Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lauren Finke, Executive Director / CEO ($87,185) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 73 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 82nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range
Benchmarked executive: Lauren Finke — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.
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 IA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Bluffs Senior Center Inc | WY | $404,472 | Executive Dir. | $44,602 | $43,620 | 2024 |
| Tricounty Community Network Inc | PA | $405,524 | Executive Director | $160,735 | $150,717 | 2023 |
| Kiwanis Club Of Lehigh Acres | FL | $398,789 | Treasurer | $38,919 | $33,391 | 2024 |
| New Hope Resource Center | WA | $394,474 | New Hope Director | $30,586 | $25,010 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Coalition Of Independent | WI | $412,775 | Executive Director | $111,676 | $106,518 | 2024 |
| Women's Mentoring Network Inc | CT | $393,469 | Executive Director | $82,500 | $72,733 | 2023 |
| Lynden Communitysenior Center | WA | $413,188 | Former Executive Director | $56,348 | $46,075 | 2024 |
| Community Dispute Resolution Center Inc | NY | $392,888 | Executive Director | $76,398 | $63,050 | 2024 |
| Oregon Head Start Association | OR | $392,740 | Executive Dir. | $90,045 | $76,371 | 2024 |
| C Waldo Scott Center For Hope Inc | VA | $390,470 | Executive Di | $65,702 | $59,649 | 2023 |
| Remote Energy | WA | $421,740 | Managing Director | $33,439 | $27,342 | 2024 |
| Leadership Houston Inc | TX | $422,136 | Executive Di | $93,339 | $85,273 | 2024 |
| Native American Food Sovereignty | AZ | $427,502 | Executive Dir. | $109,889 | $96,520 | 2024 |
| Esperanto League For North America Inc | CA | $378,224 | Executive Dir. | $30,000 | $24,358 | 2023 |
| House Of Peace And Education Inc | MA | $433,309 | Executive Di | $42,913 | $35,219 | 2024 |
| Danenet Inc | WI | $433,920 | Executive Dir. | $73,586 | $72,261 | 2023 |
| Texans For Clean Water Inc | TX | $435,000 | President And Director | $53,654 | $49,017 | 2024 |
| Glbt National Help Center Inc | CA | $440,006 | Executive Director | $78,461 | $61,877 | 2024 |
| Central Ia Center For Independent Living | IA | $448,514 | Executive Director | $66,950 | $65,224 | 2025 |
| Conway Center For Family Business | OH | $450,438 | Executive Di | $138,112 | $133,599 | 2024 |
| Cape Charles Va Main Street Inc | VA | $353,828 | Executive Director | $54,705 | $48,240 | 2024 |
| Bisbee Coalition For The Homeless Inc | AZ | $352,441 | Executive Director | $34,323 | $31,038 | 2023 |
| Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support | MO | $346,445 | Executive Director | $75,187 | $72,730 | 2024 |
| East Cambridge Business Association | MA | $465,872 | Executive Director | $163,149 | $133,897 | 2024 |
| Center For Community Service Fund | WA | $465,997 | President | $20,238 | $16,548 | 2024 |
Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.
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 IA 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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 82nd |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 74th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 78th |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 77th |
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.
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
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.