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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 205978450
WA · NTEE B94
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lucia Hunt, Executive Director / CEO ($33,580) against the 2000 closest of 3,114 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lucia Hunt — reported title “Executive Director Starting Sept 2024”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

3,114 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $611,858 $33,580
$11,53510th
$32,32225th
$58,850Median
$86,87775th
$118,51390th
$33,580This org · 26th
p10$11,535
p25$32,322
p50$58,850
p75$86,877
p90$118,513
$33,580

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 WA 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
Public Relations Society Of NY$359,503 Cfo $57,668 $59,744 2024
Foundation For Mo County Free Libraries CA$359,452 Executive Director $78,121 $77,339 2024
Mckeen Street Learning Center ME$359,407 President/director $78,321 $89,914 2024
Mainstay Christian Academy PA$359,646 Board Member $34,116 $38,000 2025
Starke County Initiative For Lifelong IN$359,386 Executive Director $975 $1,148 2025
Scottsdale Leadership Inc AZ$359,383 Executive Director $93,090 $105,673 2023
Heartlight Center Inc CO$359,354 Executive Dir. $91,975 $104,099 2023
Center For Navigating Family Change Inc GA$359,706 Ext Director $50,000 $59,341 2023
Tracy Andrus Foundation TX$359,271 President & Ceo $67,500 $79,698 2023
Brian M Anselmo Memorial MO$359,794 Executive Di $79,992 $100,004 2023
Urban Youth Racing School Inc PA$359,241 Executive Director $71,760 $84,467 2023
The 15 White Coats Inc LA$359,824 Executive Director $36,923 $47,989 2023
Massasoit Community College Foundation MA$359,213 Executive Director $11,325 $12,012 2023
Malama Honua Public Charter School HI$359,146 Executive Di $20,182 $20,716 2024
Montessori In The Woods Inc PA$359,904 Executive Director $50,000 $58,855 2023
King's Academy TX$360,086 Head Of School $99,146 $117,063 2023
American Conference Of Academic Deans NC$358,957 Executive Director $109,624 $129,863 2024
Kids Count In Alachua County FL$358,946 Director $55,000 $59,237 2024
Pivot Leadership Group TX$360,303 Executive Director $95,940 $110,028 2024
Bms Building Company MN$360,320 Executive Director $8,035 $9,371 2023
Council Of Public Liberal Arts Colleges NC$360,337 Executive Director $40,148 $47,560 2024
Apples To Zucchini Cooking School CA$358,656 Executive Director $25,040 $24,790 2024
Jewell School AZ$358,641 Officer/trea $35,750 $40,583 2023
Addison Township Public Library MI$360,417 Library Director $17,320 $21,101 2023
Agia Sophia Academy OR$360,441 Principal $44,460 $48,734 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)29th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted22nd

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 (Lucia Hunt) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $33,580 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.