 2024
Western Wellness Foundation Inc ND$233,635 Executive Director $79,095 $86,578 2023
Cortez Addictions Recovery Services Inc CO$237,614 Executive Dir. $3,312 $3,077 2024
The Carvel Club Inc IN$238,189 Executive Di $25,813 $27,151 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default8th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)7th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted9th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted8th

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 (Hunter Taylor) 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 87 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,700 is reasonable (approximately the 8th 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.