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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Walk & Talk Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 860666833
AZ · NTEE P46M
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alan Heller, Executive Director / CEO ($8,709) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 85 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Alan Heller — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

85 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 85 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$904 total compensation of comparable organizations → $995,633 $8,709
$2,53410th
$11,00725th
$23,317Median
$51,41175th
$88,70590th
$8,709This org · 22nd
p10$2,534
p25$11,007
p50$23,317
p75$51,411
p90$88,705
$8,709

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.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
All Housing Inc CA$28,557 Ceo $47,732 $42,857 2023
Nature Ninos NM$28,011 President $10,600 $11,515 2024
Sheboygan County Ymca Endowment Trust WI$29,080 Finance Director $5,474 $5,944 2023
Mobc-boscobel Inc TN$29,154 Secretary $16,502 $18,036 2023
Raphaels Refuge Inc TX$27,023 Director $12,660 $13,168 2023
Eras Home Ii CA$29,742 President/ceo $4,050 $3,636 2023
Mountaineer Life Lines Inc WV$29,893 President $38,926 $43,824 2023
Bridges Pointe Inc NC$26,729 Executive Director $10,256 $10,703 2024
The Cutty Legacy Foundation AZ$30,133 President/ceo $28,500 $27,682 2024
Orange Mental Retardation Properties Co NY$26,510 Executive Director $56,332 $51,411 2024
Communities Helping Each And Everyone Reach Success Incorporate OH$26,461 Program Director $12,926 $13,827 2024
Lutheran Social Services Foundation Of CA$30,451 President & Ceo $12,340 $11,080 2023
Lutheran Mission Society San Diego CA$30,915 Missionary Director $135,418 $121,588 2023
Mckenzie Community Develoment Corporation OR$31,093 Executive Director $40,000 $38,625 2023
Agc Charities Inc VA$31,213 Director $62,812 $61,252 2024
Adoption Hope Foundation Inc CT$31,298 President $12,570 $11,903 2024
Contemplative Life Inc TX$25,336 Secretary $1,712 $1,730 2024
Gerald Oram Family Support Foundation MI$25,251 Treasurer $26,189 $27,301 2024
Sole Effects CA$31,560 Ceo $77,000 $67,152 2024
House Of Grace AZ$31,675 Treasurer $931 $904 2024
The Bergen-passaic Arc Foundation Inc NJ$31,681 Secretary/president/ceo $21,145 $19,630 2023
Arabella Wellness Center Inc TX$32,145 Ceo $11,653 $11,773 2024
Connected Foundation VA$32,200 Executive Director $88,800 $89,153 2023
Nassau Community Mental Retardation Services Company Inc NY$32,246 Chief Executive Officer $214,386 $195,656 2024
New England Musicians Resource Fund Inc MA$32,256 Vice President $2,100 $1,962 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted61st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Alan Heller) 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 85 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $8,709 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.