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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lifeline Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 371097211
IL · NTEE P520
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lindsey Kerr, Executive Director / CEO ($99,603) against the 2000 closest of 3,862 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 88th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

3,862 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$262 total compensation of comparable organizations → $562,220 $99,603
$18,50310th
$39,19725th
$60,279Median
$81,02875th
$104,12890th
$99,603This org · 88th
p10$18,503
p25$39,197
p50$60,279
p75$81,028
p90$104,128
$99,603

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
Social Creatures Inc NY$435,755 Executive Dir. $48,811 $46,190 2023
Noahs House Inc PA$435,598 Executive Director/recovery Liaison $132,859 $134,767 2024
Familykind Ltd NY$435,777 Executive Director $93,595 $88,569 2023
Guams Alternative Lifestyle Association GU$435,857 Executive Director $50,555 $50,555 2024
Wings Of Hope Equitherapy TX$435,486 Executive Director $58,062 $59,077 2024
Partnership 4 Hope Inc NE$436,000 Executive Director $16,430 $18,505 2023
Alabama Counseling Association AL$435,298 Executive Director $39,936 $42,754 2025
Foundation 4 Arts Inc FL$435,142 President $26,000 $24,844 2024
Renacer Social Corp PR$436,240 Forensic Psychology $75,599 $75,599 2024
Young Mens Christian Association Of Jackson Area OH$436,285 Executive Director $42,000 $46,585 2023
Your Child's Place Inc PA$435,070 Sr. Vp Of Finance $5,233 $5,308 2024
Hope At The Brick House Inc IA$434,971 Agency Director $40,000 $44,550 2024
Horseplay Therapy Center Inc FL$436,405 President $67,250 $64,261 2024
New Hope Global Ministries Inc NC$436,429 President $58,000 $60,959 2024
The Philomena House Corp MN$434,903 Director $46,686 $46,923 2024
Aspire Inc NJ$436,487 Director $173,725 $157,772 2024
Street Samaritans IL$434,855 Executive Director $67,923 $67,923 2024
Sam & Devorah Foundation For Trans Youth NJ$434,848 Employee $135,000 $122,603 2024
Community Play Workshop Inc MA$436,551 Executive Dir. $25,233 $23,745 2023
Birds On A Wire-moms Inc GA$436,571 President $99,203 $101,460 2024
Silver Streak CA$436,590 Director $21,000 $18,990 2023
Ethiopian Community Services And Development Council Inc DC$436,672 Program Director And Teacher $57,600 $51,414 2024
Girard Community Committee Inc OH$434,669 Administrative Director $65,850 $70,943 2024
Compassionate Care Management Inc OH$436,756 President $56,400 $60,762 2024
Olinga Learning CA$436,788 Executive & Engineering Di $111,380 $97,828 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 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 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 default88th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted83rd

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 (Lindsey Kerr) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $99,603 is reasonable (approximately the 88th 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.