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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Lavender Clinic

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 465731199
HI · NTEE E30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jonica Caldwell, Executive Director / CEO ($3,057) 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 4th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jonica Caldwell — reported title “Chief Executive Officer and BOD member”, 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

$1,623 total compensation of comparable organizations → $939,016 $3,057
$6,54710th
$22,58925th
$45,604Median
$81,93275th
$200,78090th
$3,057This org · 4th
p10$6,547
p25$22,589
p50$45,604
p75$81,932
p90$200,780
$3,057

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 HI 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
Eastern Maine Medical Center Auxiliary ME$5,567 Board Member $44,828 $50,137 2024
Dubois Medical Center Inc WY$5,398 Treasurer $2,833 $3,388 2024
Ascension Texas Cardiovascular MO$6,172 President $36,312 $44,227 2023
Hutchinson Regional Medical Center Auxiliary KS$6,301 Director $18,000 $22,362 2023
Sheltering Arms Hospital South Inc VA$5,208 President & Ceo $18,329 $19,767 2024
Clarksville Senior Care Llc VA$5,069 Director/treasurer $186,150 $206,683 2023
Cec Management Systems Inc MA$5,004 President & Ceo $80,787 $83,480 2023
Covenant Aco Inc WA$6,591 Ceo $205,579 $205,579 2024
Holy Cross Carenet Inc MI$4,774 Former Officer; President & Ceo Thah $152,988 $181,585 2023
Advance Housing Foundation Inc NJ$4,753 Member And Ceo $5,926 $6,084 2023
Meaningful Autistic Resources For Kids Mark LA$6,762 President $1,282 $1,623 2023
St Barnabas Community Enterprises Inc NY$6,884 President & Ceo $27,455 $28,529 2023
Berkshire Health Systems Inc MA$4,607 Trustee/physician $69,757 $70,015 2024
St Joseph'scandler Health System GA$6,949 President & $28,189 $32,593 2023
Heritage Care Connection Inc KY$7,037 Executive Director $21,312 $25,574 2024
Tri-county Mental Health Services ME$4,311 Former Ed $43,109 $46,972 2025
Alliance Health Of Marblehead Inc MA$4,262 President & Clerk & Ceo $68,094 $68,346 2024
Rei Medical Clinics Inc WI$4,097 Director/ceo - Msi $66,933 $80,383 2023
Hackensack Specialty Care Associates Pc NJ$4,000 President $44,418 $45,604 2023
Carilion Biomedical Institute VA$7,870 Director $167,911 $181,084 2024
University Physicians Group Inc KY$8,000 Chairman $803,217 $939,016 2025
University Medical Services Foundation KY$8,002 President $6,800 $8,401 2023
Bering Omega Community Health Services TX$8,453 President/ceo $19,835 $22,816 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to HI 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 HI 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 default4th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)9th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted78th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted4th

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 (Jonica Caldwell) 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 major group (E), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,057 is reasonable (approximately the 4th 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.