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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

La Conexion

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 463222812
OH · NTEE A23
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lucia Myers, Executive Director / CEO ($12,001) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 161 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: Lucia Myers — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

161 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 161 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,380 total compensation of comparable organizations → $160,122 $12,001
$8,50010th
$21,19925th
$43,149Median
$63,00075th
$86,93690th
$12,001This org · 15th
p10$8,500
p25$21,199
p50$43,149
p75$63,000
p90$86,936
$12,001

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 OH 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
Intercourse Library Inc PA$278,303 Executive Di $60,408 $56,876 2024
Lexington Chinese School Inc MA$278,711 President $1,579 $1,380 2023
Mexican Cultural Center PA$277,294 Director Of Programs $20,068 $18,895 2024
Descendants Of Holocaust Survivors NY$279,204 Executive Director $74,946 $63,941 2024
Kealakai Center For Pacific String Traditions HI$279,563 Executive Director $31,900 $26,965 2024
Bit Community Center Inc MD$276,110 Executive Director & Ceo $65,360 $57,693 2024
Arawaka Inc NM$281,056 President $47,700 $49,870 2023
Maine Irish Heritage Center ME$273,177 Executive Director $80,000 $75,633 2024
Shep-ty CA$272,124 Executive Dir. $115,189 $93,911 2024
Irish Heritage Center OH$271,167 Director $4,700 $4,839 2023
Red Earth Inc OK$270,989 Executive Di $43,306 $45,023 2024
Alaska Native Voices Educational Institute AK$285,092 President $36,768 $33,189 2024
King Sejong Institute Center Usa CA$285,247 Cfo $38,004 $31,899 2023
Kake Tribal Heritage Foundation AK$285,602 Secretary/tr $8,000 $7,434 2023
Korean American Association And TX$269,225 Board Member $9,000 $8,500 2024
Vanguard Culture CA$288,923 Board President $20,642 $17,326 2023
Inner City Cultural League Inc DE$289,252 Executive Director $26,000 $24,746 2023
Islamic Leadership Institute Of America Inc MD$289,915 Chief, Research, Academics & Prgms $44,950 $40,849 2023
Centro Cultural Hispano De San Marcos TX$290,437 Staff Administrator $24,245 $22,898 2024
Cambodia Town Inc CA$290,976 Secretary $4,500 $3,777 2023
Liberty Place Inc VI$264,018 Executive Director $52,664 $52,664 2024
Advocates For Indigenous California CA$292,769 Executive Dir. $65,000 $54,558 2023
Fathers And Sons Together WA$261,803 Executive Director $80,600 $68,131 2024
Creative City Kc Inc MO$294,500 Treasurer $82,500 $82,500 2024
American Foundation For Tibetan Cultural CA$261,527 Ceo $12,500 $10,191 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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), adjusted16th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted15th

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 (Lucia Myers) 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 161 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A23), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,001 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.