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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Prairie Stem

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464013624
NE · NTEE B99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alan Wang, Executive Director / CEO ($53,846) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 426 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

426 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 426 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$117 total compensation of comparable organizations → $346,133 $53,846
$17,27910th
$38,22925th
$64,150Median
$89,15975th
$121,84790th
$53,846This org · 39th
p10$17,279
p25$38,229
p50$64,150
p75$89,159
p90$121,847
$53,846

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 NE 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
Acpa Research & Education Foundation TX$480,585 Acpa President $33,724 $31,365 2024
The City Club WA$482,574 Executive Director $135,000 $112,376 2024
African American Officers Development Network GA$477,826 Ceo $105,310 $98,449 2024
Vocation Ministry TX$477,577 President $84,167 $80,591 2023
International Alliance For Christian Education Nfp TX$483,589 President $100,000 $95,751 2023
Thousand Waves Foundation Nfp IL$484,789 Executive Di $76,573 $69,992 2024
Lancaster County Academy PA$475,803 Program Director $97,586 $93,152 2023
Willow Oak Montessori Childrens House NC$485,931 Head Of School $26,888 $25,831 2024
Paramedic Resources Inc CA$474,692 Board Member $13,000 $10,437 2024
National Association State Directors Of MD$474,548 Executive Director $110,000 $93,151 2025
Houseccon TX$473,937 Program Director $57,413 $54,974 2023
High Oaks Inc PA$487,074 Administrator $81,728 $75,777 2024
Dubois Institute For Entrepreneurship Inc AL$487,441 Executive Director & President $21,956 $22,705 2023
The Consortium For Independent Journalism Inc VA$488,861 Editor In Chief $90,004 $80,798 2024
Biblical Counseling Ministries Worldwide Inc CA$489,062 President $57,676 $46,305 2024
Action Mile High Foundation CO$489,906 Coo $118,454 $108,723 2023
Gulf Coast Education Initiative MS$470,864 Executive Director $96,552 $99,981 2024
Coongie CA$470,846 Treasurer/ed $11,111 $9,184 2023
Creative Education Foundation Inc MA$491,552 Executive Director $132,029 $110,309 2024
International Union Of Operating Engineers Local 95 Training Fund PA$492,222 Chairman/director $63,423 $60,541 2023
National Women Business Owners FL$493,194 Cfo $21,150 $18,473 2024
Partners In Education Of Toledo OH$493,212 Executive Dir. $84,408 $83,121 2024
American Association Of Bovine OH$466,561 Executive Di $50,248 $50,943 2023
The Blessed Child IL$494,874 President $11,992 $10,961 2024
Georgia Coalition For Higher GA$466,026 Co-exec Dire $123,476 $112,456 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NE 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 NE 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)35th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted40th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Alan Wang) 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 426 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $53,846 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.