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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Life Is For Eternity Pregnancy Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 912054255
OH · NTEE E40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shawn K Lachat, Executive Director / CEO ($32,619) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 124 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Shawn K Lachat — reported title “Director of Center”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

124 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 124 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,542 total compensation of comparable organizations → $221,061 $32,619
$25,46410th
$35,67025th
$47,803Median
$56,86175th
$67,23190th
$32,619This org · 18th
p10$25,464
p25$35,670
p50$47,803
p75$56,861
p90$67,231
$32,619

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 OH 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
Central Coast Pregnancy Center CA$270,358 Executive Dir. $55,382 $45,152 2023
Community Pregnancy Center Of Pasadena TX$272,667 Executive Director $56,392 $51,731 2024
Ramona Crisis Pregnancy Center CA$272,722 Secretary/executive Director $72,312 $58,954 2023
In His Hands Life Ministry Inc NC$273,233 Executive Di $28,998 $27,478 2024
Breath Of Life Inc FL$273,391 Secretary $256,598 $221,061 2024
First Step Pregnancy Center Inc VT$267,888 Executive Dir. $31,121 $28,726 2024
Pregnancy Resource Center Of Flint MI$276,192 Executive Director $61,530 $58,242 2024
Women's Health Services Inc AL$265,959 Vice President $120,000 $122,400 2023
Pregnancy Help Center Of Chesterfield VA$265,848 Executive Director $39,024 $34,554 2024
Hope Womens Center Inc SC$263,818 Director $22,000 $21,048 2024
Life House Crisis Pregnancy Center Inc KY$280,638 Executive Director $48,972 $48,250 2024
Lifeline Pregnancy Care Center Inc PA$260,474 Center Director $43,823 $40,078 2024
Abc Life Center Inc PA$283,897 Executive Director $47,904 $43,810 2024
Womens Enrichment Center SC$284,238 Executive Director $55,000 $54,174 2023
New Family Life Services WA$258,169 Executive Dir. $28,704 $24,264 2023
Pregnancy Care Services Inc OR$284,971 Executive Director $57,660 $49,106 2024
Pregnancy Resource Center Inc OR$286,269 Executive Dir. $59,321 $50,520 2024
Life Choices Resource Center MI$255,579 Executive Di $68,844 $65,165 2024
Pregnancy Hope Center OR$254,929 Exec. Direct $42,672 $36,341 2024
Pregnancy Care Center Inc NC$252,096 Executive Di $10,384 $9,839 2024
Life Choices Crisis Pregnancy Supp TN$248,853 Executive Director $49,478 $46,466 2025
Breath Of Life Maternity Ministries TX$294,253 Executive Director $57,350 $52,610 2024
Vision For Life - Pittsburgh PA$247,848 Executive Director $2,700 $2,542 2023
Womens Resource Clinic CA$246,001 Secretary $73,975 $60,310 2023
Rum River Life Choices Center MN$245,906 Director $38,154 $34,573 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH cost of living and 2023 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 OH 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 default18th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)15th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted18th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Shawn K Lachat) 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 124 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $32,619 is reasonable (approximately the 18th 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.