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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Seeds Wilderness Therapy

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 824864768
CO · NTEE P46
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael D Reynolds, Executive Director / CEO ($35,560) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 37 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 41st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

37 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 37 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,161 total compensation of comparable organizations → $128,373 $35,560
$18,34510th
$30,14325th
$43,287Median
$86,09975th
$113,91990th
$35,560This org · 41st
p10$18,345
p25$30,143
p50$43,287
p75$86,099
p90$113,919
$35,560

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 CO 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
Whatever It Takes Ministries Inc FL$191,117 President $71,448 $69,998 2023
The Apollos Project Inc RI$189,280 Director $11,000 $10,684 2024
Shalom Place PA$194,120 President $100,605 $104,629 2023
Ultimate Escape TN$187,862 Director $103,110 $113,031 2023
Journey For Life NC$203,981 President $122,650 $128,373 2024
Cavetime Inc OK$173,078 Executive Director $100,362 $115,251 2023
World Grace Project IA$172,620 Community Outreach $55,700 $63,603 2023
Marriage Adventure Inc GA$210,041 President $42,500 $43,287 2024
Delaware Multicultural And Civic Organiz DE$210,427 President $27,347 $27,124 2024
Daemion Counseling Center Inc PA$217,687 Executive Director $24,728 $25,717 2023
Bliss & Wisdom Culture And Education CA$218,140 Cfo $2,400 $2,161 2023
Joshua Holmes Ministries TX$220,000 Secretary $28,000 $28,372 2024
Scope Ministries Inc TX$161,675 President $38,500 $40,164 2023
Foundations For Families Inc OH$156,173 Executive Di $28,095 $30,143 2024
Camino Y Esperanza IL$155,916 Ceo $102,700 $102,276 2024
Heart In Balance CA$228,400 Executive Dir. $25,190 $22,033 2024
Eagle Family Ministries Inc AR$230,634 President $32,500 $38,098 2023
Community Grief Support Service AL$230,846 Executive Director - Part Year $45,536 $49,832 2024
Empowered And Dedicated To Edify The MA$231,724 Ceo And Exec Director $100,000 $91,027 2024
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Usa CA$239,704 Office Manager $74,845 $65,467 2024
Illinois Mental Health Counselors Assoc IL$240,710 Executive Director $35,100 $34,054 2025
Mobilepreacherorg Inc FL$249,166 President & Ceo $90,600 $86,215 2024
Dovehouse Ministries TN$251,533 Founding Dir $62,956 $69,013 2023
Free To Be Ministries OH$261,697 Executive Director $34,077 $37,641 2023
Pastoral Care & Counseling Institute NC$262,503 Director $27,298 $29,416 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default41st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted43rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted41st

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 (Michael D Reynolds) 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 37 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P46), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,560 is reasonable (approximately the 41st 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.