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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Curriculum Leadership Institute

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 742852906
KS · NTEE B90
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Stacey L Bruton, Executive Director / CEO ($103,592) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 473 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Stacey L Bruton — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

473 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 473 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$693 total compensation of comparable organizations → $416,069 $103,592
$13,60210th
$35,96825th
$58,641Median
$84,81675th
$107,65590th
$103,592This org · 89th
p10$13,602
p25$35,968
p50$58,641
p75$84,816
p90$107,655
$103,592

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 KS 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
Learning Forward Education Cen FL$428,329 Executive Director $16,655 $14,483 2024
Mikaylas Voice PA$428,430 Executive Director $93,718 $84,279 2025
Wolverine Hoosier Athletic MI$428,442 Commissioner $123,189 $114,663 2025
Southern California Soaring Academyinc CA$428,796 President $60,000 $49,374 2023
Common Purpose Us Inc IL$429,264 Us Programs Director $70,741 $64,375 2024
Concordia Learning Center LA$423,816 Administrator $59,927 $61,081 2024
Mid-shore Early Learning Ctr Inc MD$429,549 Director $57,867 $51,556 2023
Connor Kids Academy OH$429,679 President $27,584 $27,043 2024
Stem Teachers Of New York City Inc NY$430,363 Executive Dir. $52,801 $45,469 2023
Ross Community Center Inc IN$422,454 Executive Di $57,400 $56,030 2024
National Outdoor Learning Alliance ID$422,162 Executive Dir. $72,000 $70,897 2024
The Teaching Cleveland Foundation OH$421,290 Executive Di $108,123 $106,003 2024
Florida Mentoring Network Inc FL$432,572 Executive Di $100,000 $86,957 2024
Magnolia Global Academy For Leaders CA$420,262 Executive Di $78,334 $60,998 2025
Woven Learning And Technology CA$418,850 President $94,500 $75,533 2024
Circle Of Sisterhood Foundation Inc NC$418,760 Executive Director $104,425 $97,300 2025
Fun Learning Place Corporation MA$434,572 Treasurer Vice President $106,096 $90,857 2023
The Meantime Coffee Company NC$418,584 Ceo $8,598 $8,223 2024
Enriching Education Foundation WA$418,489 Co-president $21,240 $18,122 2023
Math-m-addicts New York Inc NY$417,867 Program Director $109,920 $94,656 2023
College Mentoring Experience IL$435,967 President $28,000 $26,233 2023
Julia Green Extended Care Inc TN$417,051 Executive Di $100,602 $97,883 2024
Face It Foundation MN$416,612 Executive Di $62,500 $58,853 2023
Pr Education Initiative Corp PR$416,344 Executive Dire $30,000 $30,886 2023
Horizons Student Opportunities And NM$414,493 Executive Di $67,038 $66,741 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)82nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted85th

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 (Stacey L Bruton) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 473 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $103,592 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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 13, 2026.