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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 020505585
NH · NTEE B90
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kathi Terami, Executive Director / CEO ($72,942) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 468 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 56th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kathi Terami — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

468 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 468 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$811 total compensation of comparable organizations → $486,800 $72,942
$16,92410th
$40,92725th
$65,988Median
$96,25375th
$120,87790th
$72,942This org · 56th
p10$16,924
p25$40,927
p50$65,988
p75$96,253
p90$120,877
$72,942

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
Virginia Beach Fellows Inc VA$384,280 President/co $76,175 $77,601 2025
One Spark Foundation Inc CA$385,208 Executive Dir $17,640 $16,496 2024
Carver Project MO$382,734 Managing Director $109,995 $129,898 2023
Watermark Homeschool Enrichment Inc FL$382,427 Director - President $35,000 $35,609 2024
Multinational Exchange For Sustainable A CA$386,952 Ceo $84,538 $79,057 2024
Knowledge Builders Of Florida Inc FL$387,241 Executive Director $102,312 $107,166 2023
Nashville Technology Council Foundation TN$387,450 Chair, Ntc Pres. & Ceo $12,472 $14,198 2024
A 1 Learning Connections TN$387,481 Executive Director $258,142 $302,543 2023
Let God Help Resources Inc DE$387,505 President $49,628 $52,627 2024
Little Rubies Inc MN$381,588 Director $64,500 $69,023 2024
Stream Innovations AL$380,712 Founder - Ceo $70,024 $81,928 2024
Ceic Corp IL$388,548 President $34,755 $36,050 2025
Thoreau College Inc WI$380,535 Executive Director $39,500 $44,676 2024
Girls 4 Science IL$380,207 Excutive Dir/secretary $70,000 $74,530 2024
United Sound Inc AZ$389,375 Executive Director $78,300 $79,451 2025
Roots Connected Inc NY$379,637 Executive Director $122,545 $116,834 2025
Springfield Education Foundation OR$390,066 Exec. Dir. $77,250 $75,690 2025
Arizona Hispanic School AZ$378,507 Executive Dir. $29,667 $30,899 2024
Bay Area Teacher Training Institute CA$390,714 Executive Director $7,899 $7,387 2024
Giant Thinking NY$377,824 Ceo $3,300 $3,229 2024
Drepung Gomang Institute KY$377,648 Executive Director $7,750 $9,017 2024
Empowering Latina Leadership & Action WA$376,803 Executive Director Board President $68,500 $66,419 2024
Everlasting Education Inc CA$376,802 Board Member/executive Director $75,273 $70,393 2024
Mentor Tutor Connection CA$392,348 Executive Director $39,568 $37,003 2024
True North Parent Partnership TX$392,816 Executive Director $37,470 $41,792 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 default56th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted58th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted51st

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 (Kathi Terami) 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 468 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,942 is reasonable (approximately the 56th 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.