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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Trauma-informed Utah

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 863369536
UT · NTEE F02
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mary Beth Vogel-ferguson, Executive Director / CEO ($52,470) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 789 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Mary Beth Vogel-ferguson — reported title “Interim Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

789 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 789 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $289,848 $52,470
$18,18010th
$35,00925th
$59,502Median
$80,73275th
$103,86290th
$52,470This org · 42nd
p10$18,180
p25$35,009
p50$59,502
p75$80,732
p90$103,862
$52,470

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 UT 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
Revive Inc NE$346,687 Executive Director $43,728 $48,562 2023
Safe Place Treatment Services Corporation FL$346,878 Ceopresident $39,000 $36,744 2024
The Transition House Of Indiana Inc FL$346,921 Ceo $3,773 $3,555 2024
Natso Foundation Inc VA$346,497 Executive Director $151,169 $146,386 2024
The So That Project Nfp IL$347,258 Executive Di $63,403 $62,515 2024
Virginia Law Enforcement Assistant VA$346,111 Director $28,125 $28,040 2023
Marin Healthy Youth Partnerships CA$347,416 President $91,345 $77,067 2025
Christine Ortoll Recovery FL$346,095 Director/pro $81,555 $82,351 2022
Jersey Shore Dream Center NJ$347,790 Secretary $9,269 $8,300 2024
Sapientia Initiative Inc NY$345,725 Executive Dir. $72,681 $65,868 2024
Manes And Miracles AZ$348,001 President $29,463 $27,685 2025
Intercounty Fellowship Of CA$348,275 Executive Director $146,792 $130,879 2023
Walton Empowers Inc GA$348,876 Director $75,821 $78,717 2023
Inner Journey Healing Arts Center OR$348,937 Secretary Treasurer $58,075 $52,695 2025
Overton County Anti-drug Coalition Inc TN$344,408 Director $100,053 $105,476 2024
The Relationship Resource CA$349,231 Executive Dir. $57,457 $51,228 2023
Whole Village Art Therapy Inc LA$344,011 Executive Director $2,971 $3,281 2024
Project Opioid Initiative Inc FL$349,569 President $27,973 $26,355 2024
Insight Treatment Program Inc AL$350,179 Executive Di $67,192 $72,802 2024
Rise Homes NV$350,474 President $9,025 $9,340 2023
Phoenix House Foundation Inc NY$350,690 President & Ceo $67,941 $61,573 2024
The Gino Macchio Foundation Inc NY$342,811 Executive Director $89,996 $81,560 2024
Nami Montana MT$342,441 Executive Director $94,350 $102,000 2024
Self-discovery 24 Inc GA$342,420 Ceo $65,481 $66,032 2024
The Arc Of Lancaster County PA$351,137 Executive Director $49,846 $48,568 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to UT cost of living and 2025 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 UT 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted44th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted37th

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 (Mary Beth Vogel-ferguson) 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 789 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,470 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.