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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Life Styles Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 710764422
AR · NTEE P80Z
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John Newman, Executive Director / CEO ($10,246) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 118 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 12th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

118 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 118 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$697 total compensation of comparable organizations → $155,189 $10,246
$8,58910th
$20,60625th
$37,943Median
$58,54975th
$66,60590th
$10,246This org · 12th
p10$8,589
p25$20,606
p50$37,943
p75$58,549
p90$66,605
$10,246

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 AR 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
Lowcountry Alliance For Model Communitie SC$155,380 Co-executive Director $21,692 $20,665 2024
Colorado Black Caucus CO$154,950 Executive Director $32,000 $28,020 2024
Mount Vernon At Home Inc VA$155,539 Exective Director $39,692 $36,031 2023
Lutheran Housing Services 12 Inc OH$155,726 President/ce $54,426 $52,641 2024
Meridian Place Development OH$159,011 Ceo $5,477 $5,454 2023
Gods Heart Ministry CA$159,130 Director $18,175 $14,755 2023
Academy For Grassroots Organizations CA$159,606 President & Ceo $80,624 $63,574 2024
Plymouth Homes Inc MD$149,279 Treasurer $28,731 $24,529 2024
Unfaulted Corporation TX$161,145 Chief Execut $42,230 $38,575 2024
Barre Area Senior Center Inc VT$161,165 Director $51,480 $46,098 2025
Amy's Wish With Wings TX$148,731 President $6,470 $5,910 2024
Street Bean Espresso WA$147,911 Director Of Operations $78,569 $66,133 2023
Scenic City Women's Network TN$147,199 Executive Di $25,000 $24,705 2023
Rose Of Sharon Equestrian School Inc MD$147,091 Executive Director $41,600 $36,565 2023
Juniper House Inc MA$163,950 President $19,712 $16,176 2024
Hands Producing Hope Incorporated LA$164,078 President And Executive Di $693 $697 2024
The Lgbtq Center Inc IN$145,929 Executive Director $39,000 $37,557 2024
Bontempo Inc MA$145,059 Executive Director $19,712 $16,176 2024
Hale Meekins Residence Inc MA$144,639 President & Ceo $14,178 $11,978 2023
Silverton Area Seniors Inc OR$165,708 Executive Dir. $51,832 $45,253 2023
Community Outreach Network Services Inc IN$166,238 Ceo $9,874 $9,508 2024
Achieve Inc CO$166,539 Executive Di $31,250 $27,364 2024
Hope Community Inc Of White Lake MI$143,124 President $69,344 $67,291 2023
Women's E-news NY$143,093 Executive Director $82,500 $68,077 2024
East Suburban Citizen Advocacy Inc PA$142,829 Executive Director $65,200 $59,374 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AR cost of living and 2025 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 AR 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 default12th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)11th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted85th

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 (John Newman) 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 118 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,246 is reasonable (approximately the 12th 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.