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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Innovation Ohio Education Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 274562105
OH · NTEE B90
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Desiree Tims, Executive Director / CEO ($65,305) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 485 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 56th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

485 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 485 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$996 total compensation of comparable organizations → $412,214 $65,305
$13,47510th
$38,48425th
$58,453Median
$87,38875th
$109,70090th
$65,305This org · 56th
p10$13,475
p25$38,484
p50$58,453
p75$87,388
p90$109,700
$65,305

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 OH 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
Edgewater Collective CO$445,902 Executive Director $65,500 $59,299 2023
Nalukai Foundation HI$446,806 Cfo $50,000 $42,265 2023
Reach Western Ct Inc CT$445,823 Exec Dir (7/2024-2/2025), Prog Dir $121,170 $101,502 2025
Outside Perspectives Inc CT$447,364 Executive Director $62,000 $53,310 2024
Inter-faith Thrift Shop Inc OH$447,929 Executive Di $25,195 $24,472 2024
Scentsability Micro-enterprise Inc FL$444,348 Employee $26,194 $22,566 2024
St Nicholas Academy MO$448,465 Executive Di $92,651 $89,993 2024
Health & Technology Training Institute PA$444,050 Executive Director (P) $56,074 $51,281 2024
Central Miami Christian Academy Inc FL$443,333 Administrator $65,000 $54,555 2025
Achieving Community Task Successfully TX$449,491 Executive Director $18,000 $17,000 2023
Books In Homes Usa Inc PA$442,791 Board Chair $23,333 $21,969 2023
Mobile Area Interfaith Conference AL$449,877 Executive Director $71,897 $71,231 2024
Kids Place At Sequoyah Inc TN$442,276 Executive Director $55,500 $52,121 2025
Vmi Inc VT$450,829 Executive Director $103,224 $98,095 2023
Roots Family Center CO$441,622 Executive Director $106,741 $91,443 2025
Paid In Full Oregon OR$440,523 Executive Director $66,667 $58,453 2023
Partners In Academics & Therapeutic VA$452,399 President $7,725 $6,840 2024
Memoria Decolonial Inc PR$439,801 President $12,000 $11,656 2024
Ukraine Global Scholars Foundation MA$454,091 Officer President $68,269 $56,259 2024
Homework House Inc MA$454,620 Executive Dir. $66,590 $56,497 2023
Mississippi Farm Bureau Foundation & MS$455,622 President $46,848 $47,850 2024
Routt County Riders CO$455,653 Executive Dir. $79,660 $70,050 2024
Long Beach City College Auxiliary Inc CA$456,103 Director Bss $176,912 $144,232 2023
College Mentoring Experience IL$435,967 President $28,000 $25,990 2023
Leadachild Society KS$457,169 Executive Director $121,251 $120,127 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default56th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)48th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted45th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted92nd

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 (Desiree Tims) 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 485 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $65,305 is reasonable (approximately the 56th 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.