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Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 383488880
MI · NTEE S012
FY ending 2025-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Caryn Lamb, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 745 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 15th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Caryn Lamb — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

745 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 745 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $325,372 $12,000
$9,21210th
$21,68925th
$49,586Median
$73,92375th
$98,36690th
$12,000This org · 15th
p10$9,212
p25$21,689
p50$49,586
p75$73,923
p90$98,366
$12,000

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
Dpcr Holding Corporation OH$150,000 Secretary $10,739 $11,646 2023
Mechanical Contractors Association Of IA$149,982 Executive Director $99,418 $111,452 2023
Grand Rapids New Car Dealers Association MI$150,255 Management $27,500 $28,228 2024
Our Town Frederiksted Inc VI$149,892 Consultant $29,184 $29,956 2024
American Civil Liberties Union Of OK$149,798 Executive Di $19,648 $21,516 2024
Roosevelt County Community NM$149,702 Executive Dire $57,579 $61,586 2024
Association Of Professional Futurists DC$149,638 Award Facilitator $6,600 $5,930 2023
The Foundation Of The Economic PA$149,605 President $23,734 $23,537 2024
Cincinnati Computer Reuse OH$149,413 Executive Director $10,000 $10,533 2024
Keep Ohio Beautiful Inc OH$150,982 Executive Director $72,536 $76,402 2024
Southern Eagle Basketball Officials GA$149,164 President $1,500 $1,500 2024
Clarinda Economic Development Corp IA$151,058 Executive Director $80,504 $85,400 2025
Laguna Community Foundation NM$149,059 Executive Di $76,188 $83,898 2023
Entrepreneur Educational Cente CA$149,038 Exec Director $145,143 $124,638 2024
Mp Santa Clara Inc CA$149,005 Cfo/assistant Secretary $59,660 $52,744 2023
Finm Solutions MI$151,158 President $31,821 $33,628 2023
Serverie PA$151,244 Chariman $94,567 $93,784 2024
Laborers District Council Of Mn & Nd MN$151,260 President/business Manager $114,694 $112,704 2024
The Partnership Homeless Facilities NY$151,284 President & Ceo $36,286 $32,608 2024
Citizens Against Strada Verde CA$151,656 Secretary $11,426 $9,812 2024
Austin Community Growth Ventures MN$151,725 Executive Director - Dca $3,941 $3,872 2024
Desour Valley Edc Inc ND$151,738 Secretary $5,000 $5,618 2023
Racine Revitalization Partnership Inc WI$151,925 Executive Director $74,045 $79,174 2023
Peace Peloton WA$148,171 President $95,000 $82,403 2025
Community Foundation Of Grant County IN$148,126 Executive Director (Part-year) $50,042 $54,030 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 2025 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 default15th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted11th

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 (Caryn Lamb) 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 745 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (S), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 15th 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.