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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Adagio Institute Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 300636501
TX · NTEE B60
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Benjamin D, Executive Director / CEO ($66,464) 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 53rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Benjamin D — reported title “Summers”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable 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

$10,479 total compensation of comparable organizations → $126,270 $66,464
$28,53610th
$47,53825th
$61,044Median
$80,70075th
$93,46190th
$66,464This org · 53rd
p10$28,536
p25$47,538
p50$61,044
p75$80,700
p90$93,461
$66,464

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 TX 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
Ploughshare Institute For Sustainable TX$319,261 Vice President $21,750 $21,750 2023
Clifford Antone Foundation TX$329,181 Executive Director $68,500 $66,535 2024
Louise H Batz Patient Safety Foundation TX$341,013 Executive Director $52,500 $52,500 2023
Sil Lead Inc TX$278,791 Executive Director $10,789 $10,479 2024
International Society Of TX$277,473 Executive Di $39,860 $38,716 2024
Bee Happy Day Hab Foundation I TX$275,857 Exec Director $47,831 $46,459 2024
First Place 4 Health TX$257,264 Former Ceo $62,847 $61,044 2024
Greater Fort Worth Pro-life Ministries TX$367,579 Executive Director $48,617 $48,617 2023
Expanding Frontiers Corp TX$371,930 Board Member $71,190 $71,190 2023
Lone Star Construction Trades Training TX$372,178 Director $87,360 $84,854 2024
Collaborative Law Institute Of Texas TX$237,143 Exec Director $76,546 $76,546 2023
Economic Growth Business Incubator TX$406,170 Executive Director $93,588 $90,903 2024
Texas Apartment Association Education TX$412,003 Ceo $50,298 $48,855 2024
Mission Milby Community Development Corporation TX$210,845 Executive Director $130,000 $126,270 2024
Texas Choral Directors Association TX$419,703 Executive Di $97,978 $95,167 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default53rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)53rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted60th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Benjamin D) 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 (B60) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $66,464 is reasonable (approximately the 53rd 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.