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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Gulf Coast Education Initiative

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 640888100
MS · NTEE B99
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Christine Moseley, Executive Director / CEO ($96,552) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 425 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

425 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 425 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$113 total compensation of comparable organizations → $287,138 $96,552
$15,08910th
$36,40025th
$60,625Median
$83,57675th
$115,81090th
$96,552This org · 83rd
p10$15,089
p25$36,400
p50$60,625
p75$83,576
p90$115,810
$96,552

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 MS 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
Coongie CA$470,846 Treasurer/ed $11,111 $8,869 2023
Houseccon TX$473,937 Program Director $57,413 $53,089 2023
National Association State Directors Of MD$474,548 Executive Director $110,000 $89,957 2025
Paramedic Resources Inc CA$474,692 Board Member $13,000 $10,079 2024
American Association Of Bovine OH$466,561 Executive Di $50,248 $49,196 2023
Georgia Coalition For Higher GA$466,026 Co-exec Dire $123,476 $108,600 2025
Lancaster County Academy PA$475,803 Program Director $97,586 $89,958 2023
Hawkquest CO$465,359 Executive Di $110,475 $95,113 2024
The Conscious Kid CA$465,081 Executive Dir. $135,000 $104,667 2024
Steamimagine VA$464,600 President $20,000 $17,339 2024
Una Vida Esta Vida CA$464,152 President $14,500 $11,242 2024
Vocation Ministry TX$477,577 President $84,167 $77,827 2023
African American Officers Development Network GA$477,826 Ceo $105,310 $95,073 2024
The Teachers Lounge Inc MA$463,525 Executive Director $87,502 $72,686 2023
New England Preparatory School MA$462,462 Communicatio $22,038 $18,306 2023
Prairie Stem NE$480,488 Executive Director $53,846 $52,000 2024
Acpa Research & Education Foundation TX$480,585 Acpa President $33,724 $30,289 2024
Elevate Dallas TX$461,045 Executive Di $22,300 $20,029 2024
Arbutus Folk School WA$460,522 Executive Di $51,093 $41,072 2024
Upper Valley Trails Alliance VT$460,319 Executive Di $79,508 $71,854 2024
Heritage Museum Of Asian Art IL$459,798 Treasurer $62,500 $55,169 2024
Communities In Schools NC$459,583 Executive Dir. $58,102 $55,495 2023
The City Club WA$482,574 Executive Director $135,000 $108,522 2024
Global Education Center TN$458,936 Executive Director $44,400 $40,824 2025
Science And Entrepreneurship Exchange IL$458,706 Secretary $73,655 $66,937 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MS 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 MS 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)74th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Dr Christine Moseley) 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 425 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $96,552 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.