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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gap Year Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 460781800
MT · NTEE B82
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Keri Mcwilliams, Executive Director / CEO ($67,179) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 194 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: Keri Mcwilliams — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

194 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 194 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $177,576 $67,179
$5,88810th
$17,00325th
$37,240Median
$61,97275th
$85,38290th
$67,179This org · 77th
p10$5,888
p25$17,003
p50$37,240
p75$61,972
p90$85,382
$67,179

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 MT 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
Davis-putter Scholarship Fund NY$248,369 Executive Of $104,072 $84,739 2024
Krha Educational Foundation KS$246,866 President/ceo $38,432 $37,412 2024
Ynot Community Services CA$246,522 C.f.o $43,776 $35,067 2023
Distributors Education Foundation Inc VA$244,247 President & Ceo $62,014 $53,954 2024
North Coast Builders Exchange CA$253,168 Chief Executive Officer $17,698 $14,177 2023
Raymore-peculiar Public School MO$254,610 Executive Di $55,000 $51,138 2025
Missouri Community Health Foundation MO$254,821 Ceo $82,247 $80,814 2023
The Eagan Foundation Incorporated MN$254,993 Executive Di $45,124 $41,364 2023
Georgia Association Of Realtors GA$255,748 Ceo/ga Assoc. Of Realtors $21,554 $19,025 2025
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational MD$238,009 Executive Director $5,916 $4,984 2024
The Piston Foundation Inc CT$258,541 Secretary $115,562 $97,634 2024
Red Legacy Recovery Inc TN$258,828 Executive Director $55,120 $53,749 2023
College Of The Desert Alumni Assn CA$237,049 Executive Director $155,154 $117,611 2025
These Numbers Have Faces OR$259,701 Executive Director $90,000 $77,536 2023
The Education Foundation Inc OH$260,084 Executive Di $25,938 $24,116 2025
Kimberly Coffey Foundation Inc NY$235,166 Executive Director $95,000 $79,638 2023
Scholarchips Inc DC$261,153 Founder And Executive Directo $99,342 $80,872 2023
Bolivar Educational Advancement MO$262,684 Secretary Tr $5,348 $5,104 2024
Calculated Genius Inc IL$262,815 Executive Director $80,000 $70,869 2024
East Valley Institute Of Technology Education Foundation Inc AZ$262,844 Board Member $14,400 $12,479 2024
Scte Foundation Inc PA$233,227 Secretary $62,982 $58,266 2023
Greene County Fair Association Inc AR$263,615 Manager $2,119 $2,146 2024
Oklahoma Single Parent Scholarship Program OK$232,566 Executive Director $43,846 $43,504 2024
Foundation For Eden Prairie Schools MN$264,008 Executive Director $30,541 $27,193 2024
John P Burke Memorial Fund RI$264,645 Executive Director $35,833 $30,961 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MT 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 MT 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)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Keri Mcwilliams) 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 194 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $67,179 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.