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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

New Michigan Media

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 274268036
MI · NTEE B990
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Hayg Oshagan, Executive Director / CEO ($30,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 402 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 25th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

402 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 402 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$122 total compensation of comparable organizations → $269,663 $30,000
$11,65510th
$30,14425th
$50,432Median
$72,92575th
$99,99690th
$30,000This org · 25th
p10$11,655
p25$30,144
p50$50,432
p75$72,925
p90$99,996
$30,000

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 MI 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
Conductability Inc CA$273,357 Program Director $113,322 $94,804 2024
Wordwalk Inc FL$274,090 Executive Di $3,000 $2,730 2024
Winners Inc TX$271,992 President/director $100,000 $96,914 2024
Abbeville Institute Ltd AL$271,961 President Di $114,583 $119,930 2024
J Kirby Simon Foreign Service DC$274,417 Trustee $5,000 $4,251 2024
Puerto Rico Advance Institute Corp PR$271,647 Manager $9,287 $9,287 2024
A One Room Schoolhouse A Hybrid Homeschool Academy PA$274,764 President $25,000 $24,867 2023
American College Of Pediatricians GA$274,826 Executive Director $36,152 $36,258 2023
Ace Mentor Program Of Eastern Pa Inc PA$271,345 Affiliate Dir. $68,477 $68,114 2023
Oaktown Jazz Workshops CA$271,149 Executive Dir. $65,971 $55,191 2024
Science Sites Inc MA$275,238 President $90,000 $78,355 2024
Bay State Learning Center MA$270,821 Executive Director $43,510 $38,999 2023
African Voices Communications Inc NY$270,782 Executive Director $65,000 $58,586 2023
Ready For Reading Inc VT$270,629 Executive Dir. $2,000 $2,008 2023
Freedom Synergy Corporation FL$270,626 President $96,000 $87,374 2024
Girls With Books CO$270,613 Executive Director $61,920 $57,523 2024
Garden City Ballet Company MT$275,676 Exec Director $66,025 $67,175 2025
American Research Universities TN$270,369 President $80,000 $79,370 2025
The Penitent Thief Inc FL$270,246 President $36,000 $32,765 2024
Superseeds OH$276,311 Executive Director $50,000 $51,307 2024
Wyomissing Area Education PA$269,785 Executive Di $34,752 $33,576 2024
Jireh Homeschool Cooperative TN$269,424 President $16,950 $16,816 2025
We Defend Truth TX$276,840 Founder & Ceo $72,800 $72,637 2023
Ace Mentor Program Of Northeast Florida FL$276,952 Director $81,963 $72,675 2025
Progressive Learning Academy For Young Childrenearly Childhood Center MI$269,096 Director $38,677 $44,771 2021

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default25th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)23rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted22nd

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 (Hayg Oshagan) 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 402 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,000 is reasonable (approximately the 25th 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.