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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Augusta Resources For Resilience

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 833396084
VA · NTEE F70
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sabrina Burress, Executive Director / CEO ($65,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 784 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Sabrina Burress — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

784 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 784 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $307,239 $65,000
$19,46910th
$37,14025th
$62,364Median
$84,55575th
$109,43790th
$65,000This org · 53rd
p10$19,469
p25$37,140
p50$62,364
p75$84,555
p90$109,437
$65,000

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 VA 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
Recovery Advocacy Warriors MI$338,556 Executive Di $75,250 $82,571 2024
Community Drug Coalition NM$338,126 Executive Di $77,668 $86,517 2025
Travis House Inc CO$338,784 Executive Dir. $30,000 $30,581 2024
Anchored Ministries Corp KY$337,971 President $19,200 $22,577 2023
Touchstone Counseling Service Inc CA$337,945 Secretary $13,351 $12,618 2023
Goals Of Care Coalition NJ$337,713 Ceo $56,000 $53,154 2024
Amistad Y Resolana NM$339,114 Executive Director $32,500 $37,161 2024
Yuba Harm Reduction Collective CA$339,385 Co-director $50,230 $46,110 2024
Starlight Ministries Inc MI$337,126 Executive Di $26,800 $30,276 2023
Lawyers Concerned For Lawyers- CT$336,990 Executive Director $95,000 $94,693 2024
Grit & Grace A Recovery Community Organization Inc GA$339,830 Executive Director $60,000 $64,136 2024
Come To Him Ministries CA$336,946 President $59,998 $55,076 2024
Still Small Voice Educational Services NJ$336,349 President $25,000 $24,430 2023
Twin State Christian Counseling Inc VT$340,496 Executive Director $84,469 $88,054 2025
Collective Action For Safe Spaces DC$340,790 Executive Director $98,460 $91,852 2024
Fishbowl Ministries Inc CA$340,847 President $22,434 $20,594 2024
L'arche North Carolina NC$335,585 Executive Director $70,179 $77,088 2024
Kaleidoscope Community OR$341,250 Executive Di $133,619 $131,914 2024
Foundation For Tops Club Inc WI$341,359 President $11,130 $12,357 2024
Changing Lives Resource Center CA$334,819 Chief Executive Officer $43,500 $41,112 2023
Project White Butterfly OH$342,179 Executive Dir. $14,648 $16,494 2024
Crossing Bridges Therapeutic Riding Center Inc OR$334,561 Executive Director $42,000 $41,464 2024
Suicide Prevention Partnership-pikes Pea CO$334,541 Executive Director $71,250 $74,775 2023
Adaptive Bioenergetic Therapies UT$342,367 President $213,860 $232,689 2024
Welcoming Light Inc NH$334,373 President & Ceo (End 10/2022) $34,771 $35,140 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA cost of living and 2025 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 VA 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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)57th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted55th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted48th

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 (Sabrina Burress) 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 784 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,000 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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.