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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mental Health Services Of Snohomish

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 911442572
WA · NTEE F99Z
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tom Sebastian, Executive Director / CEO ($29,848) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 41 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 10th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Tom Sebastian — reported title “PRESIDENT/CEO, COMPASS HEALTH”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

41 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 41 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,980 total compensation of comparable organizations → $151,998 $29,848
$33,76110th
$54,78825th
$75,752Median
$100,93075th
$124,59990th
$29,848This org · 10th
p10$33,761
p25$54,788
p50$75,752
p75$100,930
p90$124,599
$29,848

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 WA 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
Itp International CA$284,778 President $86,742 $86,132 2023
Operation Happy Nurse VA$286,417 Founder/principal Officer $39,000 $43,302 2023
Intouch Outreach Resource Ctr IN$280,000 Executive Director For Programs $108,000 $130,968 2023
Intentions NC$289,140 Director $30,000 $35,645 2023
Lower Shore Friends Inc MD$277,577 Executive Director $64,911 $69,784 2023
Mental Health News Education Inc MA$290,736 Executive Di $103,219 $100,930 2025
Unity Hall CA$275,819 Chairperson $112,628 $111,836 2023
How To Read Your Baby CO$295,443 Executive Director $88,620 $94,913 2024
Healing Hoofbeats Of Ct Inc CT$271,558 Executive Director $78,000 $84,098 2023
Dmax Foundation PA$269,972 Executive Di $100,719 $115,499 2023
The Ark Foundation CA$297,592 President $62,219 $60,009 2024
First Aid Arts WA$304,007 Board Member $62,694 $64,546 2023
Free To Smile Foundation Inc OH$305,209 Executive Director $120,260 $142,268 2024
Alliance180 Inc NY$306,877 Founder And Director $48,461 $50,356 2023
Breaking The Silence New Mexico NM$309,573 Executive Dir. $63,057 $75,752 2024
Employee Assistance Program Of Warren NY$312,220 Executive Dir. Effective $108,890 $113,148 2023
California Chaplain Corps CA$313,397 Exec. Director $76,310 $73,599 2024
Faithbridge Portland OR$320,862 President $129,162 $137,930 2023
St Bernard Parish Adult Drug Court Inc LA$324,421 Daigle $58,811 $74,468 2023
Made Of Millions Foundation Inc NY$242,670 Executive Director/chair Of The Board $29,073 $29,343 2024
Comeback Yoga CO$325,609 Executive Director $106,420 $113,976 2024
Nami Yolo County CA$237,958 Executive Director $87,400 $86,785 2023
Insight Treatment Program Inc AL$350,179 Executive Di $67,192 $81,078 2024
Kevins Song A Nonprofit Community MI$351,952 Executive Dir. $54,087 $62,355 2024
Teens4teens Help CA$215,165 Co-founder $72,000 $69,442 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default10th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)10th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Tom Sebastian) 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 41 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,848 is reasonable (approximately the 10th 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.