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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cobalt Community Research

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 611548263
MI · NTEE B99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of William D Saintamour, Executive Director / CEO ($140,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 424 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: William D Saintamour — reported title “PRESIDENT/CE”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

424 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 424 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$122 total compensation of comparable organizations → $309,833 $140,000
$14,78910th
$37,33525th
$62,583Median
$87,23475th
$113,55290th
$140,000This org · 94th
p10$14,789
p25$37,335
p50$62,583
p75$87,234
p90$113,552
$140,000

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 MI 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
Duxbury Student Union Association MA$438,132 Executive Director $94,389 $84,603 2023
Pupusas For Education NC$437,399 Executive Dir. $2,760 $2,763 2024
East Side Institute For Group And Short NY$440,618 Executive Director $90,000 $81,119 2023
Usa Homestays Inc IN$436,143 President $88,000 $92,564 2023
Daniel Academy Atlanta GA$435,866 Ceodirector $22,100 $21,529 2024
The Landing Place Inc IN$441,860 Director $62,500 $63,856 2024
Colorado Agricultural Leadership CO$435,088 Ceo $48,000 $44,592 2024
Mala'ai HI$442,003 Former Executive Director $73,360 $63,633 2024
House Of Champions OH$434,760 President And Executive Director $35,000 $34,989 2025
Reaching Higher New Hampshire Inc NH$434,231 Executive Director $115,995 $106,832 2023
Abundant Education CA$433,979 Ceo $98,500 $82,404 2024
Catch The Next Inc TX$443,997 Ceo $100,223 $99,998 2023
Uncw Research Foundation NC$444,105 President $54,419 $53,072 2025
Jackson Heart Foundation MS$432,432 Executive Director $42,500 $47,213 2023
Two Bikes TN$432,119 Director $36,699 $37,373 2024
Romanza St Augustine Inc FL$446,105 President $4,000 $3,748 2023
Project Reap MA$429,301 Executive Dir. $159,433 $142,904 2023
Willie L Brown Jr Institute On CA$429,244 Executive Director $115,566 $96,681 2024
Edina Education Fund MN$448,216 Executive Director $60,008 $55,966 2025
Wisconsin Deca Center Inc WI$427,921 Executive Director $18,591 $19,366 2023
Derry Preschool Inc PA$450,059 Treasurer $55,000 $51,768 2025
Global Ties Alabama AL$425,594 Executive Director $68,800 $74,137 2023
Sati Center For Buddist Studies CA$425,533 Treasurer $36,000 $29,341 2025
Business History Conference DE$451,653 Secretary $20,000 $18,973 2024
Creative Strategies For Change CO$425,184 Executive Dir. $82,181 $78,600 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)94th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted96th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

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 (William D Saintamour) 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 424 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $140,000 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.