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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lucky Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 831995894
UT · NTEE P82
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Taylor Matkins, Executive Director / CEO ($39,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 90 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Taylor Matkins — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

90 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 90 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,984 total compensation of comparable organizations → $207,436 $39,000
$11,72710th
$27,67825th
$44,696Median
$65,40875th
$85,09190th
$39,000This org · 44th
p10$11,727
p25$27,678
p50$44,696
p75$65,408
p90$85,091
$39,000

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 UT 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
Shared Support Maryland Inc MD$280,339 Executive Dir. $65,302 $57,939 2024
Faces Of Courage Foundation Inc FL$282,004 Ceo $95,385 $85,039 2024
Athletes Without Limits OR$283,783 Board Of Directors $2,550 $2,409 2022
Missouri Inclusive Housing MO$275,431 Secretary $50,000 $48,963 2025
Cura Personalis Project Inc MD$272,993 Program Director & Co-founder $99,496 $90,886 2023
Possibility Place TN$271,742 Executive Dir. $35,083 $34,095 2025
Washoe Ability Resource Center NV$288,621 President/ Ceo Ex-officio $218,059 $207,436 2024
The Arc Washington County Inc PA$270,228 Executive Director $94,985 $89,894 2024
Learning On The Log GA$292,874 Executive Dir. $20,000 $19,084 2024
Lennons House NJ$265,025 Executive Director $24,000 $20,336 2024
Hanover Arc Inc VA$263,583 Executive Director $18,375 $17,335 2023
Down Syndrome Network Of Montgomery County Inc MD$261,838 Executive Director $46,800 $41,523 2024
Catholic Coalition For Special MD$300,534 Executive Director $24,150 $21,427 2024
Mi-journey MI$258,518 Executive Director $59,472 $58,257 2024
Capable Kids Foundation Inc TX$301,684 Execuive Director $78,805 $74,812 2024
Pierce County Coalition For WA$302,992 Executive Di $70,000 $61,234 2023
Watch Care Inc FL$254,439 President $35,000 $32,126 2023
Alstrom Syndrome International MD$253,997 President $16,500 $15,072 2023
Chez Nous Inc CT$306,869 Exec Dir/pre $37,917 $34,736 2023
Freedom Farm MN$309,114 President $71,060 $68,605 2023
Twb Residential Opportunities Ii Inc NY$309,773 Ceo/vice President $52,793 $45,273 2024
Dreams Come True Inc TX$317,541 President $72,000 $68,351 2024
Happyfeatorg Of Georgia Inc GA$242,189 Executive Director $51,450 $49,095 2024
Speaking Up For Us ME$320,069 Executive Director $78,108 $74,226 2024
Hillyard Senior Center WA$237,810 Executive Dir. $62,530 $53,130 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to UT 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 UT 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 default44th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)40th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Taylor Matkins) 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 90 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $39,000 is reasonable (approximately the 44th 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.