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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Happily Ever After League Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 201352579
AZ · NTEE P44
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lauren Daniels, Executive Director / CEO ($56,401) against the 2000 closest of 2,577 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

2,577 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$178 total compensation of comparable organizations → $397,928 $56,401
$11,03810th
$25,26825th
$43,933Median
$66,40875th
$86,55390th
$56,401This org · 65th
p10$11,038
p25$25,268
p50$43,933
p75$66,408
p90$86,553
$56,401

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 AZ 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
Systems Of Care Initiative Inc KS$212,215 Executive Director $65,000 $73,017 2024
Global Village Connect MN$212,206 Executive Di $62,708 $64,429 2024
Africa Dream Partnership PA$212,338 Director, Employee $45,750 $48,840 2023
Love Society AZ$212,063 Director $32,132 $32,132 2024
The Suwandi Foundation CA$212,420 Ceo And President $19,181 $17,731 2023
North Willows Inc MS$212,441 Secretary/exec Director $19,696 $22,809 2024
Village Of Hope Maui Inc HI$212,496 Executive Dir. $30,000 $28,753 2023
Mi Parent Inc FL$212,500 Director - Thru 6/2023 $111,627 $112,259 2023
Fraser Independent Living Project Iii MN$212,562 Ceo/secretary $25,655 $26,359 2024
Umbrella Of The Capital District Inc NY$211,846 Executive Dir. $54,150 $50,879 2024
First United Methodist Church SC$211,830 Director $37,019 $41,343 2023
Zoe Ministries Inc TN$212,693 Director $33,190 $37,347 2023
Reins Of Grace Therapeutic Riding Center Inc IN$212,694 President $24,000 $26,317 2024
Recovery Cafe Hamilton County Inc IN$211,773 Executive Director $56,003 $61,409 2024
Our Daily Bread Christian Food Ministry Inc NC$212,753 Director $35,000 $43,529 2021
Arms Wide Open Community Development Corporation GA$211,700 Executive Director $24,000 $25,833 2023
Alliance For Law And Liberty Inc TN$211,654 President/secretary $23,232 $25,392 2024
Ericshouse Inc AZ$212,826 Chairman $39,300 $39,300 2024
The Highland Center VA$212,829 Executive Director $66,968 $69,220 2023
Amoskeag Residences Inc NH$211,636 Board Member/ceo $24,023 $23,065 2024
Riseup Networks WA$211,636 Treasurer $13,202 $12,653 2023
Stacyville Kids Care Inc IA$212,849 Director $47,690 $54,296 2024
Mu Delta Lambda Charitable Fndn IL$212,851 President $5,000 $5,111 2024
Upstate Caring Partners Holding NY$211,594 Executive Director $18,246 $17,144 2024
The Rise (Resources In Support Of Empowerment) Concept CA$212,913 Executive Director $28,500 $25,589 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted68th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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 (Lauren Daniels) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,401 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.