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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lps Education Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 201085968
MI · NTEE B11
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Laura Ulaszek, Executive Director / CEO ($42,850) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 76 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 68th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Laura Ulaszek — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(NON-VOTE)”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

76 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 76 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$435 total compensation of comparable organizations → $193,884 $42,850
$6,09010th
$15,73225th
$26,242Median
$53,74175th
$84,48790th
$42,850This org · 68th
p10$6,090
p25$15,732
p50$26,242
p75$53,741
p90$84,487
$42,850

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 MI 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
Montreat College Foundation NC$137,178 Ceo $58,089 $61,452 2023
Ridgeway Community Association MN$135,697 Secretary/clerk $442 $435 2024
White Plains Library Foundation Inc NY$138,562 Part Time Executive Direct $72,000 $66,612 2023
Extravagant Love Project PA$135,234 Executive Di $43,395 $43,035 2024
West Coast Thunder CA$140,749 Executive Dir. $31,268 $26,850 2024
Bear Valley Usd Education Foundation CA$141,267 President $1,910 $1,598 2025
Shattuck - St Mary's School MN$131,619 Cfo $14,480 $14,649 2023
Friends Of Soldiers Memorial Library ME$142,337 Library Director $14,153 $14,510 2023
Patricia V Damon Scholarship Fund For The WI$131,539 Trustee $5,000 $5,346 2023
The Montgomery Academy Foundation AL$131,040 Head Of School $19,179 $21,214 2023
1910 Properties WA$130,590 President $29,159 $25,962 2024
Caribbean Consolidated Schools PR$130,562 Head Of Scho $38,000 $40,158 2023
Global Campaign For Education-us DC$129,276 Executive Director $114,917 $100,286 2024
Friends Of Vada At Santa Barbara High School CA$145,475 Director/chairman $10,000 $8,366 2025
Washburn University Charitable Gift Fund KS$127,901 President $49,918 $52,248 2025
Pots Building For The Future NY$127,704 President $18,860 $16,948 2024
Central Washington University Alumni WA$126,733 Executive Director $31,835 $28,344 2024
Ah Capital Campaign Inc GA$126,583 President & Ceo $42,717 $42,713 2024
Our House Community Investment AR$126,049 Vice Chairman $11,199 $12,518 2024
Cascia Hall Foundation OK$147,933 Assistant Treasurer $14,275 $16,093 2023
C F Kellogg Est M M Kellogg Unitrust NY$123,733 Trustee $18,277 $16,425 2024
Mustang Mockingbird Properties TX$151,250 President $85,562 $85,115 2024
Friends And Foundation CA$122,000 Executive Dir. $50,764 $44,880 2023
Butler Foundation IN$121,511 President $64,768 $67,924 2024
Pinkney Innovation Complex For Science & MD$152,797 Executive Director $41,024 $39,268 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default68th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Laura Ulaszek) 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 76 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,850 is reasonable (approximately the 68th 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.