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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chinese Methodist Center Corporation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 132876091
NY · NTEE P330
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Regina Lie-seid, Executive Director / CEO ($32,525) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 257 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 25th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Regina Lie-seid — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

257 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 257 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$228 total compensation of comparable organizations → $423,185 $32,525
$12,96410th
$32,68725th
$49,257Median
$65,84275th
$80,35890th
$32,525This org · 25th
p10$12,964
p25$32,687
p50$49,257
p75$65,842
p90$80,358
$32,525

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
Kids World Of New Orleans LA$280,109 Vice President $32,463 $39,559 2024
Bethel Childrens Day Care Center TX$280,348 Director $31,727 $35,122 2024
First United Methodist Child Care IA$279,143 Director $39,520 $47,887 2024
Church Women United-child Care Cent TX$276,693 President $4,800 $5,314 2024
Wright Stuff Community Foundation CO$276,441 Prime Time D $22,909 $25,028 2023
Falls Village Daycare Center Inc CT$275,766 Executive Director $54,210 $57,910 2023
Immanuel Lutheran Church Child Care ND$286,062 Center Director $35,258 $44,083 2023
Storytime Childcare Center IA$287,184 Executive Director $75,500 $91,484 2024
Bancroft Daycare Inc IA$287,227 Treasurer $5,056 $6,126 2024
Heppner Day Care Inc OR$287,357 Executive Dir. $69,800 $71,733 2024
Blue Ridge Developmental Day NC$272,789 Chair Person $34,160 $39,061 2024
Funny Farm Early Learning Center Inc OR$272,466 President $90,025 $92,519 2024
It Takes A Village Inc NJ$288,918 Trustee $38,189 $38,848 2023
St Paul Gillespie-selden Rural GA$289,177 Executive Di $36,690 $40,826 2024
East Grand Community Services MO$289,731 Executive Di $31,498 $38,009 2023
Gsuc Child Development And Learning NY$289,841 Center Director $18,269 $18,809 2023
The Learning Ladder Child Care Ministry Inc IN$269,827 President/director $64,500 $75,273 2024
Lander County Kids Club NV$269,701 Daycare Director $31,451 $35,918 2023
Kids Club Child Care Center Inc MT$269,457 Director $36,528 $44,862 2023
Nunakins AK$268,844 Executive Di $10,350 $10,950 2024
Elma Early Childhood Center Inc IA$268,528 Executive Director $51,986 $62,992 2024
Second Home Learning Center VA$293,321 Executive Director $52,192 $55,768 2024
First Baptist Church Denbigh Child VA$293,350 Executive Di $32,871 $35,123 2024
Muirs Little Scholars Inc PA$293,399 Exec Director $4,350 $4,942 2023
Gray County Latchkey Inc TX$265,887 Exec Directo $30,471 $34,728 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 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 default25th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)31st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted26th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted24th

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 (Regina Lie-seid) 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 257 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,525 is reasonable (approximately the 25th 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.