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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chicago Pre-college Science And Engineering Program

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 331196025
IL · NTEE B90
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kenneth Hill, Executive Director / CEO ($38,240) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 417 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

417 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 417 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11 total compensation of comparable organizations → $457,213 $38,240
$12,66810th
$28,75725th
$53,552Median
$76,67175th
$103,58390th
$38,240This org · 34th
p10$12,668
p25$28,757
p50$53,552
p75$76,671
p90$103,583
$38,240

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 IL 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
Uasc International SC$266,094 Executive Director $24,025 $26,248 2023
Emerald Ballet Theatre WA$265,923 President $16,500 $15,470 2023
Fusion Homeschooling Inc TN$265,773 President $10,585 $11,652 2023
Native American Fitness Council CO$265,621 President & Ceo $70,000 $70,291 2023
Amazing Grace Virtual Academy MN$265,554 Executive Director $39,863 $40,066 2024
Thoreau Community Center NM$266,920 Executive Director $54,198 $61,046 2023
Emerging Scholars Program Inc VA$266,999 Executive Director $54,250 $53,280 2024
Climb The Mountain Speech And Debate Foundation WA$267,206 Executive Director $42,000 $38,249 2024
Love Chloe Foundation KS$267,387 President $45,971 $52,009 2023
Dramatic Truth Ministries MO$267,554 Director Of Operations $1,890 $2,036 2024
Computer Banc IL$268,034 Executive Dir. $75,000 $77,215 2023
Pennsylvania School Counselors PA$264,222 Executive Di $14,444 $14,274 2025
The Educational Foundation Of The KY$264,194 Ceo $18,726 $20,464 2024
New York Math Circle Inc NY$268,290 President $98,664 $90,687 2024
Pastors For Texas Children TX$263,846 Executive Director $110,000 $115,230 2023
Ethos Education Group TX$263,552 President $10,400 $10,894 2023
Lrlean Inc AL$263,291 Executive Director $42,758 $48,374 2023
Camp Hope Of Southwest Washington WA$269,860 Executive Dir. $42,000 $38,249 2024
Phoenix Union Partnership Of Business And Education AZ$262,467 Executive Director $59,600 $60,025 2023
Glowmundo Creations Inc CO$270,082 Executive Director / Presi $90,000 $90,374 2023
Educators Leading The Profession IN$270,500 Executive Director $197,004 $211,320 2024
Words In The Wild CA$270,630 Executive Dir. $24,320 $21,361 2024
Return To Roots Learning Community NH$270,669 Director $54,843 $51,510 2024
Winners Circle Xr Academy Inc RI$261,565 Executive Director $60,577 $60,828 2023
Courage Foundation CA$261,475 Director Of Program Development/ Le $90,000 $79,050 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Kenneth Hill) 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 417 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $38,240 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.