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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Paradigm Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 475170127
IL · NTEE B03
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anna Hartman, Executive Director / CEO ($9,507) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 63 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

63 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 63 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,337 total compensation of comparable organizations → $283,183 $9,507
$22,49510th
$43,51125th
$74,392Median
$105,77775th
$182,80790th
$9,507This org · 5th
p10$22,495
p25$43,511
p50$74,392
p75$105,777
p90$182,807
$9,507

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 IL 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
National Association Of Corporate Directors TX$446,614 Executive Director $180,700 $178,586 2024
Tennessee Music Education Association TN$441,617 Treasurer / Executive Director $20,960 $21,768 2024
Utah Coalition For Educational UT$441,579 Treasurer $3,300 $3,337 2024
The Sarah Stitt Hope Foundation Inc OK$457,121 Executive Director $4,200 $4,704 2023
Achieve Hartford Inc CT$460,828 Executive Di $173,538 $165,505 2023
Wingsforgrowth Inc NJ$435,310 Founder And Ceo $81,250 $71,672 2024
It4causes Inc VA$463,496 Chair $157,793 $154,972 2023
Center For Mindful Relationships CA$429,861 Clincal Directr $75,400 $64,326 2024
Illinois Reading Council Inc IL$471,368 Executive Dir. $82,000 $77,594 2025
Ischools Inc MA$473,028 Exec Dir (Fr $89,279 $79,264 2024
Sogal Foundation FL$421,062 Operations & Partnerships Mana $63,236 $62,903 2022
Practice Transformation Institute MI$480,890 Vice-preside $73,669 $75,125 2024
Apga Security And Integrity Foundation DC$482,269 Ceo $48,104 $41,706 2024
Abundant Life Ministries Hope FL$485,074 Ceo $65,000 $60,329 2024
Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Inc MA$492,379 President $120,000 $103,793 2025
Whitaker Small Farm Group Inc NC$403,763 Presidentceo $63,500 $64,824 2024
Small World Yoga Inc TN$494,491 Executive Dir. $75,000 $80,189 2023
Athenia Veterans Post Inc NJ$500,431 1st Vice Commander $12,000 $10,312 2025
Virginia Council For Private Education VA$505,724 Executive Director $115,885 $110,548 2024
Talas - Texas Association Of Latinoadministrators And Superintendents TX$385,738 Executive Director $27,500 $27,178 2024
Missouri Association Of Treatment MO$385,113 Executive Di $59,792 $62,569 2024
Association Of Specialized & IL$517,459 Former Executive Director/sec. $299,261 $283,183 2025
Paris Church Of The Holy Cross Parish TX$377,944 Ececutive Director $25,703 $25,403 2024
Judaism Alive Dba Jewish Rock Radio MO$375,866 Executive Dir. $78,000 $84,033 2023
The Corporation For Community And Economic Dev Uni FL$375,500 Executive Director $111,450 $106,497 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IL 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 IL 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 default5th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted8th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Anna Hartman) 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 63 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B03), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,507 is reasonable (approximately the 5th 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.