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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lynden Legacy Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 474459267
UT · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Katie Blanch, Executive Director / CEO ($63,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 798 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 73rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Katie Blanch — reported title “Mgr. 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

798 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 798 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$285 total compensation of comparable organizations → $208,738 $63,000
$11,54910th
$24,22025th
$42,791Median
$64,98475th
$87,92790th
$63,000This org · 73rd
p10$11,549
p25$24,220
p50$42,791
p75$64,984
p90$87,927
$63,000

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 UT 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
Made4me NC$214,691 Former Executive Director $33,000 $33,316 2024
Human Resource Development Agency Inc CT$214,332 Exec Director $52,210 $46,597 2025
Center For Family Life Community NY$214,276 Co-executive Director $50,028 $45,475 2023
Wingard Home Inc MS$214,968 Ceo/cfo, Crisis Pastor $14,400 $16,133 2023
Thomas Toy Community Center CA$214,994 Executive Dir. $46,667 $40,535 2023
Family Promise Of Lycoming County Inc PA$213,923 Director $52,000 $50,667 2024
The Hundred Movement Inc NC$215,394 Executive Dir. $32,415 $32,725 2024
African Leadership Partners Inc CA$213,728 President $33,600 $28,348 2024
Arthur Lockhart Resource Institute IL$213,680 Executive Director $31,500 $31,151 2023
Because Black Is Still Beautiful CA$215,523 Executive Director $125,004 $108,580 2023
The Freedom Cafe NH$213,567 Executive Director $50,525 $45,583 2024
Greater Tallahassee Chamber Foundation FL$213,537 President/ceo $18,150 $16,659 2024
Adp Community Services AK$215,671 Executive Di $13,808 $13,279 2023
Conexiones MN$215,685 Executive Di $46,722 $45,108 2024
Shower Power Inc NY$213,183 Executive Director $85,000 $75,046 2024
Black Everywhere CA$216,079 President / Executive Director $24,463 $20,639 2024
Mikkis Daycare Home Inc Nfp IL$216,274 Director $34,560 $33,197 2024
Mu Delta Lambda Charitable Fndn IL$212,851 President $5,000 $4,803 2024
Recovery Cafe Fulton County Inc IN$216,353 President $53,927 $55,565 2024
Ericshouse Inc AZ$212,826 Chairman $39,300 $36,929 2024
Reins Of Grace Therapeutic Riding Center Inc IN$212,694 President $24,000 $24,729 2024
Touching Africa Ministries CO$216,525 President $7,150 $6,896 2023
Sam Davis Memorial Association TN$216,549 Executive Director $50,900 $50,928 2025
Selfless Solutions Inc PA$216,586 President $12,000 $11,692 2024
Tabithas Place Inc GA$216,702 Director $1,082 $1,094 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to UT 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 UT 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)72nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Katie Blanch) 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 798 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $63,000 is reasonable (approximately the 73rd 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.