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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Association Of Independent Consumer

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 223226765
FL · NTEE P51
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lori Pollack, Executive Director / CEO ($121,849) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 31 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: Lori Pollack — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

31 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 31 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,651 total compensation of comparable organizations → $305,334 $121,849
$31,94410th
$74,86725th
$103,850Median
$125,49575th
$169,02390th
$121,849This org · 68th
p10$31,944
p25$74,867
p50$103,850
p75$125,495
p90$169,023
$121,849

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 FL 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
Capital Payee Inc MI$390,922 Director $109,992 $120,851 2024
Alma Financial Assistance Corp FL$396,022 Pres. Executive Director $105,712 $108,834 2023
Making Change Inc MD$409,982 Executive Director $127,500 $126,887 2024
Betterfi TN$368,454 Executive Director $55,000 $61,541 2024
Consumer Financial Education AL$363,708 President $7,307 $8,651 2023
Leading For Kids CA$415,779 President & Sec $322,650 $305,334 2023
Consumer Education And Training Services WA$359,805 Executive Director $165,000 $161,896 2023
First Generation Investors NY$358,975 Executive Director $115,521 $114,401 2023
Family Management Financial IA$348,480 Executive Di $89,100 $103,850 2024
Credit Counseling Center PA$346,441 Executive Director $85,360 $90,613 2024
Dealing With Debt MD$440,000 Vice Preside $32,000 $31,846 2024
Bill Payment Support Services MN$441,538 Director $139,000 $146,204 2024
Jcvision And Associates Inc GA$448,665 Executive Direc $73,160 $80,618 2023
Golden Care Services Inc WI$450,354 President $82,987 $94,982 2023
Freedom 5 One Ministries Inc AR$452,108 President $199,126 $245,299 2023
Project Green MI$323,918 Executive Di $97,280 $110,041 2023
The Phebe Foundation OH$308,316 Excutive Director $66,000 $76,609 2023
1 Wiser Consumer Education Center Inc TX$306,880 Executive $30,000 $31,944 2024
The Cares Project Inc NC$296,908 Ceo $81,640 $89,795 2024
National Debt Management Inc MI$492,855 President $39,000 $42,850 2024
Institute For Financial ME$280,801 Exec Dir./se $70,660 $77,542 2023
Morning Star Urban Development Inc GA$269,603 Executive Director $66,600 $71,283 2024
Housing Consultants Group NC$512,033 Executive Director $111,973 $123,158 2024
Evergreen Financial Counseling AZ$523,239 Compliance Officer $73,656 $75,405 2024
Flcct Inc TX$527,765 Executive Director $154,181 $169,023 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted58th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted68th

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 (Lori Pollack) 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 31 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P51), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $121,849 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.