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Compensation Comparability Determination

Wisconsin Alliance For Excellent

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 061824467
WI · NTEE B99
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Heather Dubois Bourenane, Executive Director / CEO ($102,767) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 429 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 84th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Heather Dubois Bourenane — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

429 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 429 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$118 total compensation of comparable organizations → $346,243 $102,767
$18,16310th
$39,29125th
$64,335Median
$89,43075th
$123,00890th
$102,767This org · 84th
p10$18,163
p25$39,291
p50$64,335
p75$89,430
p90$123,008
$102,767

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 WI 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
Smart Thinking Foundation Inc WI$501,783 Director $49,967 $48,533 2024
An Array Of Charm Camps For Youth TN$502,539 Ceo/exe Dire $20,538 $20,078 2024
Collegiate Empowerment Company Inc PA$501,079 Executive Producer $28,261 $26,211 2024
Eugene Education Foundation OR$500,122 Executive Director $59,697 $51,560 2024
Georgia Healthy Family Alliance Inc GA$499,512 Executive Director $996 $931 2024
🔒 424 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 WI 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 default84th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted86th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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:

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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.