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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Way Station

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 851330063
NH · NTEE P40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniel Lavigne, Executive Director / CEO ($61,109) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 192 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 48th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Daniel Lavigne — reported title “Client Care 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

192 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 192 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,883 total compensation of comparable organizations → $225,653 $61,109
$25,96410th
$42,34225th
$62,380Median
$82,82275th
$104,22690th
$61,109This org · 48th
p10$25,964
p25$42,342
p50$62,380
p75$82,822
p90$104,226
$61,109

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 NH 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
Community Of Care ND$388,001 Executive Director $90,432 $107,477 2024
Tobys Place Inc ID$387,994 Executive Director $70,500 $81,222 2024
Ranch Of Hope CO$388,944 President $72,177 $74,953 2024
Foster Alumni Mentors CO$389,696 Executive Di $80,726 $83,831 2024
Northeast Missouri Caring MO$390,555 Director $41,200 $47,259 2024
Resources For Women Inc FL$383,925 Center Director $70,888 $72,121 2024
Life Choices Pregnancy & Family Resource Center TN$393,471 Executive Director Since 10124 $11,500 $13,091 2024
Providence Family Life Center MI$394,992 Ceo $61,938 $69,236 2024
Faith Choice Ohio OH$380,657 Executive Director $90,000 $106,284 2023
Old Colony Ymca Wellness Services Inc MA$397,020 President, Ceo $31,731 $30,881 2024
Ohio County Family Resource Network WV$397,037 Executive Di $60,000 $70,356 2024
Career Focus Inc FL$397,535 Chief Executive Officer / Founder $68,600 $69,793 2024
About Families Inc CA$378,090 Exec Directo $16,560 $15,944 2023
Infant Parent Center Inc CA$378,081 Director $150,000 $144,419 2023
One Love Global MI$398,990 Secretary $34,619 $38,698 2024
The Families And Work Institue Inc NY$377,269 President $38,453 $37,631 2024
Quakerdale Family Services IA$399,118 Executive Director $72,100 $85,497 2024
Short Years Partnership IA$375,327 Executive Director $48,204 $58,849 2023
The Martha G Welch Center NY$375,000 Ex Officer Ceo $60,250 $58,962 2024
Dwell - Lycoming County PA$374,640 Executive Director $64,178 $69,312 2024
Furniture Mission Of The Red River Valle ND$403,304 Executive Director $63,000 $77,086 2023
Kids In Need Supportive Services NM$372,872 Director $52,000 $62,360 2023
The Nurture Place Inc FL$404,622 President $24,000 $25,139 2023
Belong VA$371,203 Executive Di $97,648 $102,109 2024
Created With Purpose Of West Texas TX$371,110 Executive Di $24,000 $26,768 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NH 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 NH 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 default48th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)56th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted51st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted47th

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 (Daniel Lavigne) 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 192 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $61,109 is reasonable (approximately the 48th 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.