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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Starke County Initiative For Lifelong

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 352068158
IN · NTEE B80
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mikie Stogsdill, Executive Director / CEO ($975) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 101 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 2nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Mikie Stogsdill — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

101 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 101 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$226 total compensation of comparable organizations → $168,512 $975
$4,62910th
$17,51225th
$45,719Median
$78,41175th
$93,66490th
$975This org · 2nd
p10$4,629
p25$17,512
p50$45,719
p75$78,411
p90$93,664
$975

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 IN 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
Kids Count In Alachua County FL$358,946 Director $55,000 $50,291 2024
School City Of Mishawaka Education IN$357,736 Executive Di $50,360 $51,692 2024
Student Government Organization NY$363,181 President $1,445 $1,271 2024
Georgia Educational Resources Inc GA$355,331 Executive $38,635 $37,812 2024
St Georges Child Care Center ME$363,922 Executive Director $45,568 $44,414 2024
Ohio Campus Compact OH$364,697 Executive Director $78,014 $82,802 2023
Brain Expansion Scholastic Training Inc FL$366,369 Director $12,000 $11,297 2023
U Hope Cdc Inc GA$367,692 Case Manager $56,101 $58,845 2022
Higher Edge Inc CT$349,363 Executive Dir. $70,000 $63,884 2024
Finger Lakes Community College Student NY$349,123 President $2,050 $1,803 2024
One Bead Project OH$347,210 President $84,580 $84,949 2025
R3 Student Outreach TX$347,029 President $40,580 $39,511 2024
Tyler Area P-16 Council TX$346,418 Executive Director $7,642 $7,441 2024
Growing Outreach Growing Opportunites CA$346,188 Chair/ Executive Director $21,491 $18,063 2024
Bay Area Urban Debate Commission CA$372,624 Executive Dir. $120,000 $103,838 2023
California Language Teachers Assoc CA$375,762 Executive Di $20,000 $16,810 2024
Graduate Student Organization At The NY$342,589 President $10,577 $9,063 2025
Homework Central CA$338,432 Executive Dir. $59,000 $51,054 2023
Fields Of Joy Foundation Inc PR$336,857 Executive Director $60,000 $61,588 2024
First New Hampshire Robotics NH$388,413 Secretary $50,167 $43,926 2025
Prime Time Extended Learning Services MA$328,315 President $20,000 $17,493 2024
New Mexico Out-of School NM$324,228 Executive Di $50,535 $54,467 2023
Curieux Academic Journal CA$323,512 Key Employee $44,000 $36,982 2024
Home Of Potential And Excellence TN$397,695 Executive Dir. $96,596 $96,283 2025
Edhec America Inc CA$399,768 Secretary, Executive Direc $194,740 $168,512 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN cost of living and 2025 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 IN 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 default2nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)2nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Mikie Stogsdill) 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 101 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $975 is reasonable (approximately the 2nd 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.