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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lake Geauga Educational Assistance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 341640416
OH · NTEE B80Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Patricia G Eagen, Executive Director / CEO ($80,348) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 100 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

100 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 100 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$373 total compensation of comparable organizations → $158,767 $80,348
$6,64310th
$24,90525th
$52,629Median
$80,18375th
$106,06990th
$80,348This org · 75th
p10$6,643
p25$24,905
p50$52,629
p75$80,183
p90$106,069
$80,348

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
College Affordable Inc MA$478,589 Executive Director/clerk $171,553 $141,375 2024
Columbia-greene Community NY$475,912 Secretary $918 $783 2023
Youth Tech Inc KS$484,809 Executive Director $146,000 $144,647 2024
The Green Thumb Initiative Inc CO$486,893 Ceo $90,530 $81,959 2023
Enriching Partnerships For Early Learning IL$473,033 Executive Director $80,533 $70,735 2025
Nevada Center For Civic Engagement NV$487,302 Executive Director $96,000 $88,247 2024
Embright Education NJ$492,664 Executive Dir. $54,000 $43,075 2025
Nature Track Foundation Inc CA$465,833 President & Ceo $62,550 $49,532 2024
Vidal Access Inc AL$497,096 President/employee $108,800 $105,014 2025
Ohio School Resource Officers OH$462,423 Executive Di $77,878 $75,644 2024
Intrax Foundation CA$502,297 Director $10,000 $7,919 2024
Level Up Cincinnati OH$453,506 Executive Director $80,625 $80,625 2023
Practice After School Program WY$452,557 Fiscal & It $40,810 $40,076 2024
International House Davis CA$451,451 Executive Dir. $98,119 $77,699 2024
Eclectic Teaching Consortium AR$450,056 Executive Director $31,217 $31,350 2025
Student Government Suny College Of NY$515,448 President $1,750 $1,450 2024
The Partnership For West Side High School Inc NJ$521,531 Chief Executive Officer $170,000 $135,606 2025
Tools For Tomorrow Inc CA$522,964 Executive Director $92,074 $71,032 2025
Kut Different FL$437,163 Presidence $80,960 $71,808 2023
North Star Self-directed Learning For Teens Inc MA$436,159 Executive Director $35,000 $28,100 2025
Loving Savior Lutheran Chinese School CA$433,875 Ceo $28,363 $23,124 2023
Student Government Association NY$528,867 President $2,178 $1,805 2024
Las Floristas Inc CA$430,769 Executive Di $50,000 $38,574 2025
Us Chess Center DC$531,769 Executive Director $68,799 $53,939 2025
New Mexico Association Of Student NM$531,915 Executive Di $4,500 $4,439 2024

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 default75th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted78th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Patricia G Eagen) 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 100 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,348 is reasonable (approximately the 75th 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.