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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Stepping Stones Behavioral Health

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 861255187
MT · NTEE F20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shari Rigg, Executive Director / CEO ($36,400) 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 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Shari Rigg — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO 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 → $212,965 $36,400
$16,07710th
$30,52925th
$49,505Median
$65,48775th
$85,95990th
$36,400This org · 34th
p10$16,077
p25$30,529
p50$49,505
p75$65,487
p90$85,959
$36,400

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 MT 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
Drug Free Marion County IN$372,229 Executive Director $88,250 $86,336 2023
Choice Recovery Coaching Inc MA$373,136 Alves $46,800 $37,895 2024
Western Maine Addiction Recovery Initiative ME$369,918 Executive Director $62,060 $57,650 2023
San Francisco Drug Users Union CA$368,545 Executive Dir. $37,500 $29,178 2024
A Peace Of Mind Sl Corporation CA$377,191 President $64,800 $50,420 2024
Love And Respect Community For Recovery And Wellness Inc NC$365,288 Executive Director $69,712 $64,906 2024
Care Resources Inc NC$383,862 Director $26,500 $25,402 2023
New Hampshire Lawyers Assistance Program NH$359,591 Executive Director $103,200 $85,865 2024
Ccb Foundation Inc MA$359,345 Treasurer $1 $1 2024
Recover Houses Of Rochester Inc NY$357,174 Chairman $55,200 $44,946 2024
Nick's Place Inc MD$388,231 Executive Director $85,852 $72,324 2024
Claudias And Eddies Place Nfp IL$388,331 Director $104,000 $94,851 2023
Oregon Mind Body Institute OR$388,883 Executive Di $83,015 $69,466 2024
Calibrate A Non Profit Corporation CA$351,799 Executive Director $22,800 $17,283 2025
Student Leadership Services Inc MI$393,634 Executive Di $70,298 $65,382 2024
Phoenix House Foundation Inc NY$350,690 President & Ceo $67,941 $55,320 2024
Guilford County Solution To The NC$394,014 President And Executive Director $37,500 $34,014 2025
Walton Empowers Inc GA$348,876 Director $75,821 $70,724 2023
Serenity Consultants Inc OH$395,700 Executive Di $29,409 $28,896 2023
The So That Project Nfp IL$347,258 Executive Di $63,403 $56,167 2024
Safe Place Treatment Services Corporation FL$346,878 Ceopresident $39,000 $33,013 2024
Revive Inc NE$346,687 Executive Director $43,728 $43,631 2023
Natso Foundation Inc VA$346,497 Executive Director $151,169 $131,522 2024
Seekhealing NC$403,756 Executive Director $51,337 $47,797 2024
Grit & Grace A Recovery Community Organization Inc GA$339,830 Executive Director $60,000 $54,362 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MT 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 MT 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)29th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Shari Rigg) 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 $36,400 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.