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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lemonade International Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 262265505
NC · NTEE Q33
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Charles Knox, Executive Director / CEO ($84,892) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 228 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Charles Knox — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

228 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 228 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,720 total compensation of comparable organizations → $159,738 $84,892
$9,93710th
$21,46025th
$41,574Median
$60,32275th
$86,82990th
$84,892This org · 89th
p10$9,937
p25$21,460
p50$41,574
p75$60,322
p90$86,829
$84,892

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 NC 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
Miqueas 6-8 Inc GA$357,781 Board Members $5,000 $4,866 2023
Olive Tree Ministry Inc CA$358,573 Executive Di $36,000 $30,085 2023
Africa Future Foundation CA$358,743 Cfo $12,000 $10,028 2023
The Master's Mission Inc SC$356,102 Administrato $16,670 $16,831 2023
Hands Up For Haiti Inc NY$355,875 Past Executive Director $18,138 $15,408 2024
Silent Images Inc NC$354,885 Executive Director $83,500 $81,104 2024
Apple Of His Eye Charity OR$352,778 Executive Dir. $36,365 $31,746 2024
Daisy Project India Inc MO$364,730 President $9,030 $8,991 2024
Get Up Project TX$365,265 Executive Di $55,794 $54,015 2023
Ezekiel Rain Inc AR$366,569 Ceo, Pres, T $79,561 $86,551 2023
Love Mercy Inc KS$347,924 President $36,725 $38,398 2023
Aarti For Girls Inc TX$347,788 Vp & Treasurer $25,000 $23,509 2024
Valentino Achak Deng Foundation CA$368,263 Executive Director/co-founder $93,750 $76,099 2024
Angel Of Faith Non Profit Organization CA$346,809 President $82,500 $66,967 2024
Dail Community Of Usa Inc GA$369,300 President $65,000 $63,252 2023
Hope Fleet International Inc FL$369,394 President $9,125 $8,058 2024
Oasis Communities International Inc Ministries TX$370,193 President $31,681 $29,791 2024
Abandoned Little Angels Nhom Tinh Thuong TX$370,370 Executive Director $50,000 $47,017 2024
Haiti Gospel Outreach CA$371,372 Development $50,400 $42,119 2023
Aim4india TX$342,503 Executive Dir. $65,167 $63,089 2023
Pour International Incorporated GA$342,008 Director Treasurer $57,600 $54,443 2024
Life Center Ethiopia CO$373,686 Executive Director $52,000 $46,872 2024
Ends Of The Earth Ministries Inc TX$340,799 Board Member/sec/treas $77,500 $72,876 2024
Tractors For Africa MN$374,845 Board Member $42,000 $39,012 2024
Pamoza International PA$340,461 Executive Director $35,150 $32,951 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC cost of living and 2023 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 NC 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted93rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

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 (Charles Knox) 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 228 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $84,892 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.