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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lantern Publishing & Media

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 843932903
NY · NTEE A33
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brian Normoyle, Executive Director / CEO ($50,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 35 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 49th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Brian Normoyle — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

35 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 35 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $129,166 $50,000
$14,12610th
$20,22425th
$51,739Median
$66,56375th
$90,70690th
$50,000This org · 49th
p10$14,126
p25$20,224
p50$51,739
p75$66,563
p90$90,706
$50,000

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 NY 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
The Codex Foundation CA$180,771 Executive Di $85,500 $81,703 2024
India Childrens Press CA$183,719 Ceo $55,000 $54,111 2023
Media Ecosystems Analysis MA$184,241 President & $126,160 $129,166 2023
Catamaran Literary Reader CA$178,599 Executive Director $91,952 $87,869 2024
Dialogue Foundation UT$176,457 Trustee $27,500 $31,147 2024
Western States Communication Association MT$187,356 Executive Director $12,500 $15,351 2023
Latin American Perspectives Inc CA$190,599 Vice President $19,875 $18,992 2024
Border Belt Reporting Inc NC$172,493 President $25,000 $28,587 2024
Student Media Corporation KS$163,991 General Manager $46,370 $57,076 2023
Fellowship For Intentional Community Inc MO$200,800 Manager $19,462 $22,812 2024
The Denver Homeless Voice CO$201,906 Executive Director $56,375 $61,589 2023
Targum Publishing Company NJ$209,199 Editor In Chief - Member $10,226 $10,104 2024
Superstars Writing CO$212,953 Member $24,570 $26,843 2023
Inlandia Institute Inc CA$213,419 Executive Director $64,220 $61,368 2024
Self Knowledge Symposium Foundation NC$148,687 Accountant $18,000 $21,191 2023
School Science And Mathematics Association OK$148,325 Executive Director $12,000 $14,623 2024
Sustainability Institute Inc VT$216,115 Co-director $87,245 $100,050 2023
Latinx Kidlit Book Festival Inc NY$146,948 Treasurer $5,000 $5,000 2024
Dzanc Books Inc MI$217,668 Editor-in-chief $50,000 $58,800 2023
Medical Physics Publishing Corporation WI$138,456 General Manager $57,105 $65,999 2024
The Observer IN$227,989 Editor-in-chief $5,396 $6,483 2023
The Institute For Jewish Research MA$129,559 President $59,500 $59,170 2024
The Land Cle OH$234,577 Executive Director $79,000 $92,597 2024
Evangelical Press Association Inc AZ$235,359 Executive Director $83,936 $87,029 2025
Chinese Seattle News WA$126,707 President $18,000 $17,375 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default49th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)57th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted51st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted49th

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 (Brian Normoyle) 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 35 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,000 is reasonable (approximately the 49th 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.