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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Oklahoma Harm Reduction Alliance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 862303636
OK · NTEE F20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joshua Ellard, Executive Director / CEO ($24,818) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 40 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Joshua Ellard — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

40 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 40 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$247 total compensation of comparable organizations → $106,744 $24,818
$8,99010th
$19,71325th
$29,488Median
$49,31475th
$68,25190th
$24,818This org · 43rd
p10$8,990
p25$19,713
p50$29,488
p75$49,314
p90$68,251
$24,818

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 OK 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
Fountain Hills Youth Substance Abuse Prev Coalition AZ$141,379 Executive Director $27,550 $24,773 2023
Casa Juan Pablo Ii Inc PR$140,713 President $247 $247 2024
Recovery Support And Personal Growth Alliance Inc TN$139,950 Executive Director $25,910 $25,464 2023
Ocl Properties Ii Inc NY$153,420 Chief Financial Officer $73,290 $60,144 2024
Lee County Coalition For A Drug Free Swfl FL$136,510 Executive Director $61,584 $52,540 2024
Pittsburgh Area Central Office Inc PA$156,990 Administrato $49,197 $44,555 2024
The Shed Inc AL$157,435 President $25,284 $24,806 2024
Seeds Of Faith AL$132,226 President $16,400 $16,565 2023
Alaska Therapeutic Court Alumni AK$129,360 Executive Di $1,350 $1,172 2024
Beech Grove Comprehensive Drug-free IN$164,073 Executive Di $50,394 $48,262 2024
Wings Of Hope Recovery Services OH$128,019 Director $72,332 $69,574 2024
Richmondwayne County Halfway House IN$127,551 Program Director $40,711 $38,989 2024
North Fayette Valley Community IA$166,740 Mentor Coord $11,036 $11,298 2023
Above & Beyond Care OH$124,516 Ceo $110,975 $106,744 2024
Life Houses Inc MT$168,595 Executive Dir. $21,055 $20,611 2024
Dallas Intergroup Association TX$171,502 Office Manager $57,758 $52,469 2024
Substance Abuse Coalition Of FL$174,512 Ceo $100,000 $85,314 2024
Concho Valley Turning Point TX$177,344 Executive Director $45,000 $42,087 2023
Strategies For Change CA$114,061 Director $38,295 $30,918 2023
T Whitehead Recovery Center OH$179,273 Director $21,000 $20,199 2024
Family And Children's Center Inc IN$108,817 Dir Of Bus - $36,085 $34,559 2024
Tennessee Jail Chemical TN$185,436 President $6,750 $6,444 2024
Speakup About Drugs AR$105,249 Executive Director $44,804 $45,736 2024
Journey House Foundation Inc VA$190,969 Exec. Director/president $44,758 $39,247 2024
Greater Milwaukee Central Office Inc WI$191,044 Executive Director $71,806 $68,104 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK cost of living and 2024 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 OK 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 default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)35th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Joshua Ellard) 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 40 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,818 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd 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.