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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lifeline-connect Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 205141694
IL · NTEE F21
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Rogers, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 43 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: David Rogers — reported title “EXEC DIR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

43 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 43 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$15,781 total compensation of comparable organizations → $125,233 $12,000
$24,76110th
$38,28325th
$65,165Median
$78,33675th
$104,85890th
$12,000This org · 0th
p10$24,761
p25$38,283
p50$65,165
p75$78,336
p90$104,858
$12,000

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 IL 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
Lets Be Clear Georgia Inc GA$274,503 Executive Dir. $27,616 $28,244 2024
The Shepherds Fold Ministry Inc AR$276,142 Exec Director $56,012 $65,933 2023
Educational Alternatives OK$259,532 Executive Director $86,056 $96,387 2024
Angels At Risk CA$259,116 President $138,490 $125,233 2023
The Pier Foundation GA$282,695 Vice Chairma $68,296 $69,850 2024
Cmc Initiative Inc GA$248,403 Executive Dir. $83,000 $84,888 2024
The Peggie And Paul Shevlin Family PA$292,653 Executive Di $71,859 $72,891 2024
Wswa Educational Foundation Inc DC$240,275 Secretary $83,620 $76,844 2023
525 Foundation Inc IN$296,807 President $61,000 $67,366 2023
Boone County Prevention & IA$234,876 Executive Dir. $57,132 $65,510 2023
Broward County Intergroup Inc FL$233,902 Executive Dir. $66,634 $63,672 2024
Pickaway Addiction Action Coalition OH$226,884 Coalition Administrator $31,200 $33,613 2024
Campbell County Drug Free Alliance KY$225,002 Executive Director $81,927 $92,176 2023
Ben's Friends SC$224,219 Vice President $75,000 $81,937 2023
Massac County Drug Awareness C IL$316,847 Program Dir $52,821 $52,821 2024
Favor Western Pennsylvania PA$320,914 Executive Di $18,144 $18,948 2023
Peer Coalition Inc NY$215,000 Director $65,875 $60,549 2024
Cwc Alliance Inc GA$214,173 Coo $43,895 $44,894 2024
Coalition For Youth Drug Abuse AZ$322,094 President $52,000 $52,371 2023
Family Alliance Of Paulding Inc GA$323,600 Executive Director $39,186 $42,952 2022
Phillips County Coalition For Healthy MT$323,786 Executive Director $21,825 $24,637 2023
Recovery Community Network Inc MN$330,973 Director $58,240 $60,265 2023
Birdielight OH$203,383 Co-founder $22,769 $25,255 2023
Influence Foundation Inc VT$333,588 President & Executive Director $115,315 $121,548 2023
Oasis Recovery Community GA$202,208 Secretary/tr $18,200 $21,547 2021

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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), adjusted5th
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 (David Rogers) 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 43 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 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.