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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lynx Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 262817594
CA · NTEE S11
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rhea Suh, Executive Director / CEO ($60,449) 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 52nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Rhea Suh — reported title “PRESIDENT & CEO”, 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

$1,525 total compensation of comparable organizations → $206,318 $60,449
$6,05910th
$25,50225th
$57,326Median
$91,74375th
$121,61890th
$60,449This org · 52nd
p10$6,059
p25$25,502
p50$57,326
p75$91,743
p90$121,618
$60,449

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 CA 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
Partnership Grand Strand SC$411,342 Director $98,673 $112,808 2025
Alexandria Small Business Development VA$418,773 President $37,953 $42,438 2023
The College For Behavorial Health Leadership AZ$431,829 Executive Director $108,917 $117,826 2024
Greater Wilkes-barre Growth Partnership PA$385,463 President/ceo $11,279 $12,652 2024
Schuyler County Human Services NY$378,917 President $1,500 $1,525 2024
Park Side 104 Housing Development Fund NY$453,120 Vice President $4,935 $4,887 2025
Gp Lens Institute NE$454,646 President $50,000 $62,279 2023
Chamber Of Commerce For Greater PA$455,601 Treasurer, Ccgprf & Coo, C $141,346 $158,554 2024
Kansas City Regional Destination Develop MO$369,744 President And Ceo $5,086 $6,059 2024
Towerside Innovation District MN$457,064 Executive Director $83,000 $92,253 2024
Sports Event Development Fund OH$460,447 President $168,206 $206,318 2023
Charlestown Benevolent Care MD$355,905 President $22,889 $24,070 2024
National Association Of Elementary VA$353,924 President $51,268 $57,326 2023
Cdfi Friendly Bloomington Inc IN$473,448 Executive Director $106,154 $125,921 2024
World Tang Soo Do Foundation NC$351,447 Coo/chief Of Staff $4,150 $4,823 2024
Franklin Hill Revitalization Corporation MA$484,000 President Until 8/4/2023 $27,754 $28,054 2024
Highland Community Associationinc MD$341,244 Executive Di $71,470 $75,161 2024
Fund For The Center For Community Change DC$488,664 President $39,184 $38,678 2024
Ujf Holdings Corp CA$325,986 Ceo (Current) $18,548 $18,548 2023
Karl Perl Charitable Trust IL$314,900 Trustee $80,133 $91,233 2023
Roebuck Ymca Collaborative Qalicb Inc AL$308,925 President $27,602 $33,542 2024
The Foundation Of The Women NY$294,080 President & $18,278 $18,579 2024
Nareit Foundation DC$290,348 President $68,663 $67,776 2024
Two Harbors Area Food Shelf MN$286,289 Executive Director $69,927 $80,018 2023
Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area PA$284,671 Executive Di $81,397 $94,003 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default52nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted90th

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 (Rhea Suh) 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 (S11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,449 is reasonable (approximately the 52nd 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.