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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lake Area Ministries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 431476190
MO · NTEE P600
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gary Mitchell, Executive Director / CEO ($33,333) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 74th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Gary Mitchell — reported title “MANAGER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$581 total compensation of comparable organizations → $72,474 $33,333
$10,55210th
$18,36125th
$25,626Median
$34,00875th
$44,36690th
$33,333This org · 74th
p10$10,552
p25$18,361
p50$25,626
p75$34,008
p90$44,366
$33,333

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 MO 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
Dearborn County Clearing House For IN$109,770 Exec Directo $44,446 $44,253 2024
Family Promise Of Santa Rosa Inc FL$108,782 Executive Director $31,656 $28,907 2023
United We Serve TX$108,100 Ceo/co-chairman $16,292 $15,841 2023
Onpath Foundation LA$114,172 President $19,796 $20,581 2024
Dine Brands Global Foundation Inc CA$114,932 Board Member $39,406 $33,076 2023
Utah 1033 Foundation UT$117,414 President $75,000 $72,474 2024
Norman Care Association Vans OK$100,923 Driver $25,000 $25,991 2024
Helping Hands Of Franklin County VA$99,715 Exec Director $11,500 $10,484 2024
The Sandbox Group Inc NC$97,621 President $44,200 $44,394 2023
Pawsitively 4 Pink Inc MA$123,830 Powers $30,000 $26,205 2023
Helping Hands Of Potsdam Inc NY$90,906 Executive Di $25,910 $22,105 2024
Eagles Nest Foundation WA$86,597 Director $30,000 $25,359 2024
People Helping People Inc KY$135,447 President $2,565 $2,602 2024
Christian Services Love Inc Of Greater Lansing MI$136,544 Help Center Coordinator $42,972 $41,877 2024
Community Hope Inc MT$77,641 Director $34,275 $34,883 2024
West Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department PA$76,112 Secretary/treasurer $599 $581 2023
Hagen Center MN$75,642 President $11,600 $10,822 2024
Christian Ministries Of H'burg Inc IN$145,438 Executive Director $25,000 $25,626 2023
40 West Assistance & Referral Center Inc MD$74,929 Center Director $22,500 $19,861 2024
Interfaith Of Natrona County Inc WY$150,397 Executive Dir. $55,000 $54,172 2025
Flushing Jewish Community Council I NY$152,579 Executive Di $21,000 $17,455 2025
Pryor Ministries Center OK$157,125 Director $18,000 $19,267 2023
Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry Inc NC$163,354 Executive Director $33,963 $33,133 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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 default74th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)65th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted74th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted61st

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 (Gary Mitchell) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $33,333 is reasonable (approximately the 74th 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.