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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Live Well Live Atchison Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472125575
KS · NTEE E70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeff Schuele, Executive Director / CEO ($30,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 25th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,079 total compensation of comparable organizations → $756,704 $30,000
$19,36510th
$32,26125th
$40,054Median
$158,31075th
$347,48990th
$30,000This org · 25th
p10$19,365
p25$32,261
p50$40,054
p75$158,310
p90$347,489
$30,000

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 KS 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
Central Kansas Medical Center CO$2,749 Chair / Ceo & President $828,093 $756,704 2023
Advanced Medical Transport Inc IL$2,500 Board Member/ceo Of Phmms $25,070 $22,814 2024
Community Care Collaborative TX$2,500 Executive Director $44,061 $40,797 2024
Imai-imci Alliance Inc FL$2,483 Board Chair $1,241 $1,079 2024
Healthfirst Inc NY$2,427 President And Ceo $543,220 $454,366 2024
Margaret Tietz Nursing And NY$2,241 President/ceo $220,562 $184,485 2024
Mercy Hospital Iowa City Iowa Self IA$3,228 Treasurer (End 7/22) $32,802 $34,227 2023
Jfk Medical Associates Pa NJ$2,000 Trustee - President $291,140 $240,612 2024
Hi-desert Memorial Health Care District Foundation CA$1,990 Ceo $32,981 $26,361 2024
Jpchc Foundation Inc IN$1,896 Director $41,562 $40,570 2024
Asian Health Services Foundation CA$3,576 Ceo $19,340 $15,915 2023
11th Street Family Health Services Inc PA$3,585 President & Chairman $157,401 $149,585 2023
Institute For Labor & Mental Health CA$3,646 Executive Director Of Nsp $49,465 $39,537 2024
Baptist Homes Association Of The Rocky MN$3,812 President & Ceo $38,445 $35,163 2024
Wills Community Surgical Services Of PA$3,835 Chief Executive Officer $84,631 $78,121 2024
Hackensack Specialty Care Associates Pc NJ$4,000 President $44,418 $37,793 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default25th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Jeff Schuele) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (E), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,000 is reasonable (approximately the 25th 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.