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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

University Of Iowa Research

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 421333324
IA · NTEE B11
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Darsee Jon, Executive Director / CEO ($43,544) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 150 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Darsee Jon — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

150 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 150 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$593 total compensation of comparable organizations → $473,424 $43,544
$4,86910th
$14,13625th
$33,574Median
$58,81075th
$89,06390th
$43,544This org · 65th
p10$4,869
p25$14,136
p50$33,574
p75$58,810
p90$89,063
$43,544

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 IA 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
East Side Union High School District CA$315,403 Executive Dir. $25,000 $19,150 2024
Luis & Linda Nieves Family Foundation CA$314,060 University Director $600,310 $473,424 2023
Hilton Head Island All Sports SC$319,666 Treasurer $3,315 $2,989 2025
The Seedling Foundation Of Dayton Ohio OH$312,651 Executive Director $40,192 $38,879 2023
Talmudic College 4000 Alton Road Inc FL$321,540 Vp/treasurer $175,000 $145,837 2024
Connecticut Explored Inc CT$322,548 Publisher+exdir $77,000 $64,045 2024
Green Mountain Library Consortium VT$310,039 Administrative Coordinator $9,694 $8,911 2023
Riverside County Office Of CA$324,521 Director $75,947 $58,176 2024
Temple University Law Foundation PA$324,561 Vp - Secretary $67,189 $61,194 2023
Evergreen School District Foundation 114 WA$307,669 Executive Assistant $49,353 $39,197 2024
Cal State University Fullerton CA$307,284 Director $56,403 $44,481 2023
Explore Facilities Group NM$306,625 Chair $30,923 $30,376 2023
The Ellen Reece Legacy Corp NY$327,090 Executive Director $49,020 $40,455 2023
Summit School Foundation NY$328,007 Director $72,000 $59,420 2023
K-love & Air1 Foundation CA$328,960 Ceo/director (Ended 5/15/24) $48,455 $37,117 2024
Classical High School Alumni Association RI$303,785 Executive Director $46,667 $40,868 2023
Ppsel Building Corporation CO$302,943 Executive Director $38,592 $31,981 2025
Parent Choice Inc WI$330,785 President $2,500 $2,316 2024
Hampton Educational Foundation VA$301,484 Executive Director $19,470 $16,676 2024
Eastern Ahec Property Corporation Inc NC$331,880 Executive Director $38,243 $35,054 2024
Poudre School District Foundation CO$332,615 Executive Di $32,250 $27,433 2024
Whitecaps Baseball Academy CA$333,957 President $42,797 $32,783 2024
Northeast Kids Count Inc NY$298,809 Managing Director $67,351 $53,989 2024
Morris County Secondary School Athletic NJ$298,660 President $2,950 $2,277 2025
John De La Howe School Foundation SC$298,005 Executive Di $111,330 $103,031 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted87th

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 (Darsee Jon) 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 150 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $43,544 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.