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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Institute For Sound Public Policy

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261634671
DC · NTEE R05
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kevin Lynn, Executive Director / CEO ($129,480) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 417 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kevin Lynn — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

417 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 417 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$643 total compensation of comparable organizations → $305,880 $129,480
$27,80510th
$60,39425th
$86,787Median
$122,85375th
$163,13990th
$129,480This org · 79th
p10$27,805
p25$60,394
p50$86,787
p75$122,853
p90$163,139
$129,480

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 DC 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
Somos Familia Valle CA$493,984 President $44,000 $44,576 2023
Election Watch Inc WI$494,049 President $120,000 $147,032 2023
See Forward Fund Inc MA$495,036 President And Director $24,780 $25,375 2024
Epic-africa Foundation DE$495,046 Co-founder/ceo $49,699 $57,093 2023
Disability Advocacy Center NC$496,577 Exec Director $75,000 $86,034 2025
Future Perfect Project Inc NY$489,860 President $58,650 $60,394 2024
Skylight Engagement Inc NY$497,627 Executive Dir. $82,225 $84,670 2024
Youth Outright Wnc Inc NC$489,293 Coexecutive $58,293 $68,638 2024
Corazon Az AZ$497,996 Executive Director $111,024 $125,270 2023
Casa Of The Continental Divide CO$499,289 Co-ex Direct $78,188 $85,436 2024
The Philonise And Keeta TX$500,000 Executive Dir. $98,000 $111,712 2024
Clean Slate Now Inc FL$500,000 Director & Ceo $33,995 $36,393 2024
Show Me Integrity Education Fund MO$500,140 Chief Executive Officer $92,908 $115,449 2023
American Freedom Alliance CA$500,318 President $74,100 $72,915 2024
National Youth Justice Network DC$486,091 Executive Director $100,321 $103,284 2023
Greater Hartford Legal Aid Foundation CT$501,777 Ex Officio - Ghla Ed $45,028 $48,111 2024
Let's Grow Kids Action Network VT$501,907 Chair $5,682 $6,517 2024
League Of Women Voters Of New Jersey NJ$502,550 Executive Director $12,066 $12,277 2024
Omowale Project Inc NY$482,938 Executive Dir. $104,000 $110,256 2023
Missouri Right To Life Education Fund MO$504,922 Executive Director $12,874 $15,539 2024
North Carolina For The People NC$481,336 Executive Director And Board Chair $104,960 $123,587 2024
Human & Civil Rights Organizations MA$505,816 Executive Di $84,750 $86,787 2024
Casa Of Southeast Mississippi Inc MS$506,199 Executive Director $72,500 $94,733 2023
Spread The Vote Inc CA$506,259 Executive Dir. $141,935 $139,666 2024
True Texas Project Inc TX$506,308 Ceo $37,500 $42,747 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted82nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted72nd

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 (Kevin Lynn) 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 417 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (R), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $129,480 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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.