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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Leela Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 900344383
OR · NTEE X70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Eli Jaxon-bear, Executive Director / CEO ($73,762) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1855 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 58th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Eli Jaxon-bear — reported title “PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

1,855 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,855 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $410,848 $73,762
$17,67910th
$36,20025th
$64,029Median
$96,62375th
$132,58290th
$73,762This org · 58th
p10$17,679
p25$36,200
p50$64,029
p75$96,623
p90$132,582
$73,762

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 OR 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
Cornerstone Outreach Center Of Amarillo Inc TX$426,104 Officer $72,000 $77,556 2024
Crosspoint International Ministries TN$426,060 Director $33,479 $37,895 2024
New Mercies Ministries Inc IN$426,366 Executive Di $77,875 $91,045 2023
Laflin Life Foundation Inc CO$426,424 President $134,842 $143,343 2023
Wisconsin Inmate Education Association WI$425,670 Executive Director $96,495 $105,721 2025
Lifetouch Ministries Inc IN$426,706 Executive Direc $21,400 $24,301 2024
Ministerio Cristiano Venga Tu Reino OR$425,466 President $46,386 $46,386 2024
Dieu Nhan Buddhist Med Ass Inc CA$425,350 President $6,000 $5,744 2023
Life Generating Church Inc FL$425,242 Director $9,600 $9,999 2023
Nothing Is Wasted Ministries Inc IN$427,143 President $85,740 $100,241 2023
Seek Partners International Inc TX$425,019 President/ceo $69,000 $76,519 2023
Fons Vitae Of Kentucky Inc KY$424,939 President $62,745 $74,734 2023
Mobilize The Church TX$424,863 Ceo $124,241 $133,827 2024
Amplify Mission Network MN$424,844 President $138,820 $152,070 2023
Justin Peters Ministries MT$424,781 President $77,000 $92,018 2023
Lampstand Ministries Inc IL$427,556 Executive Di $148,786 $162,164 2023
International Training And OR$427,706 President $110,163 $113,417 2023
Street Life Ministries NY$427,879 Executive Director $55,500 $55,599 2023
Relationships For Christ Ministries TX$427,905 President $45,400 $50,348 2023
Mending Wings WA$424,356 President $54,548 $52,589 2024
National Catholic Prayer Breakfast Inc DC$427,940 Director $10,000 $9,449 2024
Earth & Soul CO$424,313 President $95,000 $98,092 2024
National Consultants Group Inc NC$424,233 Executive Director $90,300 $100,472 2024
Orcas Island Foundation WA$428,094 General Manager $38,980 $37,580 2024
Charis Streams Missions TX$424,118 President/di $12,000 $12,926 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default58th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted64th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted55th

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 (Eli Jaxon-bear) 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 1855 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (X), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $73,762 is reasonable (approximately the 58th 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.