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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lifes Beacon Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 233065434
PA · NTEE I31
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert E Allen, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 232 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 10th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Robert E Allen — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

232 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 232 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10 total compensation of comparable organizations → $187,954 $12,000
$12,30710th
$34,13425th
$53,629Median
$73,39775th
$97,37790th
$12,000This org · 10th
p10$12,307
p25$34,134
p50$53,629
p75$73,397
p90$97,377
$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 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
John E Creedon Police Benevolent NY$169,345 President $4,800 $4,349 2024
Courthouse Dogs Foundation WA$171,812 Ceo $41,283 $37,063 2024
Pro Bono Counseling Project Inc MD$172,318 Executive Director $137,082 $132,310 2023
Bona Vista Programs Inc IN$167,781 President $16,537 $18,004 2023
Migration Resource Center NY$174,041 Director $13,184 $12,299 2023
Casa Of Southwest Oklahoma Inc OK$175,101 Executive Director $40,325 $44,526 2024
Bethany House Ministries Inc MA$175,854 President $60,000 $54,067 2024
Valley Immigrant Advocates IL$175,952 Executive Director $10 $10 2025
Hope & Justice Foundation Incorporated FL$176,127 President $40,500 $39,279 2023
Gang Free Inc NC$164,557 Executive Di $29,770 $31,756 2023
Citizens For Prison Reform MI$164,052 Executive Di $52,515 $54,355 2024
Orange County Siu Cac Inc VT$177,125 Ex. Director $26,250 $27,277 2023
Create Your Statement WA$177,226 Executive Dir. $85,000 $76,312 2024
Exploit No More Inc WI$177,484 Executive Director $74,806 $78,341 2024
Oregon Abuse Advocates And OR$178,496 Co-director $66,000 $61,461 2024
The Promise Tour TN$180,353 Executive Director $57,275 $60,371 2024
Polk County Crime Stoppers Inc FL$180,459 Executive Director $35,401 $33,349 2024
Freer Records Inc NY$159,647 Co Exec Dire $45,356 $41,099 2024
Manalive-sacramento Inc CA$159,345 Executive Di $70,556 $62,899 2023
Denver Police Blue Hat Foundation CO$181,465 Executive Di $36,000 $34,615 2024
Santa Maria Police Council Inc CA$182,740 Executive Dir. $24,002 $20,783 2024
Stephens Place PA$157,670 Executive Director $14,604 $15,035 2023
Lake County Childrens Advocacy Center IL$157,485 Executive Dir. $173,031 $170,582 2024
The Congress Of Neutrals CA$156,876 Executive Di $39,943 $34,587 2024
Redeeming The Family OK$156,611 Exec Directo $54,999 $60,729 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 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 default10th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)10th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted16th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted8th

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 (Robert E Allen) 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 232 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (I), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 10th 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.