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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Finnish Center Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 237246811
MI · NTEE A23
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christina Lovgren, Executive Director / CEO ($9,479) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 148 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 11th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Christina Lovgren — reported title “TREASURER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

148 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 148 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,416 total compensation of comparable organizations → $164,308 $9,479
$7,16710th
$19,30225th
$40,050Median
$61,37775th
$78,04290th
$9,479This org · 11th
p10$7,167
p25$19,302
p50$40,050
p75$61,377
p90$78,042
$9,479

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 MI 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
Relentless Academy MN$259,244 Excutive Director $57,120 $56,297 2023
The Progressive Forum TX$257,151 Director $33,000 $31,981 2024
Race Matters Slo County CA$256,465 Executive Director $30,067 $25,897 2023
Halau Kekuaokalaaualailiahi Inc HI$256,455 President $14,996 $13,008 2024
Sri Poojalaya Cultural And Community Cen CA$256,325 Ceo $48,000 $40,156 2024
American Foundation For Tibetan Cultural CA$261,527 Ceo $12,500 $10,457 2024
Fathers And Sons Together WA$261,803 Executive Director $80,600 $69,913 2024
Agritech Institute For Small VT$253,817 Secretary, T $168,494 $164,308 2024
Lincoln Crossroads Festival NE$253,480 Board President $2,200 $2,360 2023
Liberty Place Inc VI$264,018 Executive Director $52,664 $52,664 2024
Burning Cedar Sovereign Kitchen Inc OK$252,133 Executive Director $63,183 $67,405 2024
Center For Latino-jewish Relations TX$250,928 Secretary And Treasurer $10,500 $10,476 2023
Harambee Kingston Ny NY$249,748 Ceo/executive Director $75,824 $66,381 2024
Torch Literary Arts TX$247,648 Executive Director $74,750 $74,583 2023
Menddigap Inc NY$247,501 President & Director $5,230 $4,714 2023
Korean American Association And TX$269,225 Board Member $9,000 $8,722 2024
Italingua Institute CA$246,445 President $78,452 $67,571 2023
Red Earth Inc OK$270,989 Executive Di $43,306 $46,200 2024
Ri Slave History Medallions RI$245,607 Executive Director $51,756 $48,081 2024
Irish Heritage Center OH$271,167 Director $4,700 $4,966 2023
American Arab Heritage Council MI$244,639 Executive Director $54,231 $55,833 2023
Shep-ty CA$272,124 Executive Dir. $115,189 $96,366 2024
African American Cultural Center NY$244,009 President $6,000 $5,408 2023
Maine Irish Heritage Center ME$273,177 Executive Director $80,000 $77,611 2024
Swedish Women's Educational Association International Inc FL$242,316 Chief Administrative Officer $72,960 $68,366 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default11th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)11th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted12th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted11th

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 (Christina Lovgren) 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 148 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,479 is reasonable (approximately the 11th 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.