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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rain Taxi Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411822994
MN · NTEE A33
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Eric Lorberer, Executive Director / CEO ($45,958) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 49 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Eric Lorberer — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

49 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 49 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,490 total compensation of comparable organizations → $182,531 $45,958
$13,35910th
$28,20425th
$54,512Median
$78,05175th
$100,22190th
$45,958This org · 39th
p10$13,359
p25$28,204
p50$54,512
p75$78,051
p90$100,221
$45,958

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 MN 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
Anyone Corporation NY$239,192 Vp & Treasurer $30,000 $26,648 2024
Republic Of Letters WA$236,809 President, Publisher, Editor $67,750 $59,625 2024
Evangelical Press Association Inc AZ$235,359 Executive Director $83,936 $77,305 2025
The Land Cle OH$234,577 Executive Director $79,000 $82,251 2024
Focus Press Inc TN$243,304 Employee $28,000 $29,786 2023
The Observer IN$227,989 Editor-in-chief $5,396 $5,759 2023
Bibliographical Society Of America NY$254,548 Executive Director $84,584 $75,132 2024
Dzanc Books Inc MI$217,668 Editor-in-chief $50,000 $52,229 2023
Sustainability Institute Inc VT$216,115 Co-director $87,245 $88,871 2023
The Massachusetts Review Inc MA$262,636 Managing Editor $36,864 $33,525 2023
Inlandia Institute Inc CA$213,419 Executive Director $64,220 $54,512 2024
Reconciliation An Intl Network Of Churches And PA$262,893 President $12,500 $12,253 2024
Superstars Writing CO$212,953 Member $24,570 $23,843 2023
Gospel Tract Society Inc MO$263,217 President $49,879 $53,465 2023
Targum Publishing Company NJ$209,199 Editor In Chief - Member $10,226 $8,975 2024
Oklahoma Media Center Inc OK$272,439 Executive Dir $94,344 $102,119 2024
The Denver Homeless Voice CO$201,906 Executive Director $56,375 $54,707 2023
Fellowship For Intentional Community Inc MO$200,800 Manager $19,462 $20,263 2024
American Heritage Education Foundation Inc TX$278,273 President $64,011 $61,320 2025
Bellevue Literary Review Inc NY$284,941 Executive Dir. $39,600 $35,175 2024
Latin American Perspectives Inc CA$190,599 Vice President $19,875 $16,870 2024
Dignity Usa Inc MA$288,091 Executive Di $112,921 $99,747 2024
Western States Communication Association MT$187,356 Executive Director $12,500 $13,636 2023
Media Ecosystems Analysis MA$184,241 President & $126,160 $114,733 2023
India Childrens Press CA$183,719 Ceo $55,000 $48,064 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)35th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Eric Lorberer) 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 49 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,958 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.