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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ritecare Of Minneapolis-st Paul Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 200282125
MN · NTEE B92
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Don Nolley, Executive Director / CEO ($29,724) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 26 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Don Nolley — reported title “BOARD MEMBER THRU DECEMBER/ADMINISTRATOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

26 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 26 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5 total compensation of comparable organizations → $129,352 $29,724
$6,33810th
$37,32825th
$58,733Median
$65,82675th
$73,84890th
$29,724This org · 23rd
p10$6,338
p25$37,328
p50$58,733
p75$65,826
p90$73,848
$29,724

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 MN 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
Freedom Readers Inc SC$185,335 National Dir $36,250 $40,445 2023
Readwest Inc NM$185,502 Exec Dir $61,867 $67,342 2025
Every Child Can Read Inc IN$172,840 Executive Director $4,161 $4,558 2024
Kern Literacy Council CA$188,636 Executive Dir $84,375 $75,685 2024
Capital Area Literacy Coalition MI$191,294 Director $59,860 $64,184 2024
Hope Tutoring Center Inc TX$194,528 Former Exec Dir $24,709 $25,676 2024
The Epic Foundation Inc FL$162,204 President $60,000 $60,283 2023
Project Lifelong CA$159,904 Chief Op Off $50,019 $46,193 2023
Decode Project Inc KY$204,353 Executive Director $60,951 $66,272 2025
Readaloudorg OH$153,201 Executive Dir. $110,000 $121,028 2024
Planetread CA$150,427 Director $148,019 $129,352 2025
Infinite Scholars Program Of Missouri MO$223,318 President Ceo $15,900 $18,011 2023
Illinois Association For The Education Of Young Children IL$228,890 Executive Director $47,678 $48,692 2024
Read To Succeed TN$230,802 Executive Director $51,967 $56,744 2024
Friends Of Literacy Inc TN$232,045 Executive Director $65,948 $72,011 2024
Family Reading Partnership NY$232,136 Executive Director $64,104 $60,174 2024
Girls On The Run Of Greater Rochester NY$233,308 Executive Director $61,034 $57,292 2024
Activating Reading Communities Organization TX$124,816 President $7,812 $8,118 2024
Literacy Volunteers - Winchester Area VA$236,012 Executive Dir. $62,450 $64,489 2023
The Literacy Connection IL$236,641 Executive Dir. $57,429 $60,383 2023
Books Inc's Reading Bridge CA$245,325 Executive Director (Part Year) $3,219 $2,887 2024
The Real Program Inc MA$248,178 Director $51,050 $47,655 2024
Literacy Action Of Central Arkansas Inc AR$251,341 Exec Director $51,600 $60,252 2024
Mid-state Literacy Council Inc PA$256,728 Executive Director $64,153 $66,458 2024
Street Books OR$257,697 Executive Director $5 $5 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)23rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted23rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Don Nolley) 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 26 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B92), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,724 is reasonable (approximately the 23rd 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.