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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hollins Communications Research Institute

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 540924531
VA · NTEE V23Z
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ronald L Webster Phd, Executive Director / CEO ($75,583) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 62 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 37th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Ronald L Webster Phd — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

62 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 62 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$500 total compensation of comparable organizations → $487,997 $75,583
$28,34910th
$50,54525th
$93,551Median
$130,81675th
$167,74790th
$75,583This org · 37th
p10$28,349
p25$50,545
p50$93,551
p75$130,816
p90$167,747
$75,583

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 VA 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 Center For Health Research Inc DC$489,483 President $139,107 $130,161 2023
Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Inc NY$482,537 Executive Director $152,400 $142,627 2024
Colonial Flag Foundation UT$509,379 Executive Director $19,877 $21,070 2024
The Seasteading Institute CA$512,352 President $108,486 $97,021 2024
Montana Photonics Industry Alliance MT$514,142 Executive Director $152,366 $170,103 2024
International Enneagram Association OH$514,319 Executive Director $97,233 $109,810 2023
Social Program Evaluators MI$472,286 Chief Exec O $89,416 $95,586 2024
Institute For Ecumenical & Cultural MN$463,152 Acting Executive Director $67,490 $69,068 2024
Human Engineering Laboratory Inc MA$459,399 Director Of Finance $120,189 $111,858 2024
Global Game Jam Inc CA$455,813 Executive Dir. $31,529 $27,470 2025
Prosecutors' Center For Excellence NY$452,575 Executive Di $100,000 $93,587 2024
Southwestern Social Science OK$539,449 Editor, Ssq $82,000 $93,515 2024
Center For Supportive Communities Inc KS$448,990 Executive Director $80,000 $89,511 2024
Methods Innovation Inc WY$445,252 President $86,988 $96,472 2024
Society For Psychophysiological WI$550,531 President $6,000 $6,681 2023
Louisiana Family Forum Inc LA$433,568 President $117,494 $137,951 2023
The Society For The Advancement Of MD$557,929 Executive Director $30,933 $29,951 2024
Institute For Holotropics Inc CA$430,350 President $100,894 $90,231 2024
The Institute For New Economic Thinking NY$429,626 President $521,435 $487,997 2024
Center For Health & Human Services Research & Action PA$562,324 Executive Director $75,000 $79,749 2023
Un Mundo Sin Mordaza DC$427,380 President $48,000 $44,913 2023
Western Institute For Social Research CA$567,567 Board Member $39,000 $34,878 2024
California Women Lead CA$421,172 Executive Director $62,792 $56,156 2024
Center For Islamophobia Studies CA$570,923 Secretary $36,000 $32,195 2024
Black Men United NE$571,242 Board Chairman $94,850 $108,778 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default37th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)39th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted40th
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 (Ronald L Webster Phd) 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 62 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (V), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,583 is reasonable (approximately the 37th 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.