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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sexual Assault And Family Violence

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 930793885
WY · NTEE F42M
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Angie Fessler, Executive Director / CEO ($65,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 813 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 61st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

813 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 813 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $269,893 $65,000
$17,60310th
$34,46025th
$57,021Median
$76,73875th
$99,14490th
$65,000This org · 61st
p10$17,603
p25$34,460
p50$57,021
p75$76,738
p90$99,144
$65,000

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 WY 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
Steps With Horses TX$375,071 Executive Director $103,067 $96,281 2024
A Peace Of Mind Sl Corporation CA$377,191 President $64,800 $52,254 2024
Living Free Inc TN$377,574 President $85,304 $81,578 2025
Choice Recovery Coaching Inc MA$373,136 Alves $46,800 $39,274 2024
Veteran Resilience Project Inc MN$377,786 Vice Chair $2,325 $2,209 2023
Companions On A Journey OH$378,239 Executive Di $45,750 $46,588 2023
Mountain Pride CO$372,512 Executive Director $92,458 $85,238 2023
Drug Free Marion County IN$372,229 Executive Director $88,250 $89,477 2023
Stepping Stones Behavioral Health MT$372,199 Executive Dir. $36,400 $37,724 2023
Aspen Network Inc MO$379,721 Executive Di $76,002 $75,174 2024
Partners In-kind MO$371,154 Co-exe Director $128,779 $127,376 2024
Project Be Free A Nonprofit Corporation WA$371,130 Executive Director (Co-founder) $53,216 $45,808 2023
Idaho Federation Of Families For Childrens Mental ID$370,560 Executive Director $89,764 $86,876 2025
The Moriah Foundation IL$370,540 Executive Director $134,325 $126,967 2023
Grants Pass Sobering Center Inc OR$370,463 Executive Director $17,105 $15,272 2023
House In The Woods Inc ME$380,477 Secretary/treas $14,968 $14,410 2023
Nami Wayne & Holmes Counties OH$380,782 Executive Di $38,728 $39,438 2023
What's Important Now Foundation OK$380,972 Executive Director $104,459 $107,417 2024
Family Voices Of Wisconsin Inc WI$380,994 Executive Dir. $69,694 $67,972 2024
Western Maine Addiction Recovery Initiative ME$369,918 Executive Director $62,060 $59,748 2023
R & B Counseling Corp Nfp IL$369,875 Chair $50,750 $47,970 2023
Thriving Families Counseling Services IA$381,561 Director $140,508 $139,969 2025
Deliver The Dream Inc FL$381,679 Ceo/executiv $130,907 $114,844 2024
Golden Triangle Contact MS$369,232 Executive Director $45,000 $46,804 2024
Reunification Transitional Housing Corporation CA$381,894 Ceo $72,048 $59,815 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WY 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 WY 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 default61st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted56th

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 (Angie Fessler) 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 813 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,000 is reasonable (approximately the 61st 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.