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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Life Ministries Us

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 811048242
NM · NTEE E42
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Henry Shaver, Executive Director / CEO ($117,390) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,516 total compensation of comparable organizations → $78,987 $117,390
$13,66610th
$28,44025th
$38,272Median
$45,96175th
$76,12690th
$117,390This org · 100th
p10$13,666
p25$28,440
p50$38,272
p75$45,961
p90$76,126
$117,390

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 NM 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
Breakdown Stl MO$287,372 Founder And President $76,667 $75,498 2023
Abrazo Adoption Associates TX$288,621 Member $87,437 $78,987 2024
New Yorkers Family Research NY$289,563 President $50,000 $42,007 2023
Zoecare Inc SD$274,408 Executive Director $44,583 $45,747 2023
Planned Parenthood Of Southeastern VA$272,593 President/ce $32,871 $28,662 2024
Alpha Womens Center IA$292,830 Executive Dir. $35,490 $34,188 2025
Lilac Tree Center For Divorce Resources IL$263,430 Executive Director $52,008 $46,174 2024
Pregnancy Care Center Of The North Coast CA$257,027 Executive Direc $20,747 $16,179 2024
Outlook Health Services Inc MN$252,256 Executive Direc $42,890 $38,272 2024
Clarity Clinic Of Sw Wisconsin Ltd WI$316,638 Adv Director/secretary (Non-voting) $40,199 $37,914 2024
Birth From The Earth Inc NY$238,141 President/founder $50,400 $40,068 2025
Alight Center Inc NY$230,458 Executive Director $55,000 $44,882 2024
Hope 4 Life VA$227,924 Advisor To Board $4,143 $3,612 2024
My Choices Pregnancy Help Clinic MS$340,271 Director $28,054 $28,217 2024
Bedford Pregnancy Center VA$205,046 Executive Director $29,700 $25,897 2024
Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic Action NY$204,605 President & Ceo $41,057 $33,504 2024
Birth Roots Inc ME$370,422 Board Member $1,676 $1,516 2024
New Beginnings Center Of Hope Inc NY$191,119 Ceo $85,000 $71,413 2023
Womens Health Center Of Jefferson OH$402,613 Administrator $82,215 $78,638 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NM 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 NM 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

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 (Henry Shaver) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E42), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $117,390 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.