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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 203719670
CO · NTEE B99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Micklina Peter Kenyi, Executive Director / CEO ($61,920) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 398 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 59th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

398 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 398 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$131 total compensation of comparable organizations → $290,274 $61,920
$13,45310th
$32,44825th
$54,287Median
$78,49975th
$108,07190th
$61,920This org · 59th
p10$13,453
p25$32,448
p50$54,287
p75$78,499
p90$108,071
$61,920

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 CO 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 Synergy Corporation FL$270,626 President $96,000 $94,052 2024
Ready For Reading Inc VT$270,629 Executive Dir. $2,000 $2,161 2023
African Voices Communications Inc NY$270,782 Executive Director $65,000 $63,064 2023
Bay State Learning Center MA$270,821 Executive Director $43,510 $41,980 2023
American Research Universities TN$270,369 President $80,000 $85,437 2025
The Penitent Thief Inc FL$270,246 President $36,000 $35,270 2024
Oaktown Jazz Workshops CA$271,149 Executive Dir. $65,971 $59,409 2024
Ace Mentor Program Of Eastern Pa Inc PA$271,345 Affiliate Dir. $68,477 $73,320 2023
Wyomissing Area Education PA$269,785 Executive Di $34,752 $36,142 2024
Puerto Rico Advance Institute Corp PR$271,647 Manager $9,287 $9,287 2024
Jireh Homeschool Cooperative TN$269,424 President $16,950 $18,102 2025
Abbeville Institute Ltd AL$271,961 President Di $114,583 $129,097 2024
Winners Inc TX$271,992 President/director $100,000 $104,321 2024
Progressive Learning Academy For Young Childrenearly Childhood Center MI$269,096 Director $38,677 $48,193 2021
Client Assistance Program WA$269,011 Executive Director $91,650 $85,574 2024
Indiana American Family IN$268,785 Executive Di $111,227 $122,326 2024
The Samuel School PA$268,506 Principal $132,381 $134,128 2025
Upstart Crow Studios OR$268,389 Artistic Director $45,000 $44,869 2023
New Michigan Media MI$273,125 President $30,000 $32,293 2024
Conductability Inc CA$273,357 Program Director $113,322 $102,050 2024
Nantucket Comedy Festival Inc MA$267,526 Executive Director $55,000 $51,543 2024
Wordwalk Inc FL$274,090 Executive Di $3,000 $2,939 2024
Ohio School Psychologists OH$266,818 Executive Di $56,963 $62,920 2024
J Kirby Simon Foreign Service DC$274,417 Trustee $5,000 $4,576 2024
Hazing Prevention Network IN$266,697 Executive Director $80,000 $87,983 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default59th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)59th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted61st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 (Micklina Peter Kenyi) 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 398 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $61,920 is reasonable (approximately the 59th 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.