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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Speak Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 262087516
FL · NTEE P82
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kathyrn Bryant, Executive Director / CEO ($16,080) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 122 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 11th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

122 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 122 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$331 total compensation of comparable organizations → $148,801 $16,080
$14,15810th
$38,17525th
$65,997Median
$84,93275th
$99,84690th
$16,080This org · 11th
p10$14,158
p25$38,175
p50$65,997
p75$84,932
p90$99,846
$16,080

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 FL 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
Community Connections Of Moniteau County Inc MO$463,670 Support Coordinator $53,139 $59,912 2024
Scott Cheerful Resident Corp FL$462,825 Director $72,000 $72,000 2024
Small Champions Inc CO$462,558 Executive Director $87,600 $92,055 2023
The Friends Network Inc NY$461,917 Executive Director $113,372 $109,052 2024
Changing Lives Together Foundation NC$460,610 Executive Di $2,685 $2,953 2024
The Ability Center For Independent NM$477,892 Executive Di $75,405 $86,332 2024
People Empowered And Communities Enhanc WA$477,905 Executive Director $60,018 $58,889 2023
True Connections Community Programs Inc CA$479,066 Executive Dir. $360 $331 2024
Limitless Disability Services Inc GA$452,054 Executive Director $40,848 $45,012 2023
Mid-nebraska Foundation Inc NE$451,053 Chief Executive Officer $43,429 $49,722 2024
Misty Meadows Mitey Riders Inc NC$484,578 Managing Director $39,918 $43,906 2024
Southside Services Inc MN$446,143 Executive Director $73,260 $77,057 2024
Disability Empowerment Center PA$490,777 Executive Di $66,554 $70,650 2024
Greener Life Solutions Inc MD$444,521 Executive Director $149,520 $148,801 2024
Independence Unlimited Inc CT$443,862 Executive Di $90,268 $90,094 2024
Brain Injury Association Of Wyoming WY$442,350 Executive Director $28,635 $32,640 2024
Children's Speech & Reading Center CO$493,358 Exec Direc/p $74,379 $75,919 2024
The Helping Hands Society Of Hazleton PA$494,764 Executive Director $75,540 $80,189 2024
Empower Tennessee TN$495,282 Executive Di $86,698 $97,008 2024
Lee's Foster Home Inc FL$438,839 President $36,900 $37,990 2023
Camp Capella Inc ME$496,860 Executive Di $77,885 $83,019 2024
Encore Studio For The Performing Arts Inc WI$498,463 Ceo $86,048 $95,660 2024
Cherishability OR$498,540 Executive Director $84,000 $85,490 2023
Wings Of Hope Equitherapy TX$435,486 Executive Director $58,062 $61,825 2024
Nellie Byers Training Center Inc LA$434,240 Executive Dir. $16,410 $19,235 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default11th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)11th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted16th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted7th

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 (Kathyrn Bryant) 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 122 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,080 is reasonable (approximately the 11th 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.