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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Teaching Cleveland Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 452975374
OH · NTEE B90
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Greg Deegan, Executive Director / CEO ($108,123) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 466 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 90th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

466 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 466 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$707 total compensation of comparable organizations → $424,390 $108,123
$14,03010th
$36,51425th
$59,064Median
$85,87475th
$109,80790th
$108,123This org · 90th
p10$14,030
p25$36,514
p50$59,064
p75$85,874
p90$109,807
$108,123

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
National Outdoor Learning Alliance ID$422,162 Executive Dir. $72,000 $72,315 2024
Magnolia Global Academy For Leaders CA$420,262 Executive Di $78,334 $62,218 2025
Ross Community Center Inc IN$422,454 Executive Di $57,400 $57,151 2024
Woven Learning And Technology CA$418,850 President $94,500 $77,044 2024
Concordia Learning Center LA$423,816 Administrator $59,927 $62,302 2024
Circle Of Sisterhood Foundation Inc NC$418,760 Executive Director $104,425 $99,246 2025
The Meantime Coffee Company NC$418,584 Ceo $8,598 $8,388 2024
Enriching Education Foundation WA$418,489 Co-president $21,240 $18,484 2023
Math-m-addicts New York Inc NY$417,867 Program Director $109,920 $96,550 2023
Julia Green Extended Care Inc TN$417,051 Executive Di $100,602 $99,841 2024
Face It Foundation MN$416,612 Executive Di $62,500 $60,030 2023
Pr Education Initiative Corp PR$416,344 Executive Dire $30,000 $30,886 2023
Curriculum Leadership Institute KS$426,660 President $103,592 $105,664 2024
Horizons Student Opportunities And NM$414,493 Executive Di $67,038 $68,076 2024
Rage Ministries Inc TX$414,272 Pres $110,000 $103,889 2024
Learning Forward Education Cen FL$428,329 Executive Director $16,655 $14,772 2024
Mikaylas Voice PA$428,430 Executive Director $93,718 $85,964 2025
Wolverine Hoosier Athletic MI$428,442 Commissioner $123,189 $116,956 2025
Southern California Soaring Academyinc CA$428,796 President $60,000 $50,361 2023
Community Learning Network NM$413,338 Executive Director $90,000 $91,394 2024
Common Purpose Us Inc IL$429,264 Us Programs Director $70,741 $65,663 2024
Loop Nola LA$413,277 Executive Director $68,863 $71,593 2024
Mid-shore Early Learning Ctr Inc MD$429,549 Director $57,867 $52,587 2023
Connor Kids Academy OH$429,679 President $27,584 $27,584 2024
Stem Teachers Of New York City Inc NY$430,363 Executive Dir. $52,801 $46,379 2023

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 default90th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)85th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted86th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted85th

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 (Greg Deegan) 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 466 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $108,123 is reasonable (approximately the 90th 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.