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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lubbock Lighthouse

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 270445167
TX · NTEE F20
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Terry Mceldowney 0724 - 0425, Executive Director / CEO ($15,290) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 143 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Terry Mceldowney 0724 - 0425 — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

143 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 143 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $242,522 $15,290
$21,43510th
$37,04725th
$59,218Median
$80,21275th
$107,48690th
$15,290This org · 6th
p10$21,435
p25$37,047
p50$59,218
p75$80,212
p90$107,486
$15,290

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 TX 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
Unity Recovery Services Inc WI$493,405 Coexecutive $69,588 $74,575 2024
Urban Community Action Network CA$490,270 Executive Director $195,834 $173,523 2024
Minnesota Cit Officers Association MN$493,661 Executive Director $52,923 $55,246 2023
A Vision For You Inc KY$494,144 President - Sr Program Director $62,100 $73,374 2022
Coalition Pathways Inc PA$497,397 President $81,117 $83,007 2024
Mission House Ministry WA$483,616 Board Member - Mentoring $54,146 $49,745 2024
Truth Pharm Inc NY$483,136 Executive Director $71,455 $66,257 2024
Morgan Behavioral Health Choices OH$483,105 Executive Di $50,963 $57,025 2023
Sea Change CA$501,728 President $47,000 $42,876 2023
Massachusetts Alliance For Sober Housing Inc MA$481,940 Treasurer $4,500 $4,272 2023
Key Bridge Inc FL$481,903 President $168,000 $166,732 2023
Livingproof Recovery Inc GA$502,535 Executive Director $53,807 $57,156 2023
Porter County Substance Abuse Council IN$480,751 Executive Director/ceo $91,900 $102,385 2023
Crossxreach FL$503,464 President $180,000 $178,641 2023
Mayes County Hope Coalition OK$505,602 Executive Director $28,333 $32,014 2024
One World Recovery Network TX$475,740 Chief Executive Officer $31,818 $32,660 2024
West Coast Sober Housing OR$508,789 Pres/treas/e.d. $11,440 $10,902 2024
Friends Of Recovery Nh NH$509,806 Executive Di $22,500 $21,318 2024
Be A Part Of The Conversation PA$472,441 Executive Di $72,504 $76,385 2023
Exodus 14 Ministries Inc TN$471,025 President $32,534 $35,092 2024
Faith And Grace Inc AZ$514,881 Treasurer $18,705 $19,004 2023
Alabama Safety Institute Inc AL$515,927 Executive Director $49,136 $54,471 2024
Stalwart Clean And Sober CA$466,269 Ceo $62,520 $57,034 2023
Responsible Hospitality Institute Inc CA$518,236 President $14,308 $12,678 2024
Washed Clean Addiction & Recovery Ministries SD$465,327 President $48,000 $54,359 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX cost of living and 2025 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 TX 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted10th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Terry Mceldowney 0724 - 0425) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 143 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $15,290 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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 10, 2026.