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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lifeways North America

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 510554957
OK · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Cynthia Aldinger, Executive Director / CEO ($50,875) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1072 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,072 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,072 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$242 total compensation of comparable organizations → $297,005 $50,875
$14,50010th
$29,59425th
$51,206Median
$72,97275th
$94,21990th
$50,875This org · 50th
p10$14,500
p25$29,594
p50$51,206
p75$72,972
p90$94,219
$50,875

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 OK 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
Youth Recovery Connections CA$371,657 President & Ceo $92,930 $75,028 2023
Life Builders Incorporated CA$371,695 Ceo/president $135,206 $106,027 2024
Family Promise Of Greater Roanoke VA$372,028 Executive Di $91,440 $80,180 2024
Clara's Hope MI$372,046 Founder & Director $20,514 $19,229 2024
Concerned Dewitt Citizens Ltd IA$370,336 Executive Di $47,961 $49,100 2023
Germantown Avenue Crisis Ministry PA$372,355 Executive Director $64,226 $56,666 2025
Chiron Center Inc CA$370,186 Executive Dir. $21,000 $16,954 2023
Dream Team Foundation Inc NC$369,829 Executive Director $42,292 $39,685 2024
International House Philadelphia Inc PA$369,626 President & Ceo (Until 10/22) $118,001 $110,023 2023
Rayito De Esperanza Corp PR$373,083 Executive Director $6,000 $6,177 2023
Parent Power Lab Inc MO$369,290 Chair $85,000 $81,759 2024
Unity Center WA$373,579 Executive Director $57,600 $48,216 2023
Deerfield Beach Community Cares Inc FL$368,848 President Ce $75,800 $64,668 2024
Atlantic Cultural Connections Inc GA$373,823 Executive Director $87,408 $82,173 2023
The Adult Disability Medical GA$373,974 Executive Di $70,720 $64,577 2024
Siskiyou Food Assistance Corporation CA$374,141 Executive Director $17,760 $13,568 2025
Core City Neighborhoods Inc MI$368,318 Executive Director $39,327 $36,864 2024
African Refuge Inc NY$374,587 Executive Di $46,800 $39,540 2023
Spring Of Hope International WA$374,624 Executive Di $48,000 $39,028 2024
Veterans And Family Assistance GA$374,708 Executive Di $100,000 $91,313 2024
Peer Specialists Limited WI$367,870 General Manager $82,074 $77,842 2024
Minority Millennials NY$374,942 President $31,918 $26,967 2023
Woodstock Area Adult Day Services Inc VT$374,977 Director $77,640 $70,969 2024
His Little Feet CA$367,606 Executive Dir. $63,600 $51,348 2023
Able Community Development Foundation CA$375,244 President/ceo $70,000 $54,893 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK 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 OK 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted51st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted47th

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 (Cynthia Aldinger) 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 1072 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,875 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.