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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Birdielight

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 872479501
OH · NTEE F21
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Beth Weinstock, Executive Director / CEO ($22,769) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 28 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 14th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Beth Weinstock — reported title “CO-FOUNDER”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

28 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 28 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,804 total compensation of comparable organizations → $112,907 $22,769
$16,84410th
$36,17225th
$59,253Median
$68,16475th
$78,50590th
$22,769This org · 14th
p10$16,844
p25$36,172
p50$59,253
p75$68,164
p90$78,505
$22,769

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 OH 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
Oasis Recovery Community GA$202,208 Secretary/tr $18,200 $19,426 2021
Community Living Above OR$201,413 Board Director And Executive Director $73,481 $62,579 2024
Cwc Alliance Inc GA$214,173 Coo $43,895 $40,476 2024
Peer Coalition Inc NY$215,000 Director $65,875 $54,589 2024
Mi Chiantla WA$191,301 President $83,736 $70,782 2023
Portland Area Intergroup Inc OR$186,364 Office Manager $68,000 $57,911 2024
Ben's Friends SC$224,219 Vice President $75,000 $73,873 2023
Campbell County Drug Free Alliance KY$225,002 Executive Director $81,927 $83,104 2023
Pickaway Addiction Action Coalition OH$226,884 Coalition Administrator $31,200 $30,305 2024
Hillsborough County Anti-drug Alliance Inc FL$177,178 Ceo $66,734 $57,492 2024
Suffit Inc LA$175,539 President $1,899 $1,918 2024
Broward County Intergroup Inc FL$233,902 Executive Dir. $66,634 $57,406 2024
Boone County Prevention & IA$234,876 Executive Dir. $57,132 $59,062 2023
National Woman's Christian Temperance IL$169,019 President $2,000 $1,804 2024
Wswa Educational Foundation Inc DC$240,275 Secretary $83,620 $69,281 2023
Road Radio Usa Inc PA$162,818 President $72,000 $67,791 2023
Cmc Initiative Inc GA$248,403 Executive Dir. $83,000 $76,534 2024
Standing Together On Meth TX$151,756 Research & D $38,576 $35,387 2024
Angels At Risk CA$259,116 President $138,490 $112,907 2023
Educational Alternatives OK$259,532 Executive Director $86,056 $86,900 2024
Denver Area Central Committee A A CO$143,824 Office Manager $66,080 $59,824 2023
Broken Chains NC$143,611 Treasurer/coo $38,450 $36,434 2024
Lifeline-connect Inc IL$268,033 Exec Dir $12,000 $10,819 2024
Lets Be Clear Georgia Inc GA$274,503 Executive Dir. $27,616 $25,465 2024
The Shepherds Fold Ministry Inc AR$276,142 Exec Director $56,012 $59,444 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default14th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted18th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted14th

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 (Beth Weinstock) 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 28 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $22,769 is reasonable (approximately the 14th 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.