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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Kiwanis Club Of Lehigh Acres

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 650208391
FL · NTEE S80Z
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Damon Shelor, Executive Director / CEO ($38,919) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 73 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

73 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 73 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$856 total compensation of comparable organizations → $175,667 $38,919
$15,73410th
$38,90425th
$70,299Median
$84,77375th
$117,20390th
$38,919This org · 26th
p10$15,734
p25$38,904
p50$70,299
p75$84,773
p90$117,203
$38,919

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 FL 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
New Hope Resource Center WA$394,474 New Hope Director $30,586 $29,150 2024
Volunteer Center Of Cedar Valley IA$403,233 Executive Director $87,185 $101,618 2024
Women's Mentoring Network Inc CT$393,469 Executive Director $82,500 $84,773 2023
Pine Bluffs Senior Center Inc WY$404,472 Executive Dir. $44,602 $50,840 2024
Community Dispute Resolution Center Inc NY$392,888 Executive Director $76,398 $73,487 2024
Oregon Head Start Association OR$392,740 Executive Dir. $90,045 $89,013 2024
Tricounty Community Network Inc PA$405,524 Executive Director $160,735 $175,667 2023
C Waldo Scott Center For Hope Inc VA$390,470 Executive Di $65,702 $69,524 2023
Wisconsin Coalition Of Independent WI$412,775 Executive Director $111,676 $124,151 2024
Lynden Communitysenior Center WA$413,188 Former Executive Director $56,348 $53,702 2024
Esperanto League For North America Inc CA$378,224 Executive Dir. $30,000 $28,390 2023
Remote Energy WA$421,740 Managing Director $33,439 $31,869 2024
Leadership Houston Inc TX$422,136 Executive Di $93,339 $99,389 2024
Native American Food Sovereignty AZ$427,502 Executive Dir. $109,889 $112,498 2024
House Of Peace And Education Inc MA$433,309 Executive Di $42,913 $41,049 2024
Danenet Inc WI$433,920 Executive Dir. $73,586 $84,223 2023
Texans For Clean Water Inc TX$435,000 President And Director $53,654 $57,132 2024
Glbt National Help Center Inc CA$440,006 Executive Director $78,461 $72,120 2024
Cape Charles Va Main Street Inc VA$353,828 Executive Director $54,705 $56,226 2024
Bisbee Coalition For The Homeless Inc AZ$352,441 Executive Director $34,323 $36,176 2023
Central Ia Center For Independent Living IA$448,514 Executive Director $66,950 $76,021 2025
Conway Center For Family Business OH$450,438 Executive Di $138,112 $155,715 2024
Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support MO$346,445 Executive Director $75,187 $84,770 2024
Marshall County Retired Senior AL$338,219 Former Exec $49,164 $56,539 2024
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Inc PA$337,519 Executive Di $36,635 $40,038 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted22nd

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 (Damon Shelor) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 73 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $38,919 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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 13, 2026.