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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Zeta Zeta Lambda Company Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 113298799
NY · NTEE P81
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeffrey Terry, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 55 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jeffrey Terry — reported title “Treasurer”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

55 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 55 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$414 total compensation of comparable organizations → $100,364 $12,000
$6,90310th
$15,06025th
$40,696Median
$52,53875th
$67,54090th
$12,000This org · 20th
p10$6,903
p25$15,060
p50$40,696
p75$52,538
p90$67,540
$12,000

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 NY 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
Catholic Elderly Services Inc FL$150,977 President/ceo $48,011 $48,481 2024
Deliver Me Senior Support Services MS$145,734 Executive Director $34,935 $41,823 2024
Wimberley Senior Citizens TX$153,672 Director $42,340 $45,525 2024
Las Vegas Deaf Seniors NV$143,458 President $1,650 $1,778 2024
Indiana Drug Enforcement IN$156,668 Training Coo $86,000 $100,364 2023
Don't Stop Dreamin' PA$158,110 Executive Direcotr $7,726 $8,526 2023
Holiday Park Seniors Inc MD$161,293 Admin Office $10,623 $10,675 2024
Spearfish Senior Service Center SD$166,122 Executive Dir. $48,800 $59,601 2023
Faith In Action Caregivers Inc WV$129,899 Executive Director $53,030 $61,719 2024
Greenmount Senior Center Inc MD$128,472 Officer $42,000 $41,119 2025
Mcminn County Senior Citizens Inc TN$170,347 Executive Director $40,000 $45,194 2024
Marshall County Senior Citizens Corp TN$127,301 Executive Director $44,136 $49,868 2024
The Stanford Charitable Corporation TX$171,494 Executive Dir. $32,448 $33,990 2025
Richmond Senior Servicesinc NY$171,987 Executive Director $56,290 $54,675 2024
East Sabine Senior Services Inc TX$172,236 Member $20,625 $22,176 2024
Thanks Mom & Dad Fund Inc GA$173,128 Int. Exec. Dir. $36,685 $40,820 2023
Richwood Civic Center Inc OH$173,836 Executive Director $28,325 $31,416 2025
Gadsden Senior Services Inc FL$174,891 Fiscal Manager $9,111 $9,472 2023
Society Of Active Retirees MI$177,704 Executive Director $76,696 $82,899 2025
Big Valley Fifty Plus CA$120,511 Treasurer $1,550 $1,439 2024
Senior Citizen Outreach Entity Inc LA$117,803 Executive Dir. $3,562 $4,341 2023
Ohio Senior Olympics Inc OH$110,630 Executive Di $11,669 $13,285 2024
Harpswell Aging At Home ME$187,857 Director $1,000 $1,076 2024
Salida Senior Daycare Inc CO$188,933 Executive Director $45,000 $46,382 2024
Altogether In Love CA$108,146 President $24,000 $22,276 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY cost of living and 2023 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 NY 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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)22nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted24th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Jeffrey Terry) 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 55 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P81), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.