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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Achieving Success On Purpose Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 460878912
NC · NTEE B60
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nalo Coban, Executive Director / CEO ($25,354) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 115 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Nalo Coban — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

115 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 115 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$243 total compensation of comparable organizations → $243,190 $25,354
$11,38610th
$27,38425th
$50,723Median
$71,45975th
$89,47890th
$25,354This org · 23rd
p10$11,386
p25$27,384
p50$50,723
p75$71,459
p90$89,478
$25,354

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 NC 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
Mission Milby Community Development Corporation TX$210,845 Executive Director $130,000 $122,243 2024
Lawrence Funderburke Youth OH$210,661 President $98,500 $98,071 2024
Leadership Kitsap Foundation WA$213,097 Executive Director $85,250 $71,748 2024
Someone Who Cares Community Ce GA$213,323 President $6,560 $6,201 2024
Literacy Volunteers Of Santa Fe NM$208,460 Executive Dir. $15,999 $15,759 2025
Christian Institute CA$208,060 Teacher/director $58,000 $48,471 2023
Michigan Center For Employee Owners MI$206,640 Executive Director $75,917 $73,661 2024
Health-care Education And Living In Poverty DC$216,000 President/ceo $80,000 $65,993 2024
American Academy Of Cosmetic Dentistry WI$205,297 Executive Director $22,604 $22,191 2024
Wayfinders Inc IN$205,270 Executive Director $85,000 $84,262 2024
True Initiative HI$217,550 Ed To 12/24 $79,935 $67,275 2024
Dr Gertrude A Barber Educational PA$204,274 Executive Vice President $18,945 $18,284 2023
Columbia Bartending Agency Incorporated NY$218,310 Executive Director $7,120 $5,892 2025
Iuoe Local 891 Education & Training Fund NY$218,825 Trustee $7,262 $6,351 2023
Local 619 Jatc MS$203,105 Trustee $29,878 $31,282 2024
Local 147 Training Fund NY$201,689 Training Dir. $48,261 $40,995 2024
The Reliance College Fund IL$221,037 Pres./treas. $88,008 $81,334 2024
Infinity Foundation IL$200,734 Executive Di $25,600 $23,659 2024
Rappu Inc VA$200,403 Executive Di $39,542 $35,891 2024
The William And Lanaea C Featherstone MD$224,131 Founder $30,000 $27,144 2023
National Hartford Center Of MA$197,887 Executive Director $75,000 $65,226 2023
Remarkable Mens Practice CA$224,685 President $10,387 $8,680 2023
New York State Care Management NY$225,135 Executive Director $68,250 $57,975 2024
National Hbcu Business Deans Roundtable Inc NC$225,337 Managing Director $36,000 $36,000 2023
Leadership Kauai HI$226,010 Executive Dir. $70,000 $60,654 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Nalo Coban) 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 115 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,354 is reasonable (approximately the 23rd 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.