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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Zworks

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 472610553
IN · NTEE B02
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Molly Hanlon, Executive Director / CEO ($70,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 37 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 49th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

37 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 37 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$495 total compensation of comparable organizations → $390,031 $70,000
$9,50310th
$20,38725th
$70,359Median
$127,56775th
$161,39090th
$70,000This org · 49th
p10$9,503
p25$20,387
p50$70,359
p75$127,567
p90$161,390
$70,000

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 IN 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
Military Cyber Professionals Assn Inc VA$371,615 Chief Operating Officer $175,002 $160,230 2024
Montessori Elementary Teacher Training Collaborative Inc MA$376,148 President $23,925 $20,387 2024
Seeds & Water Foundation Inc FL$377,711 President & Treasurer $13,112 $11,680 2024
Vermont Learning Collaborative Inc VT$384,730 Executive Dir. $65,983 $61,354 2025
Open Syllabus Inc NY$348,291 President And Treasurer $173,819 $148,942 2024
Gradient Learning CA$342,635 Executive Director $462,663 $390,031 2023
Auburn University Real Estate AL$341,851 President $350,949 $359,528 2024
Wisconsin Skyward User Group Inc WI$341,678 President $500 $495 2024
Uaeyc UT$400,554 Executive Di $47,472 $47,434 2023
Arc Upper Valley Inc ND$333,086 Executive Director $83,159 $89,094 2023
South Carolina District Data Governance SC$405,000 Executive Director $20,000 $19,785 2024
Good2know Partners CA$327,327 Ceo $10,000 $8,188 2024
The Center For Bioethics And Culture CA$307,398 Executive Director $88,200 $70,359 2025
Middle College High School National NJ$294,291 Director $33,280 $28,176 2024
Edwell Inc TX$443,748 Executive Dir. $128,333 $121,732 2024
Village Mke Inc WI$291,000 Ceo $147,500 $150,389 2023
Community Support Services Organization CA$447,037 Ceo $77,075 $64,976 2023
Choice Charter School Services Inc FL$448,050 Director $117,500 $104,671 2024
Arts & Sciences Center Inc HI$450,293 President $13,425 $11,735 2023
Christian School Management Association OH$453,320 Executive Director $128,498 $132,869 2023
Iccnm Foundation NM$284,606 President $2,375 $2,422 2024
Arkansas Rural Ed Association AR$282,532 Executive Director $76,000 $81,008 2024
Electrify Dc DC$456,187 President/ex $54,375 $45,247 2024
Concepts For Adaptive Learning CT$275,924 Executive Director $65,000 $57,792 2024
The Quest Institute For Quality Educ CA$270,067 Ceo $33,246 $28,027 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default49th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)46th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted49th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Molly Hanlon) 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 37 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B02), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,000 is reasonable (approximately the 49th 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.