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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Graduate Student Government

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 223079896
ME · NTEE B80
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Laura Elizabeth Curioli, Executive Director / CEO ($3,301) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 25 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 8th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Laura Elizabeth Curioli — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

25 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 25 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$854 total compensation of comparable organizations → $223,651 $3,301
$4,35310th
$11,46225th
$24,469Median
$45,56575th
$79,41090th
$3,301This org · 8th
p10$4,353
p25$11,462
p50$24,469
p75$45,565
p90$79,410
$3,301

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 ME 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
Stanford University Bookstore CA$135,857 President $245,418 $223,651 2023
Friends Of The Hamilton Schools MT$133,739 Director $750 $854 2023
Scholar Career Coaching Inc FL$144,351 Executive Director $46,720 $46,320 2023
Jump Math Inc IA$130,545 Ceo $159,367 $178,874 2024
Mass Collective Foundation Inc GA$126,832 Board Member $10,810 $11,142 2024
Intergenerational Guidance Group LA$124,925 President $9,863 $11,462 2023
The Partnership Inc DE$155,522 President $4,850 $4,868 2024
Sierra Stem CA$120,511 Education Director $21,812 $19,307 2024
Streams In The Wasteland Christian UT$157,356 Director $75,000 $81,010 2023
Way Coffee Co MI$157,749 Executive Di $28,221 $29,090 2025
Northwest Suburban Conference MN$159,661 Executive Secretary $25,000 $24,670 2025
National Association For Campus SC$111,135 Executive Director $14,084 $14,673 2025
Believe It Achieve It CA$166,000 Executive Director $50,000 $45,565 2023
Bucyrus Redmen Athletic Boosters OH$105,936 Vice Preside $4,000 $4,343 2024
Education With Purpose Foundation For Pacific Islanders WA$171,228 Executive Director $81,504 $77,011 2023
Greater Bloomington Chamber Of Commerce IN$103,448 President $4,041 $4,368 2024
The Fashion Foundation Inc NY$175,871 President $27,500 $25,473 2024
Lives Without Limits Inc GA$176,106 Executive Dir. $23,740 $24,469 2024
Kos Inc GA$176,917 President $21,850 $23,187 2023
Literacy Advocates Usa Inc FL$177,050 President $40,000 $38,519 2024
Kanu I Ka Pono Inc HI$100,000 Ceo/chairman $23,650 $21,146 2025
Virginia Law Review Association VA$177,170 Secretary $18,369 $18,181 2024
Maxmath Tutoring Online Inc Florida Branch FL$99,657 Executive Director-ceo $1,072 $1,032 2024
Pearls Academy Incorporated PA$187,639 Executive Director $53,112 $54,293 2024
Freedom Village Of Hope TN$193,592 Consulting Assistant Executive Director $32,500 $35,019 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ME 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 ME 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 default8th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)8th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted24th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted8th

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 (Laura Elizabeth Curioli) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 25 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,301 is reasonable (approximately the 8th 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 10, 2026.