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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gizmo-cda Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 465487834
ID · NTEE P20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Erin Lanigan, Executive Director / CEO ($60,688) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1068 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 61st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Erin Lanigan — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,068 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,068 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$244 total compensation of comparable organizations → $298,612 $60,688
$14,20510th
$29,43625th
$51,038Median
$73,02175th
$94,44690th
$60,688This org · 61st
p10$14,205
p25$29,436
p50$51,038
p75$73,021
p90$94,446
$60,688

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 ID 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
Universities Allied For Essential DC$366,661 Executive Dir. $94,550 $75,757 2024
Significant Matters Inc KS$366,198 President $61,476 $62,432 2023
Paths Forward NV$367,346 Executive Director $85,408 $78,169 2024
Deconstructing The Mental Health System WA$365,640 President & Ceo $24,562 $20,672 2023
Healing Rhythms CA$365,562 Secretary $21,985 $17,846 2023
His Little Feet CA$367,606 Executive Dir. $63,600 $51,626 2023
Peer Specialists Limited WI$367,870 General Manager $82,074 $78,263 2024
Core City Neighborhoods Inc MI$368,318 Executive Director $39,327 $37,064 2024
Deerfield Beach Community Cares Inc FL$368,848 President Ce $75,800 $65,018 2024
Imago Relationships North America IL$364,114 Executive Dir. $116,504 $104,580 2024
From The Heart Foundation CO$364,050 Executive Director $51,584 $45,163 2024
Prosperity House Inc CT$363,915 Director $39,650 $33,944 2024
Fatherless Network Or Widows And Orphans TX$363,779 President $42,000 $39,494 2023
Parent Power Lab Inc MO$369,290 Chair $85,000 $82,201 2024
International House Philadelphia Inc PA$369,626 President & Ceo (Until 10/22) $118,001 $110,618 2023
Dream Team Foundation Inc NC$369,829 Executive Director $42,292 $39,900 2024
Chiron Center Inc CA$370,186 Executive Dir. $21,000 $17,046 2023
Concerned Dewitt Citizens Ltd IA$370,336 Executive Di $47,961 $49,365 2023
United Ministries Of Clinton SC$362,657 Executive Di $23,000 $22,556 2023
Gilmer Co Family Resource Network Inc WV$362,580 Executive Director $67,350 $66,584 2024
The Journalists And Writers Foundation Inc NY$362,501 President $90,925 $75,019 2024
Voice Of Including Community Equitably CA$362,472 Vice President $85,145 $69,114 2023
Soaring Unlimited MI$362,396 Executive Director $38,240 $36,039 2024
Center4hope Inc NY$361,849 Executive Director $90,962 $75,050 2024
Residents In Action Llc MI$361,832 Executive Di $25,000 $23,561 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ID 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 ID 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 default61st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted58th

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 (Erin Lanigan) 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 1068 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,688 is reasonable (approximately the 61st 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.