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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Highland Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541882137
VA · NTEE P28
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Elizabeth Lohr-myers, Executive Director / CEO ($66,968) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 38 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 84th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Elizabeth Lohr-myers — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

38 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 38 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$962 total compensation of comparable organizations → $95,597 $66,968
$9,85010th
$18,63425th
$42,764Median
$54,31675th
$69,34590th
$66,968This org · 84th
p10$9,850
p25$18,634
p50$42,764
p75$54,316
p90$69,345
$66,968

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 VA 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
Borrego Springs Community Resource CA$208,120 Treasurer $1,546 $1,308 2025
Trinity Restoration Inc RI$218,086 Executive Director $16,620 $16,032 2024
Love In The Name Of Christ Of Clackamas County Oregon OR$225,056 Executive Director $75,000 $70,065 2024
Cherokee County Family Resource Ctr AL$226,294 Administrator $49,380 $53,665 2024
Crested Butte Film Festival CO$236,685 Executive Directo $48,333 $47,999 2023
Masaryktown Community Center Inc FL$236,862 Secretary $20,768 $20,206 2023
Christlife Inc NY$236,935 President $7,800 $7,090 2024
Macon County Heritage Center NC$237,870 Executive Director $49,038 $50,972 2024
North Spencer Community Action IN$187,118 Manager $48,860 $51,833 2024
Castaways Thrift Co NC$238,574 Executive Director - Store Manager $34,824 $35,264 2025
Redeemer Center For Life Inc MN$185,002 Cfo $11,250 $11,182 2024
Monroe Street Neighborhood Center OH$240,704 Interim Executive Director (June-october) $27,325 $29,114 2024
Life Challenge Of Michigan Inc MI$181,043 Executive Director $9,000 $9,345 2024
Mayville Open Door Inc WI$248,275 President $44,080 $46,310 2024
Peer Recovery Connection Inc VA$174,081 Executive Director $45,325 $44,025 2024
Newton Highlands Community Development MA$251,705 Executive Dir. $88,833 $80,303 2024
People's City Mission Foundation NE$252,673 Ceo-pcm $11,107 $12,017 2024
Western Montana Gay And Lesbian MT$172,396 Executive Director $41,503 $46,334 2023
Goodwill Industries Of Central Florida FL$255,893 President & Ceo $12,882 $12,534 2023
21st Century Village Community Learning Center NC$256,520 Executive Director $57,180 $59,435 2024
Greater Ideal Family Life Center TX$259,790 Executive Dir. $95,000 $95,597 2024
The Westside Community Center Inc SC$164,094 Executive Di $27,000 $29,173 2023
Cmak Sandy Hook CT$266,012 Executive Director $75,131 $69,037 2025
West Side Bazaar Inc NY$268,653 Executive Director $11,075 $10,067 2024
Creekside Place Inc WI$270,303 Executive Director $29,025 $30,493 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default84th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted82nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted76th

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 (Elizabeth Lohr-myers) 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 38 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P28), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $66,968 is reasonable (approximately the 84th 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.