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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lifeways Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 550886516
PA · NTEE P82
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julie Trbovich, Executive Director / CEO ($23,020) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 33 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

33 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 33 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,389 total compensation of comparable organizations → $87,347 $23,020
$12,50210th
$19,70625th
$37,729Median
$60,58075th
$70,08890th
$23,020This org · 36th
p10$12,502
p25$19,706
p50$37,729
p75$60,580
p90$70,088
$23,020

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 PA 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
First Steps Center For Autism And Developmental Disabilities OR$130,894 Executive Director $53,000 $49,355 2024
Colorado Dyslexia Foundation CO$137,371 President $80,000 $76,923 2024
Asi - Grand Forks Inc MN$123,901 President/tr $68,006 $65,647 2025
The Arc Of Bismarck ND$140,964 Executive Di $63,998 $70,427 2024
New Beginnings Therapeutic Riding Inc KY$123,453 Executive Director $34,015 $37,729 2023
Planned Lifetime Assistance Network GA$121,323 Director Of Outreach & Com $8,320 $8,389 2024
Pikelamar Services Inc GA$119,696 Director $39,292 $40,788 2023
Foundation Of The Arc Of Anchorage AK$115,741 Ceo/trustee $12,672 $12,507 2023
Mentally Handicapped Children's CA$115,259 Executive Director $16,979 $15,137 2023
Albany Arc Foundation Inc NY$113,596 Executive Director $23,651 $22,064 2023
The Mon-arc Of Monroe Inc MI$151,087 Executive Director $46,174 $47,792 2024
Nashville Supportive Housing Inc MN$153,326 President/tr $65,715 $67,037 2023
Down Syndrome Association Of Brevard FL$158,682 Executive Director $64,308 $60,580 2024
Miracle League Of San Diego CA$159,184 Executive Director $77,100 $68,732 2023
Heather Apartment Associates WA$160,834 President And Ceo $24,457 $22,605 2023
Duet Foundation NE$102,015 President $11,094 $11,965 2024
Mercy Outreach Ministries Iii Inc OH$101,337 Ceo/president $15,476 $16,437 2024
Tenth And Lami Inc MO$163,650 President & Ceo $19,685 $21,524 2023
Attleboro Enterprises Properties Inc MA$166,458 Secretary $21,242 $19,706 2023
Otsar Corp NY$167,592 Executive Director $32,521 $29,468 2024
The Arc Of Bartholomew County IN$94,913 Executive Director $32,596 $35,488 2023
Excalibur Leisure Skills Center NY$93,705 President $42,500 $38,511 2024
Asi - Birmingham Inc MN$171,740 President/tr $65,715 $67,037 2023
Council On Developmental KY$174,468 Ceo $78,750 $87,347 2023
The Arc Of Blair County PA$175,579 Executive Director $45,741 $45,741 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted55th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted9th

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 (Julie Trbovich) 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 33 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $23,020 is reasonable (approximately the 36th 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.