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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Chinese Language School Of Connecticut

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 753057079
CT · NTEE B90
FY ending 2024-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Yajuan Zhang, Executive Director / CEO ($20,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 217 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Yajuan Zhang — reported title “ACADEMIC DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

217 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 217 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$565 total compensation of comparable organizations → $246,539 $20,000
$10,81910th
$22,60425th
$47,200Median
$74,43675th
$103,38890th
$20,000This org · 20th
p10$10,819
p25$22,604
p50$47,200
p75$74,436
p90$103,388
$20,000

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 CT 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
Family Learning Solutions Inc Co Lori S Melman MD$164,514 Founder & Executive Director $50,000 $49,856 2024
Milwaukee Women Inc WI$163,861 External Engagement $62,100 $71,213 2023
The Fairlight Foundation $167,559 Executive Director $47,174 $48,567 2023
Ihsaa Foundation Inc IN$168,393 President $30,377 $35,175 2023
Cookeville Children's Theatre TN$161,646 Artistic Director $31,105 $35,902 2023
Michigan Interscholastic Press MI$161,452 Executive Director $8,100 $8,917 2024
Southwest Education Alliance Inc NC$160,825 Secretary $70,000 $75,153 2025
Family Biz Builder MS$160,005 Ceo $19,500 $23,163 2024
Cfrg Newco Inc NY$159,797 Executive Director $10,585 $10,201 2024
Taos Institute OH$171,029 President $8,010 $9,316 2023
Claremont Senior Center Inc NH$171,140 Executive Director $20,010 $19,706 2024
Offering Alternative Therapy With Smiles MI$171,225 Executive Director $37,000 $41,935 2023
Integral Steps Inc CO$159,090 Ex Officio, Interim Executive Director $8,890 $9,092 2024
Whats Your Forte Foundation AZ$171,585 Executive Dir. $80,000 $82,057 2024
Music Youth Partnership Foundation KS$173,124 Executive Director $9,750 $10,945 2025
Northwest Pbis Network Inc OR$173,146 Executive Director $146,743 $149,634 2023
Njecc Inc NJ$173,243 President $24,368 $22,606 2025
Creating Positive Relationships Inc IN$157,232 Executive Director $52,428 $57,448 2025
School Mindfulness Project PA$156,248 Founder/ceo $54,545 $59,727 2023
Termite Tv Collective Inc PA$174,545 President $10,000 $10,950 2023
Tuskegee Human & Civil Rights AL$174,642 Man. Director $68,399 $81,138 2023
Rising Movement NC$175,000 Executive Director $47,281 $53,644 2023
Afara Governance Inc NC$175,000 Ceo $118,835 $134,827 2023
Philadelphia Furniture Workshop PA$175,298 Executive Director $79,190 $84,226 2024
Youth Of The Diaspora MD$154,314 Co Founder $21,380 $21,318 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)22nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted25th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Yajuan Zhang) 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 217 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,000 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.