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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Pass Along Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 862764658
NH · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lynette Kaichen, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1044 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 8th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Lynette Kaichen — reported title “PRESIDENT / EXEC DIR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,044 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,044 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$289 total compensation of comparable organizations → $231,370 $12,000
$13,51710th
$29,40025th
$54,003Median
$78,51375th
$102,04390th
$12,000This org · 8th
p10$13,517
p25$29,400
p50$54,003
p75$78,513
p90$102,043
$12,000

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 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
Sweet Grace Ministries PA$289,134 President/ex $45,898 $51,034 2023
United Way Of Daviess County Inc IN$289,300 Executive Director $55,570 $63,466 2024
People Partners Foundation CA$289,337 Executive Director $84,931 $79,425 2024
Dream It Forward Foundation Inc GA$289,481 Executive Director $62,400 $69,956 2023
Centro Tepeyac Inc MD$288,520 Former Director $31,500 $31,894 2024
Home Of Joseph Foundation TX$288,408 Director $24,450 $26,488 2024
Bananas Foster Inc GA$289,758 Executive Director $60,000 $65,336 2024
Helping Hands In Motion Inc FL$288,325 Director $38,154 $38,818 2024
Vine And Fig Tree VA$290,001 Vice Preside $80,000 $86,125 2023
Love Heals Free Clinic Inc ID$290,024 Executive Dir. $120,000 $142,332 2023
Mississippi Urban League MS$290,056 Ceo $108,000 $134,116 2023
Christian Medical Ministries Inc FL$290,062 Executive Di $59,048 $60,075 2024
A Touch From Above Lsm Inc CA$290,140 Treasurer $12,000 $10,933 2025
Sacred Spaces Of Care IL$287,859 Executive Director $111,320 $118,524 2024
Bread Of Life Ministries Of Minnesota MN$287,826 President/treas $14,800 $15,838 2024
San Francisco Students Back On Track CA$287,822 Director $96,000 $89,776 2024
Dupont Circle Village DC$290,350 Executive Director $109,000 $103,589 2024
Voices Of The Forgotten Foundation Inc CA$287,659 President $33,435 $31,267 2024
Village To Village VA$287,606 Executive Di $37,991 $39,726 2024
Legacies Empowered Inc OH$290,517 Executive Director $38,896 $44,616 2024
Raised At Full Draw IA$290,826 Coo $71,809 $85,152 2024
Cityheart Corporation OH$287,198 Exec Directo $61,416 $72,529 2023
Leaps Of Love Inc IL$287,106 President $19,541 $21,420 2023
Solid Rock Development Corporation TN$291,080 Secretary $15,670 $17,838 2024
Together We Can NV$286,890 Chief Executive Officer $55,684 $60,449 2024

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 default8th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)9th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted11th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted8th

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 (Lynette Kaichen) 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 1044 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 8th 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.