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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Law And Civics Reading And Writing Institute

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 272433648
IL · NTEE V23
FY ending 2022-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Stanley Howard, Executive Director / CEO ($17,533) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 43 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Stanley Howard — reported title “PRESIDENT/ADMIN DIR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

43 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 43 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$933 total compensation of comparable organizations → $169,439 $17,533
$8,57910th
$22,77025th
$52,817Median
$92,39075th
$133,44190th
$17,533This org · 19th
p10$8,579
p25$22,770
p50$52,817
p75$92,390
p90$133,441
$17,533

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 IL 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
Virginia Civics Education Inc VA$200,542 Co-executive Director $45,000 $42,455 2023
Community Alliance For Global Justice WA$201,882 Executive Director $62,610 $54,772 2023
Peace Creations CA$193,417 Executive Director $78,200 $65,980 2023
Goodwill Industries Big Bend Foundation FL$192,038 Ceo $21,793 $19,430 2024
Association For Safe International Road MD$189,415 Executive Director $24,240 $20,953 2025
The National Institute For Play CA$210,919 Officer $30,000 $24,586 2024
Cg Jung Study Center CA$186,683 President $21,800 $17,866 2024
Jeannette Rankin Peace Resource Ctr MT$213,886 Executive Di $51,044 $53,763 2023
Texas Council For The Social Studies TX$184,601 Director Of Publications $4,500 $4,399 2023
Paramount Health Data Project Inc IN$222,000 Ceo, Vice Chair $131,400 $135,398 2023
Senior Resources Of Freeborn County MN$224,325 Ex. Director $54,704 $52,817 2023
Mcdevitt Research Initiatives Inc NC$225,758 Director $26,625 $25,437 2025
The Lincoln Institute Of Public PA$172,988 Chairman $82,900 $78,461 2024
Seminar On The Acquistion Of Latin NY$227,045 Co-exec Dire $9,167 $7,861 2024
New Jersey Center For Civic And NJ$228,972 President $68,167 $57,763 2024
Atlantean Gardens CA$169,120 President $21,000 $17,210 2024
Society For Neuroeconomics $232,120 Director $1,000 $933 2024
Georgia Council For Social Sciences GA$234,171 Executive Director $12,000 $11,452 2024
Massachusetts Institute For MA$234,189 Director Of Admin & Commun $84,000 $71,640 2024
American Federation Of Astrologers Inc AZ$163,230 Executive Secretary $48,582 $44,344 2024
Feminist Studies Inc VA$238,305 Secretary/treasurer $41,085 $38,762 2023
Upaya Organization For CO$155,927 Director/pre $30,950 $28,166 2024
Center For The Study Of Organized Hate Inc DC$248,569 Secretarytreasurer $4,050 $3,373 2024
Celsius Inc DC$248,805 Executive Director/chair $182,716 $152,174 2024
Institute For Patent Studies Inc NY$148,207 President $109,967 $94,309 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL cost of living and 2022 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 IL 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted16th

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 (Stanley Howard) 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 43 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (V), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $17,533 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.