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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lita Love Is The Answer

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 953295831
CA · NTEE P81Z
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Barbara J Brown, Executive Director / CEO ($70,538) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 88 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Barbara J Brown — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

88 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 88 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$433 total compensation of comparable organizations → $105,028 $70,538
$11,05610th
$32,14525th
$46,967Median
$57,72675th
$76,77790th
$70,538This org · 85th
p10$11,056
p25$32,145
p50$46,967
p75$57,726
p90$76,777
$70,538

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 CA 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
Giles County Senior Citizens TN$195,590 Executive Director $31,085 $35,807 2025
Center For Successful Aging CA$195,248 Administrative Director $41,167 $41,167 2023
Penns Village PA$195,931 Executive Director $8,654 $9,708 2024
Senior Citizens Center WI$193,775 Co-director $47,569 $55,882 2024
Menomonie Area Senior Center WI$197,565 Executive Dir. $32,498 $38,178 2024
Serving Older Adults Through Changing Ti OH$197,600 Executive Director $28,600 $34,073 2024
Cwa Littleton Inc CO$193,470 Executive Di $10,000 $10,786 2024
Caldwell Senior Center Inc NC$198,398 Executive Di $57,886 $67,279 2024
Opal's Dream Foundation Inc KY$198,438 Chief Operating Officer $66,177 $82,337 2023
Forest Park Senior Center Inc MD$200,485 Member $400 $433 2023
Clinchfield Senior Adult Center For TN$200,493 Executive Di $46,946 $54,077 2025
Topeka Lulac Multi-purpose Senior KS$200,910 Executive Di $44,125 $53,621 2024
Schuyler County Council On Aging MO$201,267 Director $17,272 $20,047 2025
Anderson Valley Senior Citizens CA$201,687 Executive Di $18,436 $17,445 2025
Stl Village Inc MO$201,980 Executive Director $33,937 $41,626 2023
Salida Senior Daycare Inc CO$188,933 Executive Director $45,000 $48,537 2024
The Senior Center Inc NY$202,505 Executive Director $53,707 $53,183 2025
Canopy Of Neighbors Inc NY$203,126 Executive Director $69,628 $70,773 2024
Interlakes Community Caregivers Inc NH$203,285 Executive Director $52,768 $56,426 2023
Harpswell Aging At Home ME$187,857 Director $1,000 $1,126 2024
Monroe County Senior Citizens And TN$206,392 Executive Director $48,762 $56,169 2025
Northwest Neighbors Network WA$206,479 Director Of Community Operations & Outreach $100,341 $104,037 2023
Perry County Council On Aging Inc IN$208,621 Executive Director $39,520 $46,879 2024
Cochran County Senior Citizens Assn TX$210,719 Manager $42,000 $48,654 2023
Society Of Active Retirees MI$177,704 Executive Director $76,696 $86,751 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted86th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted82nd

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 (Barbara J Brown) 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 88 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P81), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,538 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.