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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 461009728
WA · NTEE B19
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Yun-en Liu, Executive Director / CEO ($153,613) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 40 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 90th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Yun-en Liu — reported title “CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

40 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 40 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,464 total compensation of comparable organizations → $245,053 $153,613
$8,18410th
$16,91625th
$49,561Median
$88,29675th
$147,77090th
$153,613This org · 90th
p10$8,184
p25$16,916
p50$49,561
p75$88,296
p90$147,770
$153,613

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 WA 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
Citysquash Support Corporation NY$268,677 President $44,709 $43,830 2024
Computer Recycling Of Virginia Inc VA$267,891 President & Ceo $74,500 $78,040 2024
Badgerland After School Enrichment Program Inc WI$259,957 Executive Director $66,827 $77,953 2023
Children First Foundation AZ$293,527 Treasurer Until 12/1/23 $23,078 $24,079 2024
Partners Library Action Network TX$293,669 Executive Director Until 3.31.23 $28,260 $30,668 2024
Youth Mentoring Initiative Inc IN$251,881 Executive Di $63,550 $74,854 2023
Indiana Lifelong Learning Projects Inc IN$251,320 Chair $70,249 $80,371 2024
Help Homeschool OH$250,586 Director $9,000 $10,342 2024
Cristo Rey Dallas Academic Center TX$249,287 Cfo $15,712 $17,555 2023
Satori Elementary School Inc TX$303,455 Executive Director $64,586 $68,284 2025
The Academy On Capitalism And Limited IL$238,786 Executive Director $113,000 $120,523 2024
Hand-n-hand Early Learning Center Inc DE$234,545 Treasurer $5,635 $5,986 2024
Kent State University Research Corp OH$316,581 Presidentceoboard Chair $20,224 $23,925 2023
The Educator Collective TX$317,037 Executive Director $125,767 $136,486 2024
Richland County Public Education SC$232,424 Executive Director $76,152 $88,735 2023
Real Estate Society Inc CA$318,110 President $10,720 $9,784 2025
Enterprise Institute SD$231,030 Executive Director $153,725 $189,495 2023
Catch The Stars Foundation IN$227,758 Executive Directorprogram Director $48,327 $55,291 2024
Design Connect Create TX$324,740 Executive Di $91,854 $99,683 2024
Unique Xpression Ministries Inc $215,734 Executive Director $15,000 $15,000 2023
Cpath Community Building Group MN$336,113 Board Member $19,049 $20,420 2024
Middleton-cross Plains Area School WI$339,545 Executive Dir. $33,671 $37,167 2025
District 7 High School Rodeo ID$207,400 Secretary $7,000 $8,078 2024
Midwest Suburban Superintendent's A IL$343,283 Executive Di $9,000 $9,599 2024
Gpf Woodson Park Nmtc Inc GA$201,061 Executive Director $18,151 $19,800 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default90th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)90th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted73rd

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 (Yun-en Liu) 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 40 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B19), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $153,613 is reasonable (approximately the 90th 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.