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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lifeskills Industries Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 611179808
KY · NTEE J30Z
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joe Dan Beavers, Executive Director / CEO ($31,552) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 287 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 51st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Joe Dan Beavers — reported title “PRESIDENT/CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

287 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 287 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$17 total compensation of comparable organizations → $519,339 $31,552
$3,97310th
$8,74225th
$29,109Median
$61,58775th
$85,76690th
$31,552This org · 51st
p10$3,973
p25$8,742
p50$29,109
p75$61,587
p90$85,766
$31,552

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 KY 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
Boots2roots ME$203,967 Executive Director $85,424 $81,969 2023
The Exeter Group Ltd IL$204,072 President $60,745 $57,227 2023
Beaverton Police Association OR$203,848 President $9,450 $8,168 2024
International Association Of Fire Fighters OH$204,135 President $7,212 $7,320 2023
Workfaith Birmingham AL$204,207 Executive Director $99,534 $103,043 2023
Crossroads Jobs Inc VA$204,276 Executive Director $33,105 $29,752 2024
Southeast Asian Refugee Community Home MN$204,321 Executive Director $89,960 $85,181 2023
Petaluma Staff Nurse Partnership CA$204,364 President $46,620 $38,577 2023
International Association Of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation NY$203,574 President $126,371 $109,428 2023
Anders & Anders Foundation CA$204,545 Executive Director $37,175 $29,109 2025
Dress For Success River Cities Inc WV$205,064 Executive Director $42,461 $42,792 2024
Womens Comm Leadership Initiative CO$202,801 Executive Director $42,155 $37,624 2024
Retrain Reclaim Renew Inc MD$205,165 Executive Director $66,000 $59,129 2023
Guild Of Pacific Northwest Employees WA$205,633 President $14,260 $11,883 2024
Cwa Staff Union NY$201,347 President $19,873 $16,284 2025
Woodwork Career Alliance Of North America VA$206,820 Scott Nelson President $48,575 $43,655 2024
Gbdc Entrepreneurship Institute Inc FL$200,899 Founder/president $13,200 $11,542 2024
Indiana Association For College IN$200,711 Inacac Assoc $38,754 $37,059 2025
International Association Of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation PA$207,305 President $4,102 $3,807 2024
International Assoc Of Fire TX$200,598 President $6,300 $5,866 2024
Foundation For Pops MI$207,371 Executive Director $69,759 $67,019 2024
Jobs For Americas Graduates Of Pennsylvania PA$200,009 Director $89,038 $80,515 2025
Daytona Beach Electrical Joint Apprenticeship FL$208,382 Training Director / Ex. Direct $43,618 $39,266 2023
Milestone Of Tn TN$208,853 President $64,000 $62,616 2024
Pantex Guards Union TX$198,838 President $10,570 $9,841 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 KY 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 default51st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)48th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (Joe Dan Beavers) 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 287 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (J), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,552 is reasonable (approximately the 51st 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.