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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Start School Later Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 460922466
MD · NTEE B05
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Terra Ziporyn Snider, Executive Director / CEO ($15,000) against the 2000 closest of 2,351 comparable organizations — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 15th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

2,351 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 2,000 within the band form the benchmarked peer set (closest by budget).

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $470,606 $15,000
$8,44010th
$23,77225th
$46,456Median
$70,29875th
$98,68290th
$15,000This org · 15th
p10$8,440
p25$23,772
p50$46,456
p75$70,298
p90$98,682
$15,000

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 MD 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
Washington Civil & Disability Advocate WA$231,080 Vice President/litigator $49,680 $47,576 2024
Enterprise Institute SD$231,030 Executive Director $153,725 $186,829 2023
Latino Learning Center Inc TX$231,223 President & $57,500 $63,339 2023
Simply Circus Corp MA$231,254 General Manager $60,275 $57,935 2024
Plymouth Nursery School IA$230,926 Director $35,910 $42,057 2024
Vehicle For Change Inc OH$231,281 Executive Di $20,000 $22,658 2024
Research Triangle Chapter Of The NC$230,904 Executive Director $39,050 $43,158 2024
Certified Student Loan Advisor TX$231,298 Chairman $43,000 $46,008 2024
Empowered Tutoring Inc WI$231,317 President $45,321 $49,322 2025
Rise Mhk Corporation KS$231,322 Dir. Of Educ $10,000 $11,556 2024
Novo Collegian Alliance FL$231,337 Coordinator $13,376 $13,838 2023
Read To Succeed TN$230,802 Executive Director $51,967 $58,428 2024
Minnesota Teachers Of English To Speakers Of Other Languages MN$231,475 Executive Assistant $15,450 $16,329 2024
Little Lobbyists Family Alliance MD$231,498 Executive Director $80,000 $80,000 2024
Dayspring Montessori School IL$231,503 President Secretary And Tre $110,105 $115,783 2024
Wikitongues Inc NY$230,663 Executive Director $59,796 $59,502 2023
Mastermindz Afterschool Enrichment Program PA$231,851 President $18,602 $19,842 2024
International Women's Coffee Alliance IL$230,315 Executive Director $43,264 $46,839 2023
Crayon Corner Learning Center Inc IA$230,274 Director $44,009 $50,214 2025
Global Youth Leadership Center CA$230,262 Founder $125,000 $115,453 2024
Logan City School District UT$230,246 Executive Director $6,530 $7,149 2024
Richardson Adult Literacy Center TX$230,201 Executive Director $75,833 $79,046 2025
Neighborhood Youth Services Inc MN$232,008 Executive Di $36,923 $39,024 2024
Dream It Do It Western New York Inc NY$232,010 President $58,263 $56,314 2024
Friends Of Literacy Inc TN$232,045 Executive Director $65,948 $74,147 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD 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 MD 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 default15th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

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 (Terra Ziporyn Snider) 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 2000 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $15,000 is reasonable (approximately the 15th 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.