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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Center For Student Legal Services

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311508453
OH · NTEE B90
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Courtney Boyd, Executive Director / CEO ($49,669) 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 40th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Courtney Boyd — reported title “EXEC. SECRET”, 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

$4,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $181,404 $49,669
$19,99010th
$26,39025th
$50,091Median
$83,40575th
$126,26990th
$49,669This org · 40th
p10$19,990
p25$26,390
p50$50,091
p75$83,405
p90$126,269
$49,669

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
The Academy Of Senior Health OH$312,870 Ceo $176,200 $181,404 2023
Peace Village Posters 4 Peace OH$335,014 Executive Director $39,800 $39,800 2024
Learning Club Of Toledo OH$281,647 5800 Monroe St F5 Sylvania Oh 43560 $98,574 $96,033 2025
Inspireducation Inc OH$271,292 Executive Director $48,375 $49,804 2023
Ashtabula County Continued Education OH$242,364 Executive Director $55,643 $57,287 2023
Cleveland Municipal School District OH$239,927 Director $138,367 $138,367 2024
Forever R Children OH$237,961 Executive Di $4,000 $4,000 2024
Tuscarawas County Child Advocacy OH$393,999 Executive Di $68,745 $70,776 2023
Students With A Goal OH$232,969 Executive Director $48,654 $50,091 2023
Summer Work Experience In Law Inc OH$223,422 Executive Director $22,975 $22,975 2024
Leader's Edge Inc OH$212,360 Treasurer/secretary $18,000 $18,000 2024
The Teaching Cleveland Foundation OH$421,290 Executive Di $108,123 $108,123 2024
Connor Kids Academy OH$429,679 President $27,584 $27,584 2024
Innovation Ohio Education Fund OH$446,331 Ceo $65,305 $67,234 2023
Inter-faith Thrift Shop Inc OH$447,929 Executive Di $25,195 $25,195 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 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 default40th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)53rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted40th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted33rd

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 (Courtney Boyd) 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 (B90) + OH + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,669 is reasonable (approximately the 40th 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.