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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Connors Climb Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 473553455
NH · NTEE F12
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lindsay Gilbert, Executive Director / CEO ($30,719) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 672 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Lindsay Gilbert — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

672 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 672 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $260,035 $30,719
$16,23610th
$33,26225th
$57,991Median
$79,77575th
$106,52390th
$30,719This org · 22nd
p10$16,236
p25$33,262
p50$57,991
p75$79,775
p90$106,523
$30,719

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 NH 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
Lets Be Clear Georgia Inc GA$274,503 Executive Dir. $27,616 $29,210 2024
Red Bird Ministries Inc LA$274,356 Founder/pres $14,414 $16,695 2024
Sexual Assault Services Inc MN$274,069 Executive Di $63,120 $67,546 2023
Three Trails Assessment & Resource WY$275,377 Executive Dir. $41,766 $47,046 2024
Mississippi Council On Compulsive MS$275,496 Executive Director $77,719 $88,707 2025
Tyrrell County Inner Banks Hotline NC$275,499 Secretary $70,259 $74,397 2025
Sexual Assault Program Of Northern St Louis County MN$275,675 Executive Director $93,982 $97,687 2024
Simple Living Inc MA$273,430 Executive Di $62,400 $58,986 2024
Ribbon Of Hope Inc IN$275,691 Executive Director $78,124 $86,665 2024
Achieve Counseling & Wellness AZ$273,313 President Executive Director $69,254 $70,061 2024
Unity Hall CA$275,819 Chairperson $112,628 $105,326 2023
Lexington Christian Counseling SC$276,019 President $85,688 $94,036 2024
The Shepherds Fold Ministry Inc AR$276,142 Exec Director $56,012 $68,186 2023
Mental Health Association In NY$272,755 Director $81,991 $77,937 2024
Mississippi Harm Reduction Initiative MS$272,586 Executive Director $39,423 $46,187 2024
Kylecares Inc MA$276,528 President $10,000 $9,453 2024
Rebel With A Cause Films CO$276,545 President/executive Director $10,000 $10,385 2023
Contemporary Psychodynamic Institute Np WA$271,989 Executive Director $13,750 $13,332 2023
Community Caring Clinic Inc MA$277,120 President $56,391 $54,880 2023
Black Mental Health Oregon OR$277,124 Executive Director President $143,750 $144,574 2023
Baltimore Intergroup Council Of Aa MD$271,749 Administrator/special Worker $39,577 $40,072 2023
Angels In Flight Recovery Center GA$277,363 President $41,600 $44,001 2024
Motorcycle Relief Project CO$271,716 President $32,200 $33,438 2023
American Society Of Addiction Medicine WI$277,418 Member $7,245 $7,959 2024
Nar-anon Family Group Headquarters Inc CA$271,647 Executive Director $50,170 $45,572 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NH 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 NH 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Lindsay Gilbert) 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 672 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (F), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,719 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.