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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Eastern Connecticut Training School

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 060986217
CT · NTEE B99Z
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nicholas Wallick Iii, Executive Director / CEO ($13,100) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 424 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: Nicholas Wallick Iii — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

424 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 424 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$138 total compensation of comparable organizations → $350,104 $13,100
$16,66310th
$41,15925th
$68,395Median
$97,51675th
$127,89890th
$13,100This org · 8th
p10$16,663
p25$41,159
p50$68,395
p75$97,516
p90$127,898
$13,100

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 CT 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
Washington Association Of Land Trusts WA$421,370 Executive Director $103,968 $101,904 2024
Living Justice Press MN$422,189 Executive Director $93,000 $100,603 2024
Pipe Creek Christian School TX$419,756 Trustee $36,077 $38,490 2025
The Ideas Institute MO$422,303 Vice President $106,426 $123,403 2024
Avasant Foundation CA$419,508 Exec Director $4,049 $3,828 2024
The Restorative Center Inc NY$422,887 Excutive Director $130,769 $129,364 2024
Solid Waste Association Of North America NY$418,738 Director $18,120 $18,455 2023
Roots Action Education Fund CA$418,199 National Director $98,028 $92,669 2024
Hamiltonian Artists Inc DC$424,506 Executive Director $107,870 $103,629 2024
Creative Strategies For Change CO$425,184 Executive Dir. $82,181 $88,817 2023
Sati Center For Buddist Studies CA$425,533 Treasurer $36,000 $33,155 2025
Global Ties Alabama AL$425,594 Executive Director $68,800 $83,773 2023
Holley Family Village Inc MI$415,884 President $36,000 $40,680 2024
Low-level Radioactive Waste Forum DC$415,727 Executive Director $226,226 $217,332 2024
Everyday Canvassing MD$414,902 Co-executive Director $75,950 $77,735 2024
Indian Training & Education Center UT$414,552 Board Member/director $77,049 $84,105 2025
Wisconsin Deca Center Inc WI$427,921 Executive Director $18,591 $21,884 2023
Indiana University Research & Technology IN$414,038 Executive Director $261,532 $310,854 2023
Me And My Two Friends Foundation Inc GA$413,008 Director $20,504 $22,571 2024
Willie L Brown Jr Institute On CA$429,244 Executive Director $115,566 $109,248 2024
Project Reap MA$429,301 Executive Dir. $159,433 $161,478 2023
Sedalia Heritage Foundation Inc MO$411,502 Exec Dir / L $13,597 $15,766 2024
Moonlighter Fablab Inc FL$411,341 President $79,715 $81,982 2024
Millersville International House PA$411,013 Director Of Operations $35,500 $39,902 2023
Two Bikes TN$432,119 Director $36,699 $42,231 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT cost of living and 2025 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 CT 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)8th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted14th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted7th

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 (Nicholas Wallick Iii) 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 424 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $13,100 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.