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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Read For Literacy Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 341516490
OH · NTEE B61Z
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Diana Bush, Executive Director / CEO ($75,154) against the 2000 closest of 3,070 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Diana Bush — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

3,070 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $503,874 $75,154
$9,28010th
$25,53725th
$47,155Median
$70,65475th
$96,03690th
$75,154This org · 79th
p10$9,280
p25$25,537
p50$47,155
p75$70,654
p90$96,036
$75,154

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
Cornerstone Academy IL$339,889 Principal $70,000 $64,975 2024
Under The Shield AZ$339,724 President $120,934 $109,810 2024
Association Of Computer Technology Educa ME$339,711 Executive Director $87,112 $84,790 2023
Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation NM$339,687 Executive Dir. $56,164 $58,718 2023
J S M C Dental Education Program Inc NJ$339,611 Sec/treas $2,500 $2,170 2023
Middleton-cross Plains Area School WI$339,545 Executive Dir. $33,671 $32,345 2025
The Life Fund VA$339,543 Ceo $28,774 $26,231 2024
Berkeley Hills Parents Association CA$340,360 Exec. Direct $77,439 $63,134 2024
Classical Beginnings Inc TN$340,406 Executive Director $49,229 $47,597 2025
Crest Education Center CA$339,380 Treasurer $53,572 $46,810 2022
Lifeprep Projects Inc NC$339,374 Exec Directo $7,663 $7,476 2024
Acting Without Boundaries PA$339,370 Executive Dir. $3,774 $3,553 2024
Read Early And Daily Read VA$340,582 Executive Director $16,380 $15,374 2023
Geneva Childrens Center CA$340,806 Director $63,440 $53,249 2023
Lead California CA$339,024 Executive Director $190,067 $154,957 2024
Jeremiahs Place NM$340,825 President $24,000 $25,092 2023
Express Association Of America VA$339,000 Executive Director $296,619 $278,390 2023
The Brock Center TN$340,945 President $90,033 $87,048 2025
Vermont Arts Exchange Inc VT$338,874 Executive Di $108,029 $102,661 2024
Olive Free Library Association NY$338,865 Director $61,741 $52,675 2024
Main Street Scholars CA$338,848 Executive Di $36,000 $28,593 2025
Classylinks Creative Consultan FL$338,829 Treasurer $12,000 $10,643 2024
Louise H Batz Patient Safety Foundation TX$341,013 Executive Director $52,500 $51,048 2023
Creative Play Children's Learning FL$341,063 Director $49,252 $44,975 2023
Academy For International School Heads CO$341,123 Ceo $158,055 $143,091 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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted82nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Diana Bush) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,154 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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.