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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Walton Empowers Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 854063885
GA · NTEE F20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Courtney Wright, Executive Director / CEO ($75,821) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 149 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Courtney Wright — 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

149 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 149 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $228,312 $75,821
$15,11910th
$30,43125th
$50,863Median
$65,28575th
$83,59090th
$75,821This org · 85th
p10$15,119
p25$30,431
p50$50,863
p75$65,285
p90$83,590
$75,821

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 GA 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
The So That Project Nfp IL$347,258 Executive Di $63,403 $60,214 2024
Phoenix House Foundation Inc NY$350,690 President & Ceo $67,941 $59,307 2024
Safe Place Treatment Services Corporation FL$346,878 Ceopresident $39,000 $35,392 2024
Revive Inc NE$346,687 Executive Director $43,728 $46,775 2023
Natso Foundation Inc VA$346,497 Executive Director $151,169 $141,000 2024
Calibrate A Non Profit Corporation CA$351,799 Executive Director $22,800 $18,528 2025
Recover Houses Of Rochester Inc NY$357,174 Chairman $55,200 $48,185 2024
Grit & Grace A Recovery Community Organization Inc GA$339,830 Executive Director $60,000 $58,279 2024
Yuba Harm Reduction Collective CA$339,385 Co-director $50,230 $41,900 2024
Recovery Advocacy Warriors MI$338,556 Executive Di $75,250 $75,031 2024
Ccb Foundation Inc MA$359,345 Treasurer $1 $1 2024
New Hampshire Lawyers Assistance Program NH$359,591 Executive Director $103,200 $92,052 2024
Community Drug Coalition NM$338,126 Executive Di $77,668 $78,617 2025
Lawyers Concerned For Lawyers- CT$336,990 Executive Director $95,000 $86,045 2024
Welcoming Light Inc NH$334,373 President & Ceo (End 10/2022) $34,771 $31,931 2023
Marwin Counseling Services Inc AL$333,220 Director $10,770 $11,240 2024
8 Oaks Inc TN$333,043 Chief Executive Officer $24,000 $25,090 2023
Love And Respect Community For Recovery And Wellness Inc NC$365,288 Executive Director $69,712 $69,583 2024
Park County Court Supervised WY$332,427 Director $7,629 $7,891 2024
Point Of Return Inc SC$332,201 President $58,455 $60,650 2023
2nd Chance Ministry Inc FL$331,454 Director $25,000 $23,357 2023
U-turn For Christ New Mexico NM$331,246 Pastor $32,100 $34,337 2023
San Francisco Drug Users Union CA$368,545 Executive Dir. $37,500 $31,281 2024
Freedom House Ministries Inc OR$329,121 Pres/exec Dir $78,915 $70,794 2024
Western Maine Addiction Recovery Initiative ME$369,918 Executive Director $62,060 $61,804 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)82nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted86th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted82nd

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 (Courtney Wright) 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 149 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,821 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.