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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Vermont Alliance For Recovery

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 872300284
VT · NTEE L99
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeffrey Moreau, Executive Director / CEO ($105,326) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 33 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 97th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

33 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 33 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$214 total compensation of comparable organizations → $145,117 $105,326
$4,93510th
$12,06125th
$28,688Median
$52,06775th
$60,08790th
$105,326This org · 97th
p10$4,935
p25$12,061
p50$28,688
p75$52,067
p90$60,087
$105,326

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 VT 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
Sunflower Diversified KS$140,625 Member, Exec Dir Sds $2,192 $2,353 2024
Belford Commons Corporation VA$148,577 Ceo/president $59,710 $57,279 2024
Attleboro Enterprises Development MA$149,909 Secretary $5,893 $5,417 2023
Lss Housing North Willow Inc WI$151,848 President $40,683 $42,212 2024
Harambee House Inc MO$133,890 President $7,395 $7,581 2025
Housing Associates Inc MD$133,639 Executive Director $4,329 $4,140 2023
Arroyo Commons Inc CA$152,875 President $41,962 $37,062 2023
Alexander Apartments Of Plant City Inc FL$153,338 Ceo $38,719 $36,138 2024
Stansbury Homes Inc MD$157,839 President $20,272 $19,386 2023
Flora Vista Housing Development Fund NY$158,970 President & Ceo (Thru 4/23) $56,332 $52,067 2023
Thi-14 Inc IL$126,596 Chief Executive Officer $29,764 $29,930 2023
Portland Supportive Housing Inc OR$162,208 Finance Direc. $13,072 $12,061 2024
The Affordable Housing Group TX$121,648 Exec. Director $59,412 $60,789 2023
Auburn Housing Authority Inc KS$121,407 Manager $12,000 $13,260 2023
Warriors Center For Women Phillips County AR$165,072 Secretary & Executive Director $28,100 $31,381 2024
Decatur Street Residences Inc CO$167,476 President $25,082 $23,895 2024
Family Community Housing GA$117,012 Executive Di $85,008 $84,920 2024
Huntsville Voa Housing Inc AL$173,879 President/ceo $53,238 $55,670 2025
Greenlawn Centerport Historical Association NY$110,937 Director $32,800 $28,688 2025
Vesta's Hearth Inc MD$175,501 President $21,417 $19,893 2024
Broward Coalition For The Homeless FL$110,120 Chairman $91,015 $87,456 2023
Metro North Community Development Corp FL$108,340 Executive Dir. $60,000 $56,000 2024
Hearthstone Housing Ltd WI$178,857 President/ceo $139,859 $145,117 2024
Three West Housing Inc OR$179,019 Treasurer $18,132 $16,729 2024
Tiny Village Spirit CA$104,151 Executive Director $250 $214 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VT 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 VT 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 default97th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)97th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Jeffrey Moreau) 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 33 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $105,326 is reasonable (approximately the 97th 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.