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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rural Aspirations Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 453854485
ME · NTEE B99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Korah Soll, Executive Director / CEO ($83,428) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 436 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

436 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 436 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$123 total compensation of comparable organizations → $275,431 $83,428
$13,58610th
$32,55925th
$56,106Median
$79,86775th
$108,91790th
$83,428This org · 77th
p10$13,586
p25$32,559
p50$56,106
p75$79,867
p90$108,917
$83,428

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 ME 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
22nd Judicial District Casa Inc OK$364,430 Exec Dir $66,285 $68,975 2025
Literacy Connections Hudson NY$363,025 Executive Di $75,002 $64,046 2025
Summer On The Cuyahoga OH$364,717 Executive Di $70,350 $72,277 2024
Apereo Foundation Incorporated OR$364,789 Secretary, Executive Director $81,136 $73,087 2024
Patient Safety Movement Foundation CA$365,177 Coo $210,873 $172,075 2025
Lily Creek Farms OH$365,276 Executive Director $42,000 $43,150 2024
W5yi Licensing Services Inc TX$365,305 President $29,015 $28,154 2024
Ohio Association For College OH$361,788 Executive Ad $32,657 $33,551 2024
Open Storehouse Incorporated FL$361,786 President $70,000 $63,788 2024
North Korea Human Rights Watch OH$365,913 Program Dire $80,000 $84,619 2023
Maryland Pesticide Education MD$361,636 Executive Di $80,000 $74,692 2023
The Hive Dgo CO$366,407 Executive Dir. $54,248 $50,458 2024
Farms To Grow Inc CA$366,693 Executive Dir. $35,500 $30,613 2023
The Growing Tree Learning Center VA$366,924 Administrator $49,885 $48,102 2023
Council Of Public Liberal Arts Colleges NC$360,337 Executive Director $40,148 $40,239 2024
Pivot Leadership Group TX$360,303 Executive Director $95,940 $93,091 2024
Aamva Region I Inc VA$367,811 Director, Regions I & Ii $15,357 $14,808 2023
Foundation For Mo County Free Libraries CA$359,452 Executive Director $78,121 $65,435 2024
Scottsdale Leadership Inc AZ$359,383 Executive Director $93,090 $89,407 2023
Heartlight Center Inc CO$359,354 Executive Dir. $91,975 $88,075 2023
Kentucky Center For Public Service Journalism KY$368,320 President $75,200 $80,684 2023
The Resiliency Collaborative Inc NC$368,490 Executive Director Former $84,540 $84,733 2024
Sylvan Robotics OH$368,756 Executive Dir. $119 $123 2024
Wild Horses Building Champions Inc SD$358,584 Director $18,000 $19,839 2023
Ifees Inc MD$358,493 Secretary $195,256 $182,302 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ME 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 ME 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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)74th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted79th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (Korah Soll) 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 436 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $83,428 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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.