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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Byrne Institute

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 474634060
TX · NTEE B99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Victor Saenz, Executive Director / CEO ($70,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 60th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,208 total compensation of comparable organizations → $146,775 $70,000
$20,03510th
$35,04725th
$54,610Median
$75,98275th
$97,54690th
$70,000This org · 60th
p10$20,035
p25$35,047
p50$54,610
p75$75,982
p90$97,546
$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 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
Association Of Paroling Authorities TX$251,327 Executive Director $19,900 $19,900 2023
Cedar Hall Classical Academy TX$253,308 President $7,617 $7,208 2025
Career Gear Houston TX$240,960 Executive Director $20,050 $20,050 2023
Swan Impact Network Inc TX$262,320 Executive Director $23,000 $22,340 2024
Texas Youth Foundation TX$236,240 Founder & President $52,768 $51,254 2024
Youthlaunch Inc TX$232,340 Executive Director $108,333 $102,513 2025
Winners Inc TX$271,992 President/director $100,000 $97,131 2024
We Defend Truth TX$276,840 Founder & Ceo $72,800 $72,800 2023
Corsicana Artist And Writer TX$218,446 Executive Di $33,800 $33,800 2023
Wholly Informed Sex Ed TX$217,462 Executive Director $75,018 $72,866 2024
All Saints' Episcopal School Of Fort TX$282,677 Head Of School $33,050 $32,102 2024
Private Schools Interscholastic Assn Inc TX$285,532 Executive Director $75,000 $72,848 2024
Millennium Research Inc TX$207,758 President $16,474 $16,001 2024
Mapping Your Future TX$293,043 Director $101,280 $101,280 2023
Annunciation Austin TX$205,036 Director Of Education $48,105 $46,725 2024
Red Salmon Arts TX$293,557 Executive Dir. $62,700 $60,901 2024
Capacity Catalyst TX$298,161 Executive Director $40,625 $40,625 2023
Pegasus Media Project TX$301,363 Co-founder Exec Dir $55,978 $52,970 2025
Explorium Denton Childrens Museum TX$320,020 Executive Dir. $40,080 $40,080 2023
Literacy Lubbock TX$178,019 Executive Director $75,328 $73,167 2024
Tarrant Literacy Coalition TX$320,903 Executive Di $67,500 $65,563 2024
Church Leadership Development TX$175,460 President $76,920 $76,920 2023
Childrens' Disabilities Information TX$325,779 President $45,000 $45,000 2023
Southern Bible Institute & College TX$333,859 President $93,643 $93,643 2023
The Knitting Guild Association TX$349,095 Pres & Exec Dir $39,933 $38,787 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 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 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 default60th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted77th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Victor Saenz) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,000 is reasonable (approximately the 60th 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.