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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Christian Services Love Inc Of Greater Lansing

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 382549932
MI · NTEE P60Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michael Welch, Executive Director / CEO ($42,972) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 33 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Michael Welch — reported title “Help Center Coordinator”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

33 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 33 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,670 total compensation of comparable organizations → $96,598 $42,972
$10,85410th
$21,11925th
$33,940Median
$47,86675th
$70,32390th
$42,972This org · 64th
p10$10,854
p25$21,119
p50$33,940
p75$47,866
p90$70,323
$42,972

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 MI 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
People Helping People Inc KY$135,447 President $2,565 $2,670 2024
Christian Ministries Of H'burg Inc IN$145,438 Executive Director $25,000 $26,296 2023
Pawsitively 4 Pink Inc MA$123,830 Powers $30,000 $26,890 2023
Interfaith Of Natrona County Inc WY$150,397 Executive Dir. $55,000 $55,588 2025
Flushing Jewish Community Council I NY$152,579 Executive Di $21,000 $17,911 2025
Utah 1033 Foundation UT$117,414 President $75,000 $74,368 2024
Pryor Ministries Center OK$157,125 Director $18,000 $19,770 2023
Dine Brands Global Foundation Inc CA$114,932 Board Member $39,406 $33,940 2023
Onpath Foundation LA$114,172 President $19,796 $21,119 2024
Lake Area Ministries Inc MO$110,385 Manager $33,333 $34,204 2024
Dearborn County Clearing House For IN$109,770 Exec Directo $44,446 $45,410 2024
Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry Inc NC$163,354 Executive Director $33,963 $33,999 2024
Family Promise Of Santa Rosa Inc FL$108,782 Executive Director $31,656 $29,663 2023
United We Serve TX$108,100 Ceo/co-chairman $16,292 $16,255 2023
Wish Granters Inc ID$167,251 Marketing & $26,546 $27,359 2024
Robs Barbershop Community Foundation MD$167,633 Managing Director $58,500 $52,988 2024
Norman Care Association Vans OK$100,923 Driver $25,000 $26,670 2024
Jose's Closet Inc AZ$172,789 President $38,150 $35,546 2024
Helping Hands Of Franklin County VA$99,715 Exec Director $11,500 $10,758 2024
Empty Bowls Monongalia WV$174,948 Executive Dir. $5,695 $5,820 2025
The Sandbox Group Inc NC$97,621 President $44,200 $45,554 2023
Dress For Success Louisville Inc KY$177,065 Executive Director $65,000 $67,657 2024
Hurting And Hungry Charity CA$179,662 Secretary Ex Dir $30,646 $27,478 2022
Flagstaff International Relief Effort AZ$181,567 President $100,700 $96,598 2023
Stripes Of A Warrior Inc CA$192,459 Organizer $12,399 $10,679 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)64th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted64th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted55th

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 (Michael Welch) 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 33 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,972 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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.