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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Appalachian Reading Center Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 200630486
WV · NTEE B90
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lori Dubrawka, Executive Director / CEO ($70,414) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 443 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 72nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

443 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 443 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10 total compensation of comparable organizations → $415,144 $70,414
$12,37210th
$31,38025th
$53,043Median
$73,27875th
$99,67890th
$70,414This org · 72nd
p10$12,372
p25$31,380
p50$53,043
p75$73,278
p90$99,678
$70,414

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 WV 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
Islands' Oil Spill Association WA$322,423 Vice Preside $4,130 $3,516 2023
Co-alas CO$322,886 Executive Dir. $58,122 $51,473 2024
Project Write Now Inc NJ$323,227 Executive Di $46,490 $38,336 2024
Empower4lifemd Inc MD$323,313 President Executive Dir $13,301 $11,485 2024
Kura Labs Inc NY$321,500 Founder & Ce $254,167 $212,121 2024
Inspired Communites Foundation AR$320,632 President $11,225 $11,653 2024
Marshmallow Minds CA$324,319 Ceo $64,500 $52,959 2023
Scitech2u Inc MD$324,596 Ceo $43,958 $37,956 2024
Class Education Inc IN$320,120 Executive Director $80,000 $77,918 2024
Accelerated College Experiences Inc MA$319,060 President/ceo $99,000 $82,165 2024
Redapple Learning Campus NC$318,876 President $94,000 $89,705 2024
Rp Afterschool Program Inc NJ$318,599 President $65,000 $53,600 2024
School Discovery Network TX$318,228 Executive Dir. $69,263 $63,990 2024
Blockchain Acceleration Foundation CA$318,194 Head Of Operations $53,162 $42,397 2024
Abukloi Foundation VA$317,014 Vice President $37,500 $34,429 2023
Red Sweater Project OR$328,099 Executive Dir. $57,600 $49,403 2024
Chess & Community Inc GA$316,662 Ceo $30,000 $28,682 2023
National Character Education Foundation PA$315,250 Executive Dir. $48,300 $44,486 2024
Cohesion Network PA$329,671 Executive Dir. $70,659 $65,079 2024
Yours Humanly CA$330,099 Ceo $72,000 $57,421 2024
Bookwallah Organization IL$314,445 President $107,640 $100,622 2023
Better Learning Inc FL$314,284 Executive Director $92,350 $80,126 2024
C I R C L E CO$330,568 Executive Director And Founder $80,000 $70,848 2024
Patterson School Foundation Inc NC$313,863 Ex Officio Director $53,842 $52,899 2023
Center For Student Legal Services OH$313,771 Exec. Secret $49,669 $48,587 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WV 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 WV 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 default72nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)64th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted66th

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 (Lori Dubrawka) 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 443 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,414 is reasonable (approximately the 72nd 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.