Live preview — download the board-ready PDF to attach to your minutes.Download the free PDF
Email yourself a copy:
PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Empowerment Systems Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 860664708
AZ · NTEE F99
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of William Beveridge, Executive Director / CEO ($137,441) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 55 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 98th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

How comparable organizations were selected

55 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 55 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,484 total compensation of comparable organizations → $169,719 $137,441
$31,21010th
$55,52225th
$74,893Median
$92,43975th
$116,12190th
$137,441This org · 98th
p10$31,210
p25$55,522
p50$74,893
p75$92,439
p90$116,121
$137,441

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 AZ cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Kids Interdisciplinary Services IncNC $411,345$83,087 990
National Alliance Of Mental IllnessPA $412,570$85,110 990
Westchester Center For The Study OfNY $416,610$6,617 990
Hungry Hill FoundationTX $418,031$93,613 990
Heart Mind HavenCO $418,577$112,666 990
Nine Gates Programs IncCA $399,422$30,528 990
Erowid CenterCA $423,518$87,548 990
Beyond The Badge IncNY $391,052$10,217 990
WarriornowCO $427,810$5,484 990
The Healing CenterWA $428,859$73,243 990
Defenders For ChildrenSC $433,590$49,300 990
Nami Of Pennsylvania Montgomery CountyPA $435,012$109,559 990
Minds MatterTN $435,084$26,498 990
Ohio Victim Witness Association IncOH $438,569$74,893 990
Taylor Hooton Foundation For FightingTX $439,466$119,915 990
Maji Ya Chai Land SanctuaryMN $440,159$86,075 990
Living Free IncTN $377,574$88,226 990
Progressive Recovery Outreach IncNC $442,980$125,228 990
Project Be Free A Nonprofit CorporationWA $371,130$49,541 990
Greentree Peer Support ProgramNC $452,730$60,527 990
New Beginning Of Charleston IncSC $455,552$63,826 990
Kevins Song A Nonprofit CommunityMI $351,952$56,383 990
Grace After FireTX $467,771$75,771 990
Insight Treatment Program IncAL $350,179$73,313 990
Detroit Youth Concert Choir And Performing Arts CompanyMI $470,203$65,404 990

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 AZ 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 default98th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)98th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted98th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted96th

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 (William Beveridge) 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 55 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $137,441 is reasonable (approximately the 98th 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). 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.