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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Palmyra Community Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 161126996
NY · NTEE P28Z
FY ending 2025-05-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robin Lindstrom, Executive Director / CEO ($4,830) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 62 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

62 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 62 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,356 total compensation of comparable organizations → $167,939 $4,830
$18,25010th
$43,31025th
$61,470Median
$80,42375th
$99,73990th
$4,830This org · 0th
p10$18,250
p25$43,310
p50$61,470
p75$80,423
p90$99,739
$4,830

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
Diaper Train NC$423,201 Exec Directo $52,500 $61,620 2024
East Bluff Community Center Nfp IL$425,103 Exec Director $17,500 $19,543 2024
The Deposit Community Center Inc NY$425,564 New. Executive Director $28,437 $29,189 2024
Girard Community Committee Inc OH$434,669 Administrative Director $65,850 $79,225 2024
Regional Engagement Center PA$407,028 President $55,000 $62,303 2024
Woodford County Heartline And Heart Hous IL$437,445 Executive Director $54,908 $61,319 2024
United Christian Ministries Inc PA$440,856 Secretary/treasurer $14,450 $16,368 2024
Simply The Basics CA$443,088 President $104,638 $99,992 2025
Maricopa Community Alliance Against AZ$399,475 Director $52,434 $57,281 2024
Macedonia Family Resource Center I NC$445,984 Executive Di $85,377 $100,209 2024
Yamhill Carlton Together Cares Inc OR$446,053 Executive Dir. $49,985 $52,729 2024
Hebron Food Pantry Inc MA$395,135 Executive Dir. $41,458 $43,569 2023
Kidz Dreamz Klub NC$449,084 Executive Director $17,082 $20,642 2023
Grace Mission Inc NE$453,159 General Dire $74,758 $94,035 2023
Alpine Community Center Inc CA$385,727 Executive Dir. $88,734 $87,038 2024
O'gorman Garden Inc NY$460,899 Head Of Scho $73,500 $77,673 2023
Coconut Grove Cares Inc FL$381,152 Executive Director $48,788 $52,063 2024
The Center IA$462,932 Director $45,799 $56,964 2024
East Cleveland Neighborhood Center OH$464,074 Exec Directo $65,000 $80,514 2023
The Community Service Center Of Northern Champaign County Inc IL$464,374 Executive Director $62,118 $69,371 2024
Sinai Family Life Center IL$373,635 Executive Director $60,000 $68,985 2023
Easton Area Neighborhood Centers Inc PA$366,425 Executive Director (7/1/2022-12/31/2022) $88,415 $103,114 2023
One Fourteen Dwelling Inc MN$362,881 Executive Di $120,259 $134,982 2024
Dysart Community Center AZ$480,569 Executive Director $68,250 $76,762 2023
Children's Institute Of Los Angeles CA$361,903 Secretary $61,573 $62,180 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 2025 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted6th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Robin Lindstrom) 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 62 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P28), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $4,830 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.