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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lifeboat Alliance Ltd

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 272897657
IL · NTEE L41
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Mcarthy, Executive Director / CEO ($58,850) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 79 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 49th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

79 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 79 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,942 total compensation of comparable organizations → $152,680 $58,850
$21,05110th
$44,22825th
$59,984Median
$70,76275th
$82,51690th
$58,850This org · 49th
p10$21,051
p25$44,228
p50$59,984
p75$70,762
p90$82,516
$58,850

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 IL 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
Family Promise Of Davie County NC$297,242 Executive Director $65,645 $65,287 2025
Gloucester United Emergency Shelter Team VA$293,805 Executive Director $7,915 $7,551 2024
North Alabama Coalition For The Homeless AL$293,797 Executive Director $59,522 $63,531 2024
The Bridge Emergency Shelter CO$292,868 Executive Director $31,979 $30,296 2024
Northwoods Alliance For Temporary WI$291,100 Executive Di $68,900 $71,092 2024
Samaritan Homeless Interim Program Inc NJ$288,831 Founding Executive Director $81,147 $71,581 2024
Bethany House Inc NY$287,235 Director $57,700 $51,513 2024
The Winter Sanctuary Inc OH$286,321 Executive Di $41,577 $43,507 2024
Rainbow Place Shelter For Homeless MD$315,710 Executive Director (Through 1/2023) $73,500 $69,896 2023
Washtenaw Housing Alliance MI$284,243 Executive Di $103,370 $108,528 2023
Family Promise Of Bradley County TN$282,567 Executive Director $52,525 $54,548 2024
Dupage Housing Solutions Inc IL$282,438 President & Ceo $7,460 $7,246 2024
Lumen Fidelis WA$319,859 President $23,381 $20,682 2024
Emmaus House Of Saginaw Inc MI$320,614 Executive Di $61,196 $62,406 2024
Community Homeless Outreach TN$280,112 Director $53,989 $57,724 2023
The Haven Of Manitowoc County Inc WI$278,915 Executive Director $62,250 $64,231 2024
Helping Hands-interfaith Coalition For NY$278,522 Executive Director $68,499 $61,154 2024
Robins Home Inc PA$323,390 Executive Dir. $75,600 $76,686 2023
Gateway House Inc DE$277,511 Executive Director $73,489 $73,193 2023
Metro Womens Center MN$273,758 Center Director $58,826 $55,948 2025
House Of Hope Inc VA$329,074 Executive Director $30,951 $29,526 2024
Good News Shelter Corporation KY$329,213 Executive Director $60,251 $65,843 2023
Murfreesboro Rescue Mission Inc TN$271,580 Executive Di $46,800 $48,602 2024
Northern Lights Alliance For The IA$330,736 Executive Di $66,177 $69,745 2025
Audrain County Shelter Resource Coalition MO$270,203 Director $54,158 $56,673 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default49th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)49th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted51st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted47th

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 (Jennifer Mcarthy) 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 79 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (L41), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $58,850 is reasonable (approximately the 49th 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.