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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Leadership Council For Nonprofits

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 510428018
OH · NTEE S50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anne E Benson, Executive Director / CEO ($100,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 18 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

18 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 18 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$746 total compensation of comparable organizations → $123,310 $100,000
$20,91410th
$31,09425th
$49,290Median
$82,43475th
$103,77590th
$100,000This org · 83rd
p10$20,914
p25$31,094
p50$49,290
p75$82,434
p90$103,775
$100,000

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 OH 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
Wls Building Company MN$315,484 School Director $10,128 $9,449 2023
Sdc Services Corp CO$307,574 President Secretary $102,957 $90,535 2024
Natural High CA$300,687 Executive Director $155,717 $123,310 2024
Next Step Storm Inc IN$300,151 Construction Sp $52,200 $50,482 2024
Meliora Partners Inc IA$296,891 Executive Director $24,000 $25,828 2022
Community Conscience CA$337,609 Executive Di $56,608 $44,827 2024
Central Florida Realty Investors FL$289,984 Executive Director $122,988 $105,955 2024
Global Ecolabelling Network Inc MD$275,670 Gen Secretariat $98,089 $86,582 2023
Metrowest Nonprofit Network Inc MA$248,673 Executive Director (Effective July) $35,313 $29,961 2023
Peoplecare Center For Nonprofits Inc NJ$383,668 Executive Director $65,838 $53,907 2024
The Center For Social Creativity CO$232,758 Executive Director $51,458 $45,250 2024
Indian Country Grassroots Support NM$395,484 Executive Di $104,264 $102,841 2024
Community Healthcare Foundation Inc MO$227,991 Ceo $31,494 $31,494 2023
District 742 Local Education Activities MN$404,292 Executive Director $33,186 $30,960 2023
Advancing The Seed Inc CA$418,755 President/ceo $60,738 $48,097 2024
Maureens Haven Inc NY$429,857 Executive Dir. $78,036 $64,667 2024
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting Inc NY$441,885 Member $900 $746 2024
Mediation Center Of Dutchess NY$457,656 Executive Di $84,460 $69,991 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)78th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted89th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted78th

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 (Anne E Benson) 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 18 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $100,000 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.