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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

National Paideia Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 461130015
NC · NTEE B90
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Terry Roberts, Executive Director / CEO ($132,065) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 488 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Terry Roberts — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

488 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 488 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,021 total compensation of comparable organizations → $422,542 $132,065
$14,69010th
$40,63525th
$61,553Median
$90,79275th
$112,48890th
$132,065This org · 94th
p10$14,690
p25$40,635
p50$61,553
p75$90,792
p90$112,488
$132,065

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
Bowie Business Innovation Center Inc MD$473,017 Executive Director $95,198 $86,136 2023
Leadership Johnson County Inc IN$472,891 Executive Di $49,967 $48,256 2025
The Village A Community Musical Art IN$474,167 Executive Di $81,506 $80,799 2024
Amhe Incorporated NY$471,143 Executive Director $34,440 $29,255 2024
The Legacy Institute WA$476,213 President $65,000 $54,705 2024
Camp Amnicon Foundation WI$470,392 Director $41,688 $40,927 2024
Well Beyond Academics Inc CA$476,527 Ceo $83,865 $68,075 2024
Divas For Social Justice Inc NY$469,867 Founder And Executive Director $79,075 $65,439 2025
The Midas Collaborative Inc MA$477,798 Executive Di $101,487 $88,262 2023
Maine Resilience Building Network ME$477,878 Executive Di $113,253 $109,754 2023
Mindpeace Cincinnati OH$478,220 Executive Director $120,640 $120,115 2024
Tech Valley Center Of Gravity Inc NY$478,374 Facilities D $63,150 $55,227 2023
Charter Facility Solutions CO$478,719 Executive Director $240,590 $223,269 2023
Hacker Dojo CA$466,493 Executive Director $100,000 $81,173 2024
Backcountry Medical Guides WA$480,581 President $71,982 $60,582 2024
Cecilia Place Homes Inc CA$465,859 President $34,547 $28,043 2024
Natural Womanhood TX$464,768 President & Ceo $107,459 $101,047 2024
My Neighborhood News Network WA$482,162 President $85,685 $72,115 2024
Summer On The Hill Inc NY$464,509 Executive Dir. $86,848 $75,952 2023
Improving Schools Inc DE$464,496 President $199,838 $183,940 2024
Hannah Project Partnership For Academic Achievement CA$463,193 Execurive Director $78,000 $65,185 2023
Jose Valdes Math Foundation CA$463,096 Executive Director $105,000 $85,232 2024
Walled Lake Central Music Boosters MI$462,525 Treasurer $8,930 $8,441 2025
Reach The World Company DC$484,434 Executive Director $114,800 $97,497 2023
Wooden Fish Parents First OR$462,267 Executive Di $9,880 $8,880 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted90th

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 (Terry Roberts) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 488 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $132,065 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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 10, 2026.