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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Aspen Network Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 922806043
MO · NTEE F01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jackie Brown, Executive Director / CEO ($76,002) 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 54th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jackie Brown — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, 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

$1,939 total compensation of comparable organizations → $129,762 $76,002
$25,16710th
$50,24425th
$71,919Median
$89,13575th
$94,95390th
$76,002This org · 54th
p10$25,167
p25$50,244
p50$71,919
p75$89,135
p90$94,953
$76,002

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 MO 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
Family Voices Of Wisconsin Inc WI$380,994 Executive Dir. $69,694 $68,721 2024
St Charles Community Care Center Foundation Inc LA$386,632 Executive Director $83,255 $89,111 2023
Bumble Bee Yoga Community TX$387,428 Executive Di $62,630 $59,151 2024
Idaho Federation Of Families For Childrens Mental ID$370,560 Executive Director $89,764 $87,833 2025
Sauk Valley Voices Of Recovery IL$390,878 Executive Director $71,337 $70,966 2022
Marshmallow's Hope Nonprofit IL$362,070 Executive Di $50,000 $47,781 2023
Collective Action For Safe Spaces DC$340,790 Executive Director $98,460 $81,576 2024
Sharing Kindness Inc MA$424,272 Executive Dir. $101,200 $85,861 2024
This Must Be The Place OH$332,462 Secretary $44,445 $45,758 2023
Raices Sagradas Community Mental Health MN$432,677 Executive Director $63,924 $59,636 2024
Project Discovery Inc NV$326,616 President $70,200 $66,437 2024
Hope For A Drug Free Stephens Corp GA$320,007 Project Dire $33,664 $31,958 2024
Iowa Aces 360 IA$440,312 Executive Director $83,698 $84,296 2025
Stay Here Nonprofit Corporation TN$309,238 Ceo $97,587 $96,849 2024
Nami Piedmont Tri-county SC$308,875 Executive Director $66,608 $65,607 2024
Elyse Fox Club Inc NY$462,922 Ceo $107,178 $94,141 2023
Nevada Coalition For NV$296,353 Ceo/president $77,000 $72,872 2024
Project Safety Net CA$293,508 President & Ceo $112,896 $92,041 2024
Black Mental Health Oregon OR$277,124 Executive Director President $143,750 $129,762 2023
Rebel With A Cause Films CO$276,545 President/executive Director $10,000 $9,320 2023
Justice And Recovery Advocates Inc MD$488,592 Ceo $105,067 $90,352 2025
Total Family Care Coalition DC$495,642 President And Executive Director $102,789 $85,163 2024
The Liv Project PA$259,477 Executive Director/ Board Director $2,000 $1,939 2023
The Missouri Network For Opiate MO$541,215 Executive Director $49,600 $51,065 2023
Parkinson Place Inc FL$541,842 President $5,727 $5,229 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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 default54th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
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 (Jackie Brown) 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 (F01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,002 is reasonable (approximately the 54th 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.