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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

My Medic Training And Response

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832238690
UT · NTEE E60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John Lyon, Executive Director / CEO ($34,991) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 52 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

52 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 52 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,700 total compensation of comparable organizations → $150,278 $34,991
$9,08410th
$17,40125th
$38,771Median
$65,64575th
$100,71890th
$34,991This org · 42nd
p10$9,084
p25$17,401
p50$38,771
p75$65,645
p90$100,718
$34,991

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
A Thousand Joys Inc CA$172,864 Ceo $100,000 $84,369 2024
Medical Loan Closet Of Henderson NC$172,846 Executive Di $30,500 $30,792 2024
Spanish Health Ministry Inc PA$180,035 President $54,354 $51,595 2025
Americans For Homeopathy Choice Fou DC$170,989 Ceo $61,200 $52,473 2024
Wyoming Health Resources Network Inc WY$182,881 Executive Director $22,500 $23,541 2024
The Institute For Poetic Medicine CA$182,926 President/ceo $43,830 $36,979 2024
Thriving4life Inc TN$183,897 President $85,000 $87,297 2024
Tip It Forward KY$163,364 Exec Dir And $53,858 $56,536 2024
E4 Project Inc CO$190,089 Cofounder/pr $67,000 $64,625 2023
Jpatible Inc FL$158,267 Director $42,308 $38,833 2024
Foundation For Healthy Floridians FL$157,311 Ceo $47,890 $43,957 2024
Sharing Down Syndrome Arizona Inc AZ$195,195 Executive Director $36,504 $35,314 2023
Fringe Public Health MD$200,125 Executive Dir. $15,600 $14,671 2023
Eric Paredes Save A Life Foundation CA$149,486 Co-executive Director $44,563 $38,708 2023
Als United Inc OR$201,910 President $170,004 $150,278 2025
Keralty Compassionate Communities Inc FL$203,000 General Manager $147,674 $135,546 2024
Vermont Donor Milk Center Inc VT$203,515 Executive Di $13,000 $13,162 2023
Volunteer For Dental MI$143,036 Executive Director $63,370 $63,908 2024
Lowcountry Equine-assisted Psychotherapy SC$208,547 Executive Director $102,375 $107,435 2023
Cross Keys Equine Therapy VA$214,752 Executive Director $13,000 $12,626 2023
Erle And Emma White Hospice Endowment Trust TX$217,002 Trustee $6,228 $6,267 2023
Oregon Community Brokerages OR$217,743 Executive Director $114,852 $101,526 2025
Allpaths Family Building Inc MA$218,148 Executive Director $74,700 $67,524 2023
Dermatology Manager's Association GA$220,061 President $22,575 $22,178 2024
Dc Breastfeeding Coalition DC$220,372 President $4,500 $3,858 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 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 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 Lyon) 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 52 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $34,991 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.