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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Solutions Oriented Addiction Response

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 850586081
WV · NTEE F99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joe Solomon, Executive Director / CEO ($38,998) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 26 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Joe Solomon — reported title “CO-DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

26 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 26 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,803 total compensation of comparable organizations → $105,189 $38,998
$24,74210th
$34,99725th
$52,803Median
$69,57275th
$87,37790th
$38,998This org · 31st
p10$24,742
p25$34,997
p50$52,803
p75$69,572
p90$87,377
$38,998

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 WV 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
Prepare To Change Child And Family CA$203,133 President/ce $6,200 $4,803 2024
Captain Joseph House Foundation WA$203,445 Executive Dir. $40,434 $32,475 2024
Arlee Rehabilitation Center MT$209,898 Program Director $46,492 $46,286 2023
The Mcclean Fletcher Center Inc MS$212,869 Executive Director $51,827 $50,447 2025
Teens4teens Help CA$215,165 Co-founder $72,000 $55,773 2024
Utah Statewide Independent Living UT$186,941 Executive Di $69,511 $63,821 2024
Mujeres Conectadas Inc IN$174,790 President $56,833 $53,765 2024
House Of Hope Of Washington County OH$173,352 Executive Director $26,849 $25,511 2024
Nami Yolo County CA$237,958 Executive Director $87,400 $69,703 2023
Made Of Millions Foundation Inc NY$242,670 Executive Director/chair Of The Board $29,073 $23,567 2024
Experience Nature Unplugged CA$153,394 Executive Director $54,250 $42,024 2024
Forever Friendship Drop-in MI$151,123 Executive Director $39,520 $35,650 2025
Foundation Thinkagain CA$146,736 President/exec. Director $109,641 $84,931 2024
Dmax Foundation PA$269,972 Executive Di $100,719 $92,765 2023
Healing Hoofbeats Of Ct Inc CT$271,558 Executive Director $78,000 $67,545 2023
Unity Hall CA$275,819 Chairperson $112,628 $89,822 2023
Lower Shore Friends Inc MD$277,577 Executive Director $64,911 $56,048 2023
Intouch Outreach Resource Ctr IN$280,000 Executive Director For Programs $108,000 $105,189 2023
Mental Health Services Of Snohomish WA$283,668 President/ceo, Compass Health $29,848 $23,973 2024
Itp International CA$284,778 President $86,742 $69,178 2023
Operation Happy Nurse VA$286,417 Founder/principal Officer $39,000 $34,779 2023
Intentions NC$289,140 Director $30,000 $28,629 2023
Mental Health News Education Inc MA$290,736 Executive Di $103,219 $81,063 2025
How To Read Your Baby CO$295,443 Executive Director $88,620 $76,231 2024
The Ark Foundation CA$297,592 President $62,219 $48,197 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WV 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 WV 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 default31st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted31st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted27th

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 (Joe Solomon) 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 26 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $38,998 is reasonable (approximately the 31st 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.