Executive Director / CEO
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.
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.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (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.
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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 61st |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 55th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 63rd |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 56th |
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.
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
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.