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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Lighthouse Women's Center Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 631022007
AL · NTEE X21Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tanya Carter, Executive Director / CEO ($42,624) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 320 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

320 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 320 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$904 total compensation of comparable organizations → $203,398 $42,624
$14,59810th
$27,69425th
$49,128Median
$76,19175th
$104,48890th
$42,624This org · 43rd
p10$14,598
p25$27,694
p50$49,128
p75$76,191
p90$104,488
$42,624

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 AL 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
World Carp Inc NJ$244,716 President/tr $140,000 $112,383 2024
Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries IL$244,093 Program Dire $110,546 $100,598 2023
Addicts For Christ Inc AL$246,042 Director $16,900 $16,415 2024
Drawing Near To God Inc SC$243,541 Executive Director $90,000 $82,241 2025
Celestial Church Of Christ Providence Parish RI$247,173 Pastor $16,200 $13,966 2024
Planting The Gospel Inc GA$247,698 Board Member $143,683 $129,891 2024
Family Rescue Center CA$242,140 Executive Director $2,000 $1,553 2024
First Baptist Church KS$242,047 Pastor $28,782 $27,956 2024
First Emmanuel Assembly Of God CT$248,053 Senior Pastor $69,984 $60,738 2023
Eden House Of Thailand WA$241,621 Executive Manager $37,010 $29,791 2024
St Michael Orthodox Church NJ$241,620 Archpriest $16,250 $13,045 2024
The Vine Ministry Inc PA$241,591 Executive Director $37,080 $33,246 2024
Missionary Families Of Christ NJ$248,502 President $12,000 $9,633 2024
New Jerusalem Missions KS$241,346 President/exec Dir $14,621 $14,621 2023
Mision De Candelilla TX$248,988 Executive Dir. $24,760 $22,269 2024
Danny Hubbell Evangelistic Min TX$240,985 President $90,000 $80,943 2024
Los Angeles Immanuel Mission Church CA$240,968 Ceo $12,000 $9,317 2024
Alabaster Ministries Inc MO$240,740 Director $29,681 $29,099 2023
Bridge Ministries Of Laredo Inc TX$240,478 President $34,800 $32,222 2023
Essential2life Inc GA$249,619 Executive Director $110,250 $97,099 2025
Sigi & David Oblander Ministries Inc GA$249,808 Vp Intnl Ministries And Treasurer $78,000 $72,596 2023
United Church In God In Christ MN$239,963 Pastor $44,200 $39,267 2024
First Karen Baptist Church MN$239,742 Pastor $19,491 $17,316 2024
Galkin Evangelistic Ministries UT$239,653 President $124,200 $114,288 2024
Re-christ Ministries Inc AZ$239,591 Chairman, President $72,000 $64,095 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)40th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Tanya Carter) 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 320 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X21), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,624 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd 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.