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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Project Megsss Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 431191496
MO · NTEE B27Z
FY ending 2025-05-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Douglas Hunt, Executive Director / CEO ($28,100) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 869 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 45th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Douglas Hunt — reported title “Director, Teacher Representative”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

869 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 869 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $427,651 $28,100
$5,71210th
$15,28025th
$32,751Median
$56,23975th
$79,51190th
$28,100This org · 45th
p10$5,712
p25$15,280
p50$32,751
p75$56,239
p90$79,511
$28,100

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 MO 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
South Texas Association Of Schools TX$135,050 Former Executive Director (Thru 3/11) $61,440 $59,562 2024
Needs Beyond Medicine UT$135,027 Founder/ceo $37,000 $37,784 2023
The Financial Education And Economic Transformation Center CO$135,000 Executive Director $15,000 $14,351 2023
Extravagant Love Project PA$135,234 Executive Di $43,395 $41,939 2024
Germination Project PA$135,253 Executive Di $96,000 $95,520 2023
Baptist Medical Dental Fellowship AL$134,845 Executive Dir. $54,000 $58,207 2023
Cultivatus Leadership Institute NC$135,415 President $32,625 $33,634 2023
Fort Hunt Preschool Inc VA$134,693 Preschool Director $55,633 $52,058 2024
Montezuma Schools Inc AZ$134,683 Manager $21,000 $20,151 2023
Southeastern Ct Chinese School CT$135,480 Principal $1,650 $1,461 2025
Stamford Polish Saturday School Inc CT$134,652 Director Of Spss $9,781 $8,888 2024
Center For Arts Design And Social MA$135,560 Executive Director $89,581 $80,318 2023
Student Loan Fund Inc CT$134,579 Executive Director $62,550 $56,837 2024
Police Benevolent Associaton FL$134,541 President $11,611 $10,883 2023
Blairsville Library Association PA$134,489 Director $16,800 $16,237 2024
Ridgeway Community Association MN$135,697 Secretary/clerk $442 $424 2024
Isis Hawaii HI$135,730 President $31,400 $28,050 2023
Stanford University Bookstore CA$135,857 President $245,418 $211,443 2023
Slippery Rock Community Library PA$134,279 Director $31,847 $30,779 2024
Accessible Arts Vsa Kansas Inc KS$134,094 Executive Director $55,607 $58,220 2024
The Woodland Foundation LA$136,138 Executive Director $48,419 $51,670 2024
Marie A Mansbach Memorial Student VA$134,015 Secretary $5,470 $5,119 2024
Preston Brown Foundation FL$136,155 Executive Di $52,000 $47,342 2024
St Ursula Academy Scholarship Granting OH$134,005 President $16,697 $17,139 2024
Franklin Education Association MA$133,990 President $8,500 $7,212 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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 default45th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted36th

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 (Douglas Hunt) 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 869 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $28,100 is reasonable (approximately the 45th 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.