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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

This Star Won't Go Out Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 274235482
MA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lori Earl, Executive Director / CEO ($24,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 210 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 25th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lori Earl — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

210 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 210 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4 total compensation of comparable organizations → $283,231 $24,000
$9,43810th
$23,72825th
$39,563Median
$65,15075th
$88,84190th
$24,000This org · 25th
p10$9,438
p25$23,728
p50$39,563
p75$65,150
p90$88,841
$24,000

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 MA 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
Rural Housing Partnership VA$111,091 Executive Director $7,190 $7,726 2024
Globalfest Inc NY$111,384 President $13,440 $13,914 2023
Central Avenue Center Of Hope Inc KS$111,517 Execuitive Director $35,150 $43,506 2023
Bayouclinic Inc AL$111,673 Executive Director $106,204 $131,452 2023
Jackson In Action 83 Foundation Inc FL$110,156 Executive Director $54,000 $56,452 2024
Virtues Matter Inc MD$112,221 President And Ceo $63,333 $67,837 2023
Helping Hands Ministry TN$109,695 President $9,070 $10,923 2023
Its Time A Houghton Family Global UT$112,621 Director - R $33,600 $38,269 2024
Mcsy Qalicb Ymca (6859-so1) WA$109,368 Director/president $42,956 $42,798 2024
Greater Louisville Intergroup Inc KY$109,188 Coo $35,700 $42,682 2024
La Voz Del Consolador TX$113,301 Media $30,000 $34,381 2023
Avenues Foundation PA$113,617 Executive Director $27,981 $31,968 2023
Our Sisters Closet Inc AL$114,120 President $38,142 $45,855 2024
Seasons Village Inc NC$107,869 Program Director $52,000 $61,558 2023
Wnyhoo-now Inc MO$114,482 Ceo, President & Treasurer $88,846 $104,718 2024
Virtuemedia Inc GA$107,745 President & Founder $83,197 $95,840 2023
The Roadie Clinic Inc MI$115,316 Ceo $18,000 $20,675 2024
Women In Revenue Inc CA$106,627 Executive Dir. $49,862 $49,329 2023
Arts Foundation For Seniors Inc FL$106,144 Exec Dir & S $67,000 $70,043 2024
Less Leg More Heart NH$116,429 President $15,850 $16,767 2023
Fraternal Order Of Eagles MI$116,467 President $150 $168 2025
Helping Hands Of Middle & West Tennessee TN$116,475 Ceoprogram Director $82,000 $93,445 2025
Gems Development Foundation VA$105,693 Executive Director $22,000 $24,337 2023
Open Source Hardware Association CO$104,790 Executive Director $77,692 $85,351 2023
Hope On The Hill Inc OR$104,768 Executive Dir. $48,500 $50,121 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA cost of living and 2024 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 MA 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 default25th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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 (Lori Earl) 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 210 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,000 is reasonable (approximately the 25th 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.