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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lutheran Social Services Of Central Ohio

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311579303
OH · NTEE P80
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rev Larry A Crowell, Executive Director / CEO ($9,088) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 236 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 7th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Rev Larry A Crowell — reported title “PRESIDENT & CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

236 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 236 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$557 total compensation of comparable organizations → $347,531 $9,088
$12,67910th
$27,18325th
$47,531Median
$62,20575th
$75,93090th
$9,088This org · 7th
p10$12,679
p25$27,183
p50$47,531
p75$62,205
p90$75,930
$9,088

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 OH 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
Transform Scott County Inc KY$251,598 Executive Director $40,161 $39,569 2024
On Our Own Of Frederick County Inc MD$251,342 Executive Director 07/2022- 03/2023 $64,413 $56,857 2023
Edtogether Inc MA$252,762 Pres/treas/clerk/dir/exec $82,565 $70,051 2023
Shakopee Supportive Housing Inc MN$250,159 President/tr $65,715 $59,549 2024
Deafinitely Dogs IA$252,979 Director $68,694 $71,015 2023
Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation OK$253,446 Executive Director $65,604 $68,204 2023
Matsu Council On Aging AK$253,496 Executive Director $92,963 $81,506 2024
Status Code 4 Inc CO$249,222 Chief Operating Officer $53,861 $47,363 2024
John B Cunningham Pans And Pandas Foundation Inc MA$248,969 Officer $80,000 $67,874 2023
Foresight Ski Guides Inc CO$248,807 Executive Director $75,296 $66,212 2024
Front Step Inc PA$254,541 Executive Director $42,000 $38,410 2024
Family Promise Of Greater New Braunfels TX$254,832 Executive Director $12,000 $10,724 2025
Roads To Freedom PA$248,112 Ceo $32,726 $30,813 2023
Elite Women Of Excellence GA$247,207 Executive Director/ceo $49,979 $47,446 2023
Harlem Pride Incorporated NY$246,990 President & Ceo $18,792 $16,033 2023
Rock Haus Foundation TX$246,930 Admin Director $44,683 $42,201 2023
Answer Scholarship Inc NC$245,334 Executive Dir. $37,433 $35,470 2024
K9's 4 Mobility Inc WY$257,874 Executive Director $55,958 $56,574 2023
Girls Growing Ii Women MI$245,156 President $54,100 $51,209 2024
Highland Manor Apartments Inc NC$244,812 President $15,432 $14,623 2024
Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative Inc NY$244,799 Ceo $90,792 $75,238 2024
Austin Pregnancy Resource Center TX$244,589 Ceo $84,000 $79,333 2023
Bridges Training Foundation TX$258,583 President $52,000 $49,111 2023
Acts 4 Ministry Inc CT$258,603 Executive Director $95,000 $81,685 2024
Asd Solutions Inc NJ$258,704 President $52,000 $41,479 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default7th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted93rd

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 (Rev Larry A Crowell) 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 236 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,088 is reasonable (approximately the 7th 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.