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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

California Reading Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 300992498
CA · NTEE B92
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Lani Ramsey, Executive Director / CEO ($16,546) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 644 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Lani Ramsey — reported title “ADMIN ASSISTANT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

644 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 644 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $496,366 $16,546
$5,86610th
$16,08625th
$35,457Median
$61,01175th
$89,33690th
$16,546This org · 26th
p10$5,866
p25$16,086
p50$35,457
p75$61,011
p90$89,336
$16,546

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 CA 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
American Pillars Education Fd TN$114,610 Vice President $69,093 $81,694 2024
Hoover City Schools Foundation AL$114,734 Executive Director $22,663 $28,354 2023
Coin Op Cares Education & Charitable IL$114,539 Executive Vice President $9,300 $10,588 2023
Community Preschool Inc OH$114,445 President $41,012 $47,602 2025
Literacy Volunteers Of America Bitterroot Inc MT$114,411 Executive Director $75,481 $94,226 2023
Aliveo Learning Center Inc MN$114,928 Asst Gmg Mgr/director $33,390 $38,208 2023
Washington Baptist Seminary DC$114,397 President $12,000 $11,845 2024
Jitegemee Inc MA$114,999 Director $29,852 $31,066 2023
Donald R Watson Foundation Inc NC$114,316 President $56,398 $63,860 2025
Norwood Masonic Temple Foundation Incorporated OH$114,131 Building Manager/director $10,200 $12,511 2023
Nevada Christian Institute NV$115,276 Secretary $10,500 $11,839 2024
Academy For Lifelong Learning NY$114,020 Executive Di $81,673 $80,876 2025
Sakura Educational Exchange Usa Inc MD$113,843 President $22,776 $23,952 2024
Stonebridge Academy Institute OK$113,838 Director $12,586 $15,188 2025
Kipp Dc Supporting Corp DC$115,564 President, Kipp Dc Pcs (Eff 8/2022) $5,754 $5,847 2023
Society Of Health And Physical MI$113,768 Executive Di $18,600 $21,595 2024
Consortium On Workplace-based Education OH$113,672 Executive Director $19,950 $23,769 2024
Sustained Leaders TX$115,736 Ceo $15,305 $16,778 2025
Marietta Johnson School Of Organic AL$115,900 Board Member $10,900 $13,246 2024
Allentown Patriots Athletic Association PA$113,216 Athletic Director $14,311 $16,527 2023
Golden Ciphers OH$116,132 Executive Director $33,120 $39,459 2024
Longview Isd Foundation Inc TX$113,059 Executive Dir. $24,000 $27,004 2024
Healthcare Information And Management IL$113,035 Ceo & President $213,670 $273,520 2021
Fawcett Memorial Hospital Medical Staff Fund Inc FL$112,922 President $1,260 $1,332 2024
Family Montessori Of Lebanon Inc OH$112,875 Executive Director $33,396 $39,788 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)29th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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 (Lani Ramsey) 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 644 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,546 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.