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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Alabama Hands & Voices Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823520492
AL · NTEE P87
FY ending 2023-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christy Kochie, Executive Director / CEO ($1,238) against the 2000 closest of 2,711 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 1st percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Christy Kochie — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

2,711 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$185 total compensation of comparable organizations → $344,076 $1,238
$9,57610th
$22,29225th
$38,925Median
$57,87675th
$75,05690th
$1,238This org · 1st
p10$9,576
p25$22,292
p50$38,925
p75$57,876
p90$75,056
$1,238

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 AL 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
Home For The Armenian Aged Inc NJ$221,744 Administrator $33,922 $27,231 2024
New Beginnings Therapy Services Inc PA$221,773 President $115,210 $103,297 2024
Love Thy Nerd Inc CA$221,842 Ceo $53,078 $42,425 2023
Goshen County Task Force On Family WY$221,894 Administrato $54,338 $52,314 2024
Counseling Inc OK$221,903 Exec Director $58,975 $60,110 2023
Health Services In Action Inc MS$221,598 Executive Di $61,903 $61,987 2024
Edward Pierce Center For Autism Inc MS$221,540 Registered Behavior Tech $19,061 $19,651 2023
Jeremiah's Crossing Inc WI$221,533 Exec. Dir./s $2,250 $2,175 2023
Life Together Nicaragua Inc MI$221,984 Vice Preside $33,750 $32,245 2023
The Family Place IA$221,461 Executive Director $29,902 $30,306 2023
Connecticut Community Bicycle CT$221,457 Board Member $15,505 $13,070 2024
Himalayan Institute Of Buffalo Inc NY$222,056 Secretary/tr $52,000 $42,246 2024
Bond Servants Inc MD$221,414 Director $106,300 $87,048 2025
Bethany Place Inc GA$221,413 President $24,000 $21,696 2024
Villagesokc Inc OK$221,397 Executive Di $15,600 $15,900 2023
Iowa Able Foundation IA$221,382 Interim Dire $49,015 $49,677 2023
Fayette Hills Unity Inc WV$222,161 President $53,483 $52,065 2024
Community Resource Center MN$221,304 Executive Director $64,954 $57,704 2024
Hospitality Common Inc MA$222,254 Director, Executive Director $28,127 $23,396 2023
Greek Orthodox Housing Corporation CA$222,266 Chief Executive Officer $1,500 $1,165 2024
Journey To Adult Success Inc WI$221,178 Executive Di $48,050 $45,117 2024
Back Porch Thrift Shop IL$222,371 Executive Director $32,067 $29,181 2023
Wisconsibs Inc WI$222,412 Former Ed $73,478 $68,994 2024
Mower Council For The Handicapped MN$221,021 Executive Di $60,784 $54,000 2024
Tlc Charities Foundation Inc KS$221,007 Trustee $19,831 $19,831 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL cost of living and 2023 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 AL 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 default1st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)1st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted10th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted1st

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 (Christy Kochie) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $1,238 is reasonable (approximately the 1st 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.