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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Georgia Council For Social Sciences

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 586076187
GA · NTEE V20Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rhonda Webb, Executive Director / CEO ($12,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 49 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 10th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Rhonda Webb — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

49 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 49 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $193,961 $12,000
$13,61110th
$26,65625th
$56,339Median
$107,08075th
$159,12690th
$12,000This org · 10th
p10$13,611
p25$26,656
p50$56,339
p75$107,080
p90$159,126
$12,000

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 GA 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
Massachusetts Institute For MA$234,189 Director Of Admin & Commun $84,000 $75,072 2024
Society For Neuroeconomics $232,120 Director $1,000 $1,000 2024
Feminist Studies Inc VA$238,305 Secretary/treasurer $41,085 $40,619 2023
New Jersey Center For Civic And NJ$228,972 President $68,167 $60,530 2024
Seminar On The Acquistion Of Latin NY$227,045 Co-exec Dire $9,167 $8,238 2024
Mcdevitt Research Initiatives Inc NC$225,758 Director $26,625 $26,656 2025
Senior Resources Of Freeborn County MN$224,325 Ex. Director $54,704 $55,347 2023
Paramount Health Data Project Inc IN$222,000 Ceo, Vice Chair $131,400 $141,884 2023
Center For The Study Of Organized Hate Inc DC$248,569 Secretarytreasurer $4,050 $3,535 2024
Celsius Inc DC$248,805 Executive Director/chair $182,716 $159,464 2024
Society For Social Studies Of Science GA$252,486 Managing Director $107,080 $107,080 2024
Jeannette Rankin Peace Resource Ctr MT$213,886 Executive Di $51,044 $56,339 2023
The National Institute For Play CA$210,919 Officer $30,000 $25,764 2024
The Gen Next Foundation Inc CA$258,246 Ceo $40,000 $34,352 2024
Institute For The Study Of Man Inc VA$259,303 Director, President, Secretary/treasurer $39,646 $44,070 2021
Bounce Beyond Inc MA$265,611 Co-chair $114,167 $102,033 2024
Community Alliance For Global Justice WA$201,882 Executive Director $62,610 $57,396 2023
Wisconsin Council On Economic WI$267,199 Executive Di $123,096 $131,632 2023
Virginia Civics Education Inc VA$200,542 Co-executive Director $45,000 $44,489 2023
Law And Civics Reading And Writing Institute IL$200,000 President/admin Dir $17,533 $18,373 2022
Employment Research & Development Instit IL$270,853 President $174,389 $175,546 2023
Santa Barbara Institute For CA$273,664 President $50,004 $42,943 2024
Peace Creations CA$193,417 Executive Director $78,200 $69,141 2023
Goodwill Industries Big Bend Foundation FL$192,038 Ceo $21,793 $20,361 2024
Missouri Appleseed MO$276,837 Executive Director $90,000 $94,804 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default10th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)10th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted12th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted8th

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 (Rhonda Webb) 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 49 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (V), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,000 is reasonable (approximately the 10th 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.