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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Arc Of Lancaster County

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 231658120
PA · NTEE F80
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Abby Morris, Executive Director / CEO ($49,846) 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 29th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Abby Morris — 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

$1,843 total compensation of comparable organizations → $144,047 $49,846
$22,26010th
$39,01025th
$67,601Median
$87,84775th
$99,26690th
$49,846This org · 29th
p10$22,260
p25$39,010
p50$67,601
p75$87,847
p90$99,266
$49,846

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 PA 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
American Friends Of Shalvat Chayim Inc NY$356,147 President $80,500 $74,874 2024
Sapientia Initiative Inc NY$345,725 Executive Dir. $72,681 $67,601 2024
Nami Montana MT$342,441 Executive Director $94,350 $104,684 2024
Nami Will-grundy IL$363,859 Executive Director $28,846 $29,190 2024
The Yellow Tulip Project ME$366,033 Director $1,736 $1,843 2023
North Carolina Infantyoung Child NC$333,856 Executive Di $78,875 $86,365 2023
Nami Davidson County Inc TN$333,149 Executive Director $86,452 $93,536 2024
Nami Broward County Inc FL$331,789 Ceo $123,775 $119,685 2024
Black Men Speak CA$318,188 Executive Dir. $70,000 $64,054 2023
Seacoast Pathways NH$316,672 President And Ceo Of Fedcap $151,561 $144,047 2024
Athens Mental Health Inc OH$386,065 Exec Directir $57,464 $64,498 2023
Psychotherapy Training Associates CA$314,697 President & Ceo $17,500 $15,554 2024
Resource Development Institute MO$312,122 Ceo $91,054 $99,266 2024
National Alliance On Mental Illness Of NY$307,484 Executive Director $66,070 $61,452 2024
Emotions Matter Inc NY$301,412 Executive Director $65,468 $60,892 2024
Conneaut Human Resources Council Inc OH$295,111 Executive Director $33,000 $35,049 2025
Resilience Education And Training Institute Inc FL$281,437 Chief Executive Officer $40,206 $40,026 2023
Lighthouse Inc MD$264,244 Executive Director $68,488 $67,853 2023
Mental Health Association Of Rhode RI$261,774 Executive Director $75,808 $77,031 2023
Center For Youth Mental Health CA$440,705 President $25,045 $22,260 2024
Nami Greater Orlando Inc FL$442,313 Executive Director $89,731 $89,329 2023
Amazing Grace Advocacy NC$254,651 Executive Di $69,341 $73,748 2024
Center For Psychotherapy Spirituality & Creativity CA$462,221 Director And Founder $19,000 $16,888 2024
Atron Foundation VA$465,513 Chair $96,000 $92,949 2025
Forensic Mental Health Association CA$476,044 Executive Dir. $107,961 $98,791 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default29th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)29th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted29th

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 (Abby Morris) 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 (F80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,846 is reasonable (approximately the 29th 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.