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Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 474628655
TX · NTEE U20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tanya Dimitrova, Executive Director / CEO ($23,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 31 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 29th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Tanya Dimitrova — reported title “OFFICER/DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

31 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 31 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,804 total compensation of comparable organizations → $180,489 $23,400
$6,66610th
$20,42625th
$41,090Median
$59,27775th
$115,45990th
$23,400This org · 29th
p10$6,666
p25$20,426
p50$41,090
p75$59,277
p90$115,459
$23,400

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 TX 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
Cyberauto Challenge MD$117,581 Treasurer $3,000 $2,804 2024
The Geological Engineering Foundation CA$118,651 Director $6,500 $5,777 2023
Cyberhawaii HI$112,792 President & $129,000 $115,459 2024
Interacademy Partnership Inc DC$112,355 Executive Director $159,844 $144,366 2023
Space Frontier Foundation Inc DC$123,469 Director $41,500 $36,406 2024
404 Dao Inc GA$126,200 Secretary & Chief Operatio $40,879 $41,090 2024
Epigenix Foundation CA$108,281 President / Ceo / Board Chairman $29,750 $26,440 2023
Oklahoma Bioscience Institute OK$127,423 Imci Managing Director/president $25,697 $28,287 2024
Tmt Observatory Corporation CA$132,115 Manager Of Awards And Budgets $209,085 $180,489 2024
Haskell-org Inc DE$136,256 Executive Director $115,236 $112,799 2024
Institute For Population Health Sciences IL$136,832 Director $7,000 $6,880 2024
T1d Exchange Supporting Foundation Inc MA$97,545 Chief Executive Officer $16,218 $15,000 2023
Third Place Technologies WA$138,157 Gallery Manager $19,594 $18,055 2023
Aerospace States Association Inc VA$139,216 Executive Director $55,000 $53,088 2024
Qualia Research Institute CA$140,681 President & Executive Director $64,164 $55,388 2024
Girl Develop It VT$141,110 Executive Dir. $57,711 $59,785 2023
Engineering Biology Research Consortium CA$143,080 President $32,367 $28,766 2023
Academic Advisory Council For Signage OH$88,180 Executive Director $50,000 $52,941 2024
Technology Management Instituteinc VA$148,460 Executive Di $122,100 $117,856 2024
Florida International University FL$149,034 Director $60,783 $58,769 2023
Lepidopterists Society CA$149,918 Secretary $7,500 $6,666 2023
Foundation Of The Flora Of Virginia VA$85,195 Executive Dir. $50,000 $47,018 2025
Seg Foundation OK$83,883 Secretary $23,143 $26,229 2023
Biological Stain Commission Inc NY$152,160 90 Eagle Chase, Woodbury, Ny 11797 $19,476 $17,594 2024
Chemical Engineering Division Of Asee OH$81,883 Editor $6,000 $6,353 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default29th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted45th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (Tanya Dimitrova) 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 31 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (U), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $23,400 is reasonable (approximately the 29th 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.