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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mba Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 331011856
MS · NTEE P33
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeffery Lewis, Executive Director / CEO ($25,759) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 299 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

299 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 299 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$225 total compensation of comparable organizations → $333,496 $25,759
$11,71310th
$27,82625th
$44,135Median
$55,30075th
$69,11290th
$25,759This org · 22nd
p10$11,713
p25$27,826
p50$44,135
p75$55,300
p90$69,112
$25,759

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 MS 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
Old School Of South Burlington Inc VT$352,174 Executive Director $65,976 $59,624 2023
Children's Center Of New Paltz Inc NY$351,548 Director $35,899 $29,126 2023
Elkader Childcare And Learning Center IA$353,375 Executive Director $52,538 $51,651 2023
Noah's Ark Day Care Center Of Port Jefferson NY$348,997 Executive Director $59,000 $45,297 2025
Little Precious Steps TX$355,931 Executive Dir. $60,428 $52,716 2024
Sandys Day Care Inc AR$356,507 President $46,808 $47,241 2023
Neighborhood Kidz Club TX$346,964 Executive Director $59,520 $53,458 2023
Calvary Childcare Center CA$358,065 Executive Director $68,188 $52,867 2023
Pooh's Corner Inc NY$358,188 Director $83,538 $67,778 2023
Barrio Station CA$358,745 Executive Di $97,920 $73,741 2024
Pace After School Program PA$345,680 Director $42,981 $37,381 2024
Tanque Verde Extended Care Program AZ$358,851 Ed $76,451 $62,469 2025
Silverton Family Learning Center Inc CO$345,259 Executive Dir. $43,788 $37,699 2023
Willow Blossom Learning Center Inc MA$360,434 Center Director $70,820 $54,070 2025
Mums - The Kitty Hupman Weekday School NC$360,729 Director (Non-voting Member Of Board) $41,223 $37,147 2024
Little Turtles Playhouse Inc WI$343,249 Center Director $42,890 $40,218 2023
Usa Early Child Care Center Inc MI$361,251 Director $50,000 $46,338 2023
Valley Child Development Center Inc IN$343,231 Executive Director $44,449 $40,880 2024
Magic Mountain Childrens Center Inc VT$342,037 Executive Director $78,051 $66,747 2025
Faulkton Area Out Of School Program SD$341,372 Program Director $26,393 $25,403 2024
The Children's Center MT$341,242 Executive Di $21,646 $20,950 2023
Big Top Education Centerinc KS$363,432 Childcare Di $50,695 $47,764 2024
Childrens Christian Learning Center Inc IL$340,923 Center Director $40,141 $35,433 2023
Threshold Montessori School TN$363,613 Executive Director $85,800 $78,653 2024
Sandite Child Development Center Inc OK$363,871 Director $59,486 $57,125 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MS 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 MS 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted23rd
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 (Jeffery Lewis) 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 299 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P33), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,759 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.