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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Aaron Academy

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 621785544
TN · NTEE B19
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rebecca Longoria, Executive Director / CEO ($80,184) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 61 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 66th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Rebecca Longoria — reported title “Principal”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

61 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 61 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,161 total compensation of comparable organizations → $214,888 $80,184
$8,41810th
$32,59225th
$61,365Median
$87,99675th
$127,77890th
$80,184This org · 66th
p10$8,418
p25$32,592
p50$61,365
p75$87,996
p90$127,778
$80,184

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 TN 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
Florida Emergency Medicine Teaching Alliance Inc TX$474,929 President $60,000 $57,099 2024
Rcs Building Corporation CO$477,851 President $2,453 $2,238 2024
Kansas Educational Technology KS$486,444 Consortium D $109,162 $112,194 2024
Florida Charter School Alliance Inc FL$459,055 Executive Director $109,366 $100,629 2023
Mathkind Global Inc NC$490,407 Executive Director $120,850 $122,304 2023
First Literacy Inc MA$490,804 Executive Director $150,000 $132,023 2023
Harvard Dedicated Energy Limited MA$495,351 Vice President And Treasurer $69,721 $61,365 2023
Sun Scholars Inc CT$450,377 Executive Director $73,886 $67,852 2023
Mandela Ii Housing Development NY$497,717 Vice President $4,935 $4,133 2025
Cal Poly Humboldt Real Estate Holdings CA$448,190 President, Secretary $112,869 $92,721 2024
New York Coalition For Healthy School NY$440,629 Executive Director $94,987 $81,657 2024
Southwestern Ohio Instructional OH$440,077 President & Ceo $20,050 $20,203 2024
Wisconsin Automotive And Truck Education WI$429,207 Executive Director $63,858 $65,320 2023
Virtual Properties MN$521,635 Secretary $113,122 $109,480 2023
Allentown School District Foundation PA$524,154 Executive Director $57,288 $54,350 2024
Missouri Council Of Administrators MO$525,276 Executive Di $56,429 $58,539 2023
The Village Method CA$527,776 Executive Dir. $89,143 $75,393 2023
Brooklyn Book Festival Inc NY$534,571 Vice President $75,000 $66,379 2023
Resources For Indian Student Education CA$535,363 Executive Director $74,500 $61,201 2024
The New American Colleges & Universities OH$407,979 President $218,905 $214,888 2025
Mcny Bronx Inc NY$540,285 President $15,038 $12,928 2024
Urban Lighthouse Ministries PA$399,741 Treasurer $7,575 $7,187 2024
Cuny Graduate School Auxiliary NY$547,987 Member $55,971 $49,537 2023
The Decision Education Foundation CA$396,347 Executive Dir. $155,544 $127,778 2024
Bio-link Depot Inc CA$556,805 Executive Director $82,500 $67,773 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default66th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted72nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted44th

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 (Rebecca Longoria) 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 61 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B19), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $80,184 is reasonable (approximately the 66th 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.