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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Education For Liberation Network

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823558357
MI · NTEE P20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Awo Okaikor Aryee-price, Executive Director / CEO ($91,036) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 39 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Awo Okaikor Aryee-price — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

39 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 39 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,127 total compensation of comparable organizations → $138,080 $91,036
$17,77510th
$25,25425th
$44,577Median
$82,00275th
$92,91990th
$91,036This org · 87th
p10$17,775
p25$25,254
p50$44,577
p75$82,002
p90$92,919
$91,036

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 MI 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
Life Line Ministries No 2 MI$356,049 President $54,096 $52,544 2024
Residents In Action Llc MI$361,832 Executive Di $25,000 $24,283 2024
Soaring Unlimited MI$362,396 Executive Director $38,240 $37,143 2024
Core City Neighborhoods Inc MI$368,318 Executive Director $39,327 $38,199 2024
Clara's Hope MI$372,046 Founder & Director $20,514 $19,925 2024
Southeastern Dispute Resolution Ser MI$343,767 Executive Director $93,712 $91,023 2024
Tomas Venture Residence Ltd MI$343,563 President $99,424 $99,424 2023
The Human Utility MI$335,162 Executive Director $138,080 $138,080 2023
Mi Work Matters MI$329,101 Executive Di $68,077 $66,124 2024
Love Inc Of The Greater Livingston MI$392,813 Executive Di $44,577 $44,577 2023
The Lucas Project MI$317,067 Executive Di $48,000 $48,000 2023
Oasis Of Hope Center MI$315,411 Executive Di $18,500 $17,969 2024
Confident Sole MI$411,963 Executive Di $90,000 $87,418 2024
Vessel For Arts MI$416,992 President And Executive Director $88,500 $83,745 2025
Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger MI$300,413 Process Coor $7,200 $6,993 2024
Northern Michigan Equine Therapy MI$298,479 Executive Director $65,000 $63,135 2024
The Diaper Alliance Inc MI$422,285 Interim Dire $30,000 $30,000 2023
Harvest Retreat Drop-in Center Inc MI$427,316 President $17,500 $16,998 2024
Little Dresses For Africa MI$281,013 President $30,000 $29,139 2024
Jompeame Foundation MI$437,164 President $27,000 $26,225 2024
My Place Center For Wellness Inc MI$279,548 Exec. Director $38,622 $38,622 2023
House Of Love Agency MI$279,299 President $21,808 $21,808 2023
St Suzanne Code Rouge Community MI$443,052 Project Dire $39,192 $39,192 2023
Fitkids360 MI$270,407 Former Executive Director $24,000 $23,311 2024
Better Wiser Stronger Inc MI$447,400 Executive Director $28,800 $28,800 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)82nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
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 (Awo Okaikor Aryee-price) 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 39 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + MI + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $91,036 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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.