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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Living Well Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 200154032
OK · NTEE P46
FY ending 2025-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Donna Edwards, Executive Director / CEO ($24,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 67 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Donna Edwards — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

67 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 67 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,926 total compensation of comparable organizations → $133,319 $24,000
$18,13110th
$28,37125th
$46,391Median
$82,94975th
$104,49190th
$24,000This org · 16th
p10$18,131
p25$28,371
p50$46,391
p75$82,949
p90$104,491
$24,000

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 OK 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
Fuller Life Institute TX$288,769 Board Member $30,995 $28,902 2024
One Voice One Community PA$288,166 Vice Preside $35,000 $33,497 2023
Ste Genevieve Area Center For Life MO$288,158 Executive Di $53,321 $54,200 2023
Community Counseling Center Inc CA$287,160 Executive Director $54,648 $42,855 2025
Camp Koala PA$292,269 President; Exec Director $50,000 $47,853 2023
Haven Retreats Inc FL$293,861 Board Of Directors, Director (Employee) Nonvoting Member $52,975 $46,391 2024
Newton Pregnancy Resource Center GA$284,362 Executive $59,900 $57,802 2023
Pastoral Counseling For Denver Inc CO$284,132 Administrative Director $31,034 $27,740 2024
Freedom That Lasts Ministries SC$279,515 Executive Director $81,473 $79,232 2024
Equipping Network LA$278,874 President $30,142 $31,853 2023
Bridge To Life Ministries MI$278,387 President $64,062 $63,459 2023
Christian Psychological Services Of KS$275,098 Executive Dir. $30,637 $30,854 2024
Great Marriages For Sheboygan County WI$304,852 Executive Director/ceo $89,449 $87,082 2024
Restore Ministries Inc MO$273,193 Minister $28,196 $27,839 2024
Emmanuel Center For Pastoral Counseling Of St Bartholomews Inc GA$307,004 Counselor And Exec Dir $138,158 $133,319 2023
Restoration Resources Ministry Inc OH$307,270 President $98,500 $97,251 2024
The Counseling Institute Of Texas Inc TX$307,328 Secretary Admin Assit $18,000 $17,280 2023
Siloam PA$271,663 Executive Di $123,735 $115,025 2024
Shalveh Inc NY$269,717 Director $3,000 $2,527 2024
Love-light Christian Counseling Inc IL$311,087 Director $124,600 $114,189 2024
Teen Hope Of Idaho Inc ID$265,688 Executive Director (June-dec) $11,550 $11,792 2023
Someone To Tell It To Inc PA$265,573 Co-ceo $82,127 $78,601 2023
Hearts And Hands Counseling CA$313,794 Ceo $41,120 $32,246 2025
Serenity Group Family Therapy Inc CA$313,988 Secretary $132,000 $106,253 2024
Hope Matters Marriage Ministries TX$263,644 President $114,367 $109,794 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK 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 OK 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 default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)12th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted15th

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 (Donna Edwards) 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 67 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P46), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,000 is reasonable (approximately the 16th 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.