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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Peak Research Institute

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 455088768
CO · NTEE B60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kelley Robinson, Executive Director / CEO ($30,360) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 134 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Kelley Robinson — reported title “TREASURER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

134 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 134 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$270 total compensation of comparable organizations → $269,796 $30,360
$17,13410th
$32,71925th
$57,737Median
$79,43775th
$97,67090th
$30,360This org · 22nd
p10$17,134
p25$32,719
p50$57,737
p75$79,437
p90$97,670
$30,360

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 CO 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
Onelife For Life Inc MI$247,631 President $61,644 $68,316 2023
Hey Neighbor CO$246,939 Executive Director $39,875 $39,875 2024
Anewvista Community Services CA$248,249 President $51,200 $44,919 2025
Florida Preborn Rescue Inc FL$245,779 Director $124,492 $121,966 2024
Second Chance Education Inc CA$245,689 Ceo $59,509 $55,173 2023
Harleys Dream CO$245,039 Executive Dir. $52,000 $52,000 2024
Marion County Literacy Council Inc FL$249,959 Director $66,096 $63,085 2025
Literacy Chippewa Valley WI$244,707 Executive Di $47,017 $49,889 2025
Iowa City Unesco City Of Literature IA$244,011 Executive Director $108,323 $123,693 2024
Association For Machine Learning And Applications CA$251,017 Secretary $60,000 $54,032 2024
Run Hard Rest Well Inc IN$253,340 Executive Dir. $60,000 $67,936 2023
Midcoast Literacy ME$239,926 Executive Director $42,498 $44,380 2024
International Mentoring Foundation For MA$256,372 President $20,750 $19,446 2024
First Place 4 Health TX$257,264 Former Ceo $62,847 $65,563 2024
Gull Island Institute Inc MA$237,443 Clerk $41,600 $38,986 2024
Echo Collective NE$257,406 Executive Director $38,780 $43,499 2024
Collaborative Law Institute Of Texas TX$237,143 Exec Director $76,546 $82,212 2023
National Coalition For Dialogue & Deliberation PA$236,025 Executive Director $16,800 $17,988 2023
Kenosha Literacy Council WI$234,765 Executive Dir. $54,654 $57,992 2025
Literacy Volunteers Of Broome-tioga NY$233,980 Executive Director $49,448 $45,397 2025
Life Enrichment Center Of Norfolk VA$260,932 President $110,084 $110,849 2024
You Can Make It Home Ownership Ctr TN$261,432 Executive Director $65,052 $71,311 2024
Growing Oaks Association OK$232,819 Secretarytreasurer $73,000 $83,830 2024
Minnesota Teachers Of English To Speakers Of Other Languages MN$231,475 Executive Assistant $15,450 $15,921 2024
The Most Excellent Way Learning Life Center Inc NJ$264,783 Exec. Director $26,740 $25,634 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted27th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Kelley Robinson) 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 134 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,360 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.