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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Seeds Of Learning

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 680254397
CA · NTEE Z99Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Maya Anne Bacon, Executive Director / CEO ($94,825) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 47 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 81st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Maya Anne Bacon — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

47 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 47 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,000 total compensation of comparable organizations → $180,872 $94,825
$21,83310th
$37,54925th
$67,835Median
$92,36875th
$133,70690th
$94,825This org · 81st
p10$21,833
p25$37,549
p50$67,835
p75$92,368
p90$133,706
$94,825

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 CA 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
Bay Area Bike Project CA$458,203 Board Member $25,250 $25,996 2023
Friends Of The Sharon Art Studio CA$459,628 Executive Dir. $89,958 $89,958 2024
Fear For Breakfast CA$466,639 Executive Director $67,835 $67,835 2024
Inland Valley Repertory Theatre CA$446,902 Executive Director $33,865 $34,865 2023
The June L Mazer Lesbian Archives CA$467,980 Director $32,880 $32,880 2024
Race For The Rescues CA$445,990 Founder & President $60,000 $60,000 2024
Kimberly-shirk Association CA$445,921 Executive Dir. $78,314 $80,627 2023
Four Winds Of Indian Education Inc CA$445,809 Executive Dir. $57,305 $57,305 2024
Artspan CA$432,105 Executive Dir. $149,732 $154,155 2023
Indian Dispute Resolution Services Inc CA$490,098 Executive Dir. $118,429 $121,927 2023
Cleansing Stream Ministries CA$417,659 President $68,640 $68,640 2024
San Francisco Interfaith Council CA$498,656 Executive Direc $180,872 $180,872 2024
Central Sierra Environmental Resource CA$415,147 Ceo/pres $111,124 $111,124 2024
Project Fit America CA$499,390 Executive Dir. $14,400 $14,400 2024
Breast Cancer Action CA$410,302 Executive Di $143,312 $143,312 2024
Parkinson Association CA$409,950 Executive Dir. $91,021 $93,710 2023
Alliance For Community Development CA$404,289 Executive Director (Left 7/23) $64,804 $66,718 2023
Sonoma County Affordable Homes Inc CA$403,168 President $32,623 $32,623 2024
Inquilinos Unidos CA$379,789 Executive Director $83,854 $86,331 2023
San Francisco Choral Society CA$379,372 Executive Dir. $63,082 $63,082 2024
Mission Plaza Tenants Association CA$378,751 President $1,000 $1,000 2024
Healthy Vallejo Community Support Services Inc CA$548,687 Executive Director $109,082 $112,304 2023
Sacramento Housing Alliance CA$364,510 Executive Director $89,550 $89,550 2024
Care Fresno Inc CA$362,423 Executive Dir. $62,555 $60,943 2025
San Diego County Dental Foundation CA$361,587 Executive Director $82,500 $82,500 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default81st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted70th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Maya Anne Bacon) 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 47 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Z99) + CA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $94,825 is reasonable (approximately the 81st 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.