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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Altruistic Recovery Llc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 991324325
OR · NTEE F30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Annette Volk, Executive Director / CEO ($45,036) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 77 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Annette Volk — reported title “ED PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

77 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 77 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,817 total compensation of comparable organizations → $232,729 $45,036
$32,37110th
$47,87925th
$73,346Median
$93,49375th
$129,14690th
$45,036This org · 23rd
p10$32,371
p25$47,879
p50$73,346
p75$93,493
p90$129,146
$45,036

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 OR 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
Hope Counseling Services Of Chapel Hill NC$495,153 Executive Director $84,028 $93,493 2024
Lakes Region Consumer Advisory Board NH$499,112 Executive Director $59,950 $59,608 2024
Planned Lifetime Assistance Network Ca CA$506,925 Secretary $139,138 $129,376 2024
Fortaleza Atravez Barreras OR$465,891 Executive Director $11,900 $12,251 2023
Polaris House AK$513,931 Executive Director $87,520 $90,102 2024
Vermont Federation Of Families For Children's Mental Health Inc VT$458,244 Executive Director $68,457 $72,284 2025
Sana Healing Collective IL$456,802 President $51,200 $54,203 2024
Community Resilience Initiative WA$451,310 Executive Director $36,256 $34,954 2024
K9s On The Front Line ME$449,827 Co-founder $41,760 $45,029 2024
Spirit - Peers For Independence & CA$448,235 Executive Dir. $40,312 $38,591 2023
Psychotherapy Institute CA$527,733 Member-at-large $157,422 $150,701 2023
The Mindcap Center Inc IN$446,131 Executive Di $71,221 $83,266 2023
Headquarters CO$529,017 Exceutive Director $124,780 $128,841 2024
Lifespan Nj Inc NJ$445,659 Director Of Op. $57,692 $55,467 2024
Yuan Tze Ren Xue Center CA$444,743 President/board Member $52,000 $48,352 2024
East Nashville Wellness Center TN$444,298 Cmo/president $99,198 $112,281 2024
Daymark Pastoral Counseling Inc AL$534,761 Executive Di $67,894 $78,983 2024
Selah Counseling Center Incorporated NE$537,121 Executive Director $31,405 $37,448 2023
Yarrow Collective CO$539,128 Executive Di $34,063 $35,172 2024
River City Advocacy TX$540,824 Executive Director $76,610 $82,521 2024
21 Roots Farm MN$433,211 Cofounder Board $26,667 $29,213 2023
Solrei Behavioral Health Inc FL$542,854 President And Director $230,062 $232,729 2024
Community Counseling Center Of Central CT$430,983 Clinical Direct $75,010 $77,971 2023
Hope Mountain Behavioral Health CO$546,777 Officer $71,034 $73,346 2024
Mercy House Of Meadville Inc PA$425,491 President $71,413 $78,951 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)23rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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 (Annette Volk) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 77 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,036 is reasonable (approximately the 23rd 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 10, 2026.