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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Iaapa Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 264186862
FL · NTEE B90
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jakob Wahl, Executive Director / CEO ($41,231) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 15 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jakob Wahl — reported title “PRESIDENT AND CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

15 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 15 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$9,125 total compensation of comparable organizations → $141,727 $41,231
$16,72410th
$20,85925th
$43,709Median
$56,25575th
$74,20290th
$41,231This org · 47th
p10$16,724
p25$20,859
p50$43,709
p75$56,255
p90$74,202
$41,231

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
The Blink Foundation Inc FL$147,192 President $63,000 $63,000 2023
Pivotal Point Enterprises Inc FL$131,964 Executive Director $20,775 $20,179 2024
Taylor Belle Foundation Inc FL$124,183 Director $9,395 $9,125 2024
Peace & Friendship Society Of Central Florida Inc FL$192,244 Director $72,773 $72,773 2023
Seminary For The Third Millennium FL$200,165 President $14,765 $14,765 2023
Grace Education & Business FL$201,797 Director $45,757 $45,757 2023
Gethsemane Ranch Inc FL$204,030 Secretary $20,244 $19,663 2024
Doctors Of Academics Learning Academy FL$208,034 Ceo & President $30,186 $29,320 2024
Stem Xposure FL$211,413 President $23,000 $22,340 2024
Spectrum Education Inc FL$212,961 President $77,375 $75,155 2024
Project Rock South Inc FL$214,815 Program Director $46,416 $45,084 2024
Miami Dade Urban Debate League FL$217,220 Program Directo $45,000 $43,709 2024
National Bible Bowl FL$218,089 Executive Director $21,538 $21,538 2023
Lighthouse Academies Inc FL$218,951 Ceo $145,913 $141,727 2024
National Voices For Equality Education And Enlightenment Inc FL$222,277 Executive Director $49,510 $49,510 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL cost of living and 2023 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Jakob Wahl) 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 15 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90) + FL + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $41,231 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.