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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Urban Ed Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 522225018
DC · NTEE J22
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Roxanne J Williams, Executive Director / CEO ($106,855) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 79 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Roxanne J Williams — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

79 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 79 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,513 total compensation of comparable organizations → $238,716 $106,855
$27,86110th
$56,84025th
$84,031Median
$105,90475th
$141,55490th
$106,855This org · 76th
p10$27,861
p25$56,840
p50$84,031
p75$105,904
p90$141,554
$106,855

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 DC 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
Heartfelt Tidbits Inc OH$378,304 Executive Di $80,500 $97,161 2024
Propel Network Inc NY$381,193 Educational Consulant $83,000 $85,468 2024
Young Leaders Council TN$388,792 Executive Director $88,250 $105,709 2024
Reach Out First Inc NC$394,049 Executive Director $71,366 $84,031 2024
Chicago Center For Arts And Technology IL$359,049 Sr. Dir. Of Edu. Excellence $168,628 $188,918 2024
Michigan Indian Employment And MI$356,915 Executive Director $79,830 $96,671 2023
Attleboro Area School To Career MA$401,358 Executive Direc $25,568 $25,508 2025
Conexion Inc MA$404,349 Executive Director $137,960 $141,275 2024
Ironworkers 549 Joint Apprentice Training Fund WV$405,210 President $64,084 $79,070 2024
Torch 180 MI$405,826 President $63,250 $74,396 2024
Bricklayers Local 1 Md Va & Dc MD$351,202 Vice Chairman $39,290 $41,859 2024
Sheet Metal Contracting Industry PA$348,144 Trustee $76,513 $86,950 2024
Youths Unleashed Corp FL$347,605 Vice President $45,000 $48,174 2024
Local 470 Apprenticeship Fund SC$346,177 Training Director/trustee $61,473 $73,082 2024
United Methodist College VA$412,993 Dean And Exec Director $105,060 $112,618 2025
Oakwood Arts Inc VA$342,805 Executive Director $54,550 $60,021 2024
Tech Frederick Inc MD$341,979 Executive Director $114,025 $121,480 2024
Automotive Mentoring Group Inc IL$340,495 President $91,987 $106,099 2023
Western Pennsylvania Apprenticeship PA$340,147 Director $73,232 $83,222 2024
Laborers Agc Apprenticeship Training & WA$337,413 Training Director $77,707 $79,281 2024
Second Chance Center Of Hope OH$335,700 Director $43,900 $52,986 2024
Training Grounds Inc DC$335,337 Executive Dir. $95,306 $98,121 2023
Uaw Center For Manufacturing A Green CA$422,693 Executive Dir. $59,707 $58,753 2024
Puzzle Piece Pastries GA$422,873 Director $49,831 $57,097 2024
Midlands Mechanical Apprentice Coal SC$332,386 President $14,400 $17,119 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)81st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted71st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted68th

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 (Roxanne J Williams) 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 79 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J22), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $106,855 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.