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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Life Lane

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 263394418
AR · NTEE X20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Karl Clauson, Executive Director / CEO ($72,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 964 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 74th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

964 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 964 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$48 total compensation of comparable organizations → $408,965 $72,000
$12,36510th
$24,84325th
$45,035Median
$73,45175th
$101,23390th
$72,000This org · 74th
p10$12,365
p25$24,843
p50$45,035
p75$73,451
p90$101,233
$72,000

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 AR 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
Ultimate Strength MN$247,336 President $36,000 $30,738 2024
Power To Live Center TX$247,495 Executive Dir. $54,721 $47,300 2024
Be Bold Street Ministries OR$246,950 Executive Director $56,400 $46,596 2023
Jesus Baptist Las Vegas Church NV$247,731 Pastor $73,441 $63,612 2024
Cic Mission Inc TX$247,792 President $75,633 $65,376 2024
Oikos Usa NC$247,898 President $93,130 $85,608 2023
The St Thomas Orthodox Church WA$246,493 Vicar/priest $63,500 $50,578 2023
Revival Mandate International TX$248,144 Executive Dir. $119,055 $102,909 2024
Know The Truth International Ministries Inc VA$248,298 Founder/president/executive Director $24,600 $21,131 2023
Crossover Ministry Association OK$248,418 Director $69,167 $67,757 2023
Ministerio Conexion Divina Inc FL$246,180 President $19,000 $15,424 2024
Live Salted WA$248,502 Executive Director $56,775 $43,924 2024
Interim Ministry Network Inc MD$248,596 Executive Director $79,061 $63,871 2024
Iglesia De Jesucristo Canaan CA$245,915 President $24,000 $17,908 2024
Final Days International OK$245,820 President $30,000 $28,545 2024
Hand Up To Victory Inc FL$248,924 Chief Executive Officer $48,252 $39,170 2024
Yod Associates Inc OK$248,963 Director $140,400 $133,592 2024
Afc International LA$245,549 President $51,072 $48,596 2024
Emmaus Way Inc IA$249,224 President/di $16,285 $15,863 2023
Cry Of Deliverance Inc MD$245,364 Secretary/treasurer $5,198 $4,199 2024
Iglesia Evangelica El Cordero Movimiento Mundial Inc NY$249,320 President $110,600 $86,361 2024
Uprising Inc KY$245,194 President $119,900 $111,313 2024
Date Palm Consulting TX$245,162 Key Employee $50,095 $44,580 2023
Baltimore International Seafarers Center MD$245,112 Executive Director $88,588 $71,567 2024
Sea Of Hope Ministries TX$245,090 President $54,000 $46,677 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AR 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 AR 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 default74th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)65th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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 (Karl Clauson) 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 964 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,000 is reasonable (approximately the 74th 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.