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Compensation Comparability Determination

Art Of Recovery Services Nfp

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 882008914
IL · NTEE F32
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carrie Colvin, Executive Director / CEO ($58,357) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 26 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 62nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Carrie Colvin — reported title “VP of Clinical Services”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

26 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 26 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,232 total compensation of comparable organizations → $122,595 $58,357
$14,58910th
$36,15925th
$54,628Median
$74,42975th
$93,86390th
$58,357This org · 62nd
p10$14,589
p25$36,159
p50$54,628
p75$74,429
p90$93,863
$58,357

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 IL 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
The Downtown Counseling Center Inc VA$297,954 Executive Di $90,000 $85,855 2024
Nebraska Association Of Behavioral NE$303,836 Executive Director $91,644 $97,385 2024
Southeast Institute NC$304,526 President $69,838 $73,400 2023
Healing Clinical Counseling Center Inc CA$290,142 Ceo $63,892 $56,118 2023
Child Guidance Foundation Inc FL$311,585 Ceo $12,600 $11,695 2024
Canterbury Counseling Center SC$311,851 Executive Director $51,038 $52,606 2024
Community Caring Clinic Inc MA$277,120 President $56,391 $51,544 2023
Changing Lives Resource Center CA$334,819 Chief Executive Officer $43,500 $38,207 2023
Insight Psychotherapy Group CA$260,564 President/secretary/cfo $41,878 $35,728 2024
Our House Therapy Collective IL$258,445 Executive Director $67,999 $66,048 2024
Kaleidoscope Community OR$341,250 Executive Di $133,619 $122,595 2024
Whole Village Art Therapy Inc LA$344,011 Executive Director $2,971 $3,232 2024
Schranks Clubhouse CA$253,574 President/ Executive Director $51,447 $45,187 2023
Elkhart County Clubhouse Inc IN$359,858 Executive Di $51,000 $53,137 2024
Chadwick Clubhouse OR$360,508 Executive Di $61,270 $56,215 2024
Our Place Of Hope SC$364,203 Director $56,870 $58,616 2024
Your Neighborhood Clinic DC$227,700 Psychological Associate $65,771 $57,023 2024
Amaly CA$226,032 Director And Co-ceo $35,803 $30,545 2024
Womens Mental Health Collective Inc MA$384,457 Clerk/l.i.c.s.w. $11,000 $10,055 2023
Samaritan Counseling Center Inc MI$404,144 Executive Di $105,510 $104,822 2025
Caya Clinic Inc WI$405,021 Director $26,614 $27,460 2024
Taylor Wellness Center Inc MD$408,929 President Ceo $95,000 $90,341 2023
Christian Counseling Center CT$409,305 President $85,907 $79,580 2024
Arch Street Center Inc PA$411,582 Exec Directo $17,236 $17,483 2023
Prince William Drop In Center VA$429,344 Former Vise Pre $78,382 $74,772 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default62nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted62nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted50th

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 (Carrie Colvin) 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 26 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F32), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $58,357 is reasonable (approximately the 62nd 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.