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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ohio News Media Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 310904715
OH · NTEE B92
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Monica Nieporte Koren, Executive Director / CEO ($10,100) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 133 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Monica Nieporte Koren — reported title “Executive Director & Secretary”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

133 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 133 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$142 total compensation of comparable organizations → $428,489 $10,100
$3,07010th
$8,12025th
$17,129Median
$42,94175th
$89,33490th
$10,100This org · 31st
p10$3,070
p25$8,120
p50$17,129
p75$42,941
p90$89,334
$10,100

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
Mtef Community Partners Llc PA$36,060 Executive Director $24,231 $22,814 2024
Lansing Kansas Scholarship Fund Inc KS$34,342 Treasurer $5,000 $5,100 2024
Marian Middle School Supporting Organiza MO$34,193 President $19,976 $19,976 2024
Roland-northern Bridge Company MD$36,312 Director $154,972 $140,833 2023
Ahu Ili HI$36,344 President $38,289 $32,366 2024
West Dallas Community School Foundation TX$36,355 Executive Director $30,958 $30,101 2023
Blue Rose Compass Inc NJ$36,444 Executive Director $225,000 $189,669 2024
Advertising Education Foundation Of TX$33,851 Secretary $5,500 $5,060 2025
New Mexico Association Of Community NM$37,264 Executive Di $104,493 $109,245 2023
Parents Connected CA$37,316 Executive Director $18,000 $14,675 2024
Maryland Theological College And Seminary MD$32,984 Officer $1,299 $1,180 2023
Language Connects Foundation VA$37,709 Executive Director $47,104 $42,941 2024
Bartlett Education Foundation TN$37,958 Executive Director $18,470 $18,872 2023
Kathryn Long Scholarship Fund WI$38,095 Co-trustee $3,818 $3,668 2025
World Trade Center Delaware DE$38,245 President $46,667 $44,416 2023
Nacm Scholarship Foundation Inc MD$38,260 President $18,945 $17,217 2023
Hedin-hartnagel Memorial Fund MN$32,205 Executive Secretary $9,996 $9,601 2023
Every Student Counts Inc CA$38,283 Foundation Manager $85,005 $69,302 2024
Matrona Foundation NC$38,470 Headmistress $167,987 $168,722 2023
Topass Foundation CA$31,984 President $3,632 $2,961 2024
Hastings College Foundation NE$38,520 Interim Exec Director (End 1/2023) $14,228 $14,875 2023
Books From Birth TX$31,847 Board Member - President And Treasurer $6,300 $5,950 2024
New Mexico Tech University Research Park NM$31,646 Vice President $30,919 $31,398 2024
Penfield Montessori Academy Inc WI$31,509 Chair $10,076 $9,935 2024
Colorado Association For The Education Of Young Children CO$31,460 Executive Director $7,843 $7,610 2022

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 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 default31st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)29th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted78th

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 (Monica Nieporte Koren) 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 133 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,100 is reasonable (approximately the 31st 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.