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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Professional Student Government

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411677359
MN · NTEE P80
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jacob Bourgault, Executive Director / CEO ($5,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 181 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jacob Bourgault — reported title “Secretary of Grants, President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

181 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 181 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$614 total compensation of comparable organizations → $98,956 $5,200
$11,35510th
$25,64925th
$45,634Median
$65,71575th
$77,30590th
$5,200This org · 5th
p10$11,355
p25$25,649
p50$45,634
p75$65,715
p90$77,305
$5,200

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 MN 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
Promoting Responsible Independence In Daily Endeavors Inc CA$195,145 President $30,000 $26,217 2024
Lowell Terrace Corp CO$194,511 Board President & Ceo Of Mhcd $24,467 $24,445 2023
Lighthouse Recovery Services Inc KY$197,001 Director $34,113 $38,187 2023
Hope Reins In Texas Inc TX$194,211 Director $20,300 $20,551 2024
Helping Hands Of Yuma AZ$193,285 Executive Director $65,322 $65,455 2023
Dentists Who Care Inc TX$198,497 Executive Director $65,000 $65,802 2024
Coleman Road Supportive Housing Inc MN$192,374 President/tr $65,715 $67,656 2023
Surayya Anne Foundation Inc OK$199,279 Executive Director $49,000 $56,217 2023
Community Access Naperville Inc IL$190,504 President $1,305 $1,298 2024
Dress For Success Billings Inc MT$190,236 Executive Director $47,167 $51,455 2024
Surpassing Grace TX$201,340 Executive Director Board Chair $28,000 $28,346 2024
Westfield Residence Inc CA$189,049 Director $2,450 $2,141 2024
North Carolina Statewide Independent NC$202,255 Executive Director $71,308 $74,566 2024
Indian Council Of The Elderly Inc WI$203,080 Prog Coordinator $36,320 $38,388 2024
Unbridled Change VA$203,658 Exec Dir/pre $40,000 $40,240 2023
Hannah And Friends Inc IN$187,260 Secretary, Director Of Ope $18,545 $20,377 2023
Yanam2m CO$204,439 Ceo $54,680 $54,629 2023
Esperanza Immigration Legal Services PA$206,309 Executive Director $85,696 $89,041 2023
Homes For Laurel Inc MD$184,441 Vice President & Director $27,109 $25,649 2024
Laura Mahoney Autism And Epilepsy NH$183,743 Executive Director $34,614 $33,301 2023
Nonprofitconnect Inc NJ$182,966 Executive Director $83,703 $75,632 2024
Texas Burn Survivor Society Inc TX$208,307 Executive Dir. $48,000 $50,028 2023
Pettaway Pursuit Foundation PA$182,330 Executive Director/president $66,401 $67,014 2024
Hawaii Coalition Against Sexual Assault HI$181,460 Executive Director $52,500 $48,974 2023
Metro Apartments Inc MN$209,839 Executive Vice President $18,918 $19,477 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted18th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Jacob Bourgault) 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 181 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $5,200 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.