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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lifetime Housing Group Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 351341343
IN · NTEE K36Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Erin Thomas, Executive Director / CEO ($1,800) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 12th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,150 total compensation of comparable organizations → $69,988 $1,800
$2,64510th
$4,18925th
$12,697Median
$27,02275th
$34,12190th
$1,800This org · 12th
p10$2,645
p25$4,189
p50$12,697
p75$27,022
p90$34,121
$1,800

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 IN 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
Casa Vegana Inc PR$46,679 Executive Director $69,988 $69,988 2024
Meadow Farm Community Land Trust CA$35,509 President $1,365 $1,150 2023
Americas Gleaned Seafood NJ$34,562 Executive Director $2,080 $1,761 2024
Whittier Meals On Wheels Inc CA$50,025 Office Manager $33,664 $27,565 2024
The Madison Farm TN$51,080 Secretary $31,200 $31,099 2024
Globaltrust Funds CO$32,394 Chairman And Ceo $4,163 $3,785 2024
Gallatin Valley Farm To School MT$31,525 Employee $11,793 $12,054 2024
Southern Cotton Ginners Foundation TN$53,629 Secretary $17,027 $16,534 2025
Tampa Bay Network To End Hunger Inc FL$54,891 Ceo $27,625 $24,609 2024
Food Bank Of Lincoln Foundation NE$56,646 President & Ceo $18,781 $18,661 2025
Meals On Wheels Of Wilton Inc CT$57,777 President $3,534 $3,235 2023
Central Topeka Grocery Oasis Group Inc KS$58,594 Executive Director $12,394 $12,697 2024
Nebraska Alfalfa Marketing Associat NE$59,362 Executive Di $37,900 $38,655 2024
Feed God's Hungry Children Inc AZ$59,432 President $4,593 $4,189 2024
Eldon Community Food Pantry MO$59,503 Treasurer $4,800 $4,964 2023
Wright City Community Food Pantry MO$60,391 Executive Director $6,000 $6,026 2024
Christian Approach To Urban Suburban NJ$61,335 Executive Dir. $31,000 $27,022 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default12th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

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 (Erin Thomas) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (K), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $1,800 is reasonable (approximately the 12th 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.