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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Diversity Initiative Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 262345732
FL · NTEE B92
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John Pribanic, Executive Director / CEO ($16,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 36 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 3rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

36 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 36 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,853 total compensation of comparable organizations → $155,078 $16,000
$44,25310th
$65,85525th
$78,910Median
$101,78975th
$127,69090th
$16,000This org · 3rd
p10$44,253
p25$65,855
p50$78,910
p75$101,789
p90$127,690
$16,000

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
826 Msp MN$450,319 Executive Director $41,166 $45,758 2023
Steamboat Reading Inc CO$440,415 Executive Dir. $83,213 $87,184 2024
The Max Warburg Courage Curriculum Inc MA$435,351 Executive Director $128,694 $126,361 2024
Healthy Cities Tutoring Inc CA$431,927 Executive Dir. $133,900 $123,079 2025
Sit Stay Read Inc IL$429,365 Executive Director $148,186 $155,078 2025
Adult Learning Alliance Of Arkansas AR$486,928 Executive Director $97,612 $116,796 2025
Page 15 Inc FL$490,721 Ceo $74,308 $76,274 2024
Danville Church And Community Tutorial Program VA$501,567 Executive Director $75,000 $81,462 2023
We Shall Read MI$407,953 Executive Director $97,183 $109,602 2024
Dyslexia Reading Connection Inc WI$402,730 Executive Dir. $56,640 $64,634 2024
Project Transformation Rio Texas TX$510,949 Ceo $65,000 $71,044 2024
New Hope Community Development Corporation Inc NJ$523,532 Secretary-admin $83,957 $79,794 2025
Smart Family Literacy Inc TX$387,857 Executive Dir. $60,625 $66,262 2024
Altrusa International Foundation Inc IL$528,497 Executive Director $121,651 $130,678 2024
Desiring Advancement Overseas Inc TN$382,749 President $58,000 $68,582 2023
Marguerite Kiefer Education Center Inc CA$533,613 Executive Dir. $95,966 $90,544 2024
Gaining Ground Inc OK$366,413 Executive Director $57,634 $71,390 2023
Maryland Reads Inc MD$355,083 Executive Director $126,300 $129,019 2024
Lifechange Community Service Inc CA$347,084 Key Employee $22,917 $21,622 2024
Every Child A Reader In Escambia Inc FL$344,366 Executive Director $61,059 $62,675 2024
Leap Year Inc GA$569,914 Executive Di $85,000 $93,384 2024
Media Upper Providence Free Library PA$571,419 Executive Director $88,415 $99,185 2023
Hollywood Education And Literacy Project Miami Inc FL$573,899 Dirpres $76,015 $78,026 2024
Start The Adventure In Reading Inc LA$574,002 Executive Director $69,387 $85,950 2023
Main Street Scholars CA$338,848 Executive Di $36,000 $33,091 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 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 default3rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)3rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted3rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted3rd

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 (John Pribanic) 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 36 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B92), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,000 is reasonable (approximately the 3rd 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.