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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Nobelity Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 203795033
TX · NTEE B990
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christy Pipkin, Executive Director / CEO ($96,336) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 34 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 82nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

34 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 34 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10,296 total compensation of comparable organizations → $310,528 $96,336
$29,35910th
$38,93225th
$55,808Median
$92,05575th
$100,15690th
$96,336This org · 82nd
p10$29,359
p25$38,932
p50$55,808
p75$92,055
p90$100,156
$96,336

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 TX 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
Su Casa De Esperanza Inc TX$384,544 Executive Dir. $38,490 $38,490 2023
Women In Neuroscience TX$376,881 Interim Executive Director $57,000 $55,365 2024
W5yi Licensing Services Inc TX$365,305 President $29,015 $28,183 2024
Pipe Creek Christian School TX$419,756 Trustee $36,077 $34,139 2025
Pivot Leadership Group TX$360,303 Executive Director $95,940 $93,187 2024
Lyric Performing Arts Company Inc TX$356,051 Director $56,250 $56,250 2023
The Texas Diversity Council TX$354,062 Ceo $91,279 $88,660 2024
Si Se Puede Schools TX$350,000 Exec Directo $146,775 $146,775 2023
The Knitting Guild Association TX$349,095 Pres & Exec Dir $39,933 $38,787 2024
Catch The Next Inc TX$443,997 Ceo $100,223 $100,223 2023
Southern Bible Institute & College TX$333,859 President $93,643 $93,643 2023
Childrens' Disabilities Information TX$325,779 President $45,000 $45,000 2023
Elevate Dallas TX$461,045 Executive Di $22,300 $21,660 2024
Tarrant Literacy Coalition TX$320,903 Executive Di $67,500 $65,563 2024
Explorium Denton Childrens Museum TX$320,020 Executive Dir. $40,080 $40,080 2023
Houseccon TX$473,937 Program Director $57,413 $57,413 2023
Vocation Ministry TX$477,577 President $84,167 $84,167 2023
Acpa Research & Education Foundation TX$480,585 Acpa President $33,724 $32,756 2024
Pegasus Media Project TX$301,363 Co-founder Exec Dir $55,978 $52,970 2025
International Alliance For Christian Education Nfp TX$483,589 President $100,000 $100,000 2023
Capacity Catalyst TX$298,161 Executive Director $40,625 $40,625 2023
Red Salmon Arts TX$293,557 Executive Dir. $62,700 $60,901 2024
Mapping Your Future TX$293,043 Director $101,280 $101,280 2023
Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative TX$496,564 Chair Of Board Of Directors $12,060 $11,412 2025
Private Schools Interscholastic Assn Inc TX$285,532 Executive Director $75,000 $72,848 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default82nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted76th

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 (Christy Pipkin) 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 34 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $96,336 is reasonable (approximately the 82nd 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.