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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 800577361
NY · NTEE B12
FY ending 2025-03-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mona Longman, Executive Director / CEO ($4,830) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 87 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 2nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

87 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 87 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$838 total compensation of comparable organizations → $499,779 $4,830
$11,33010th
$22,11425th
$49,447Median
$79,77675th
$101,46290th
$4,830This org · 2nd
p10$11,330
p25$22,114
p50$49,447
p75$79,776
p90$101,462
$4,830

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 NY 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
Party In The Pines Foundation TX$279,964 Secretary $10,000 $11,363 2024
Cong Yeshivas Bais Yitzchok Inc NJ$278,574 President $14,400 $14,605 2024
Elements Montessori School Inc MA$277,304 President, Treasurer & Clerk $54,000 $55,122 2024
Shriners International Education FL$282,452 Assistant Secretary $47,371 $50,550 2024
Solar Toledo Neighborhood Foundation OH$282,862 Secretary/treasurer $60,259 $74,640 2023
Sempere Quaere Verum Inc MN$276,254 President $5,300 $6,125 2023
Germantown Education Foundation TN$274,516 Executive Director $70,000 $83,581 2024
Daring Girls CO$273,741 Executive Di $108,460 $121,626 2023
South Carolina Virtual Education SC$286,962 Executive Di $30,800 $37,578 2023
Native Nations Education Foundation HI$268,809 Executive/project Director $72,100 $73,327 2024
Boston Renaissance Charter Public School MA$267,607 President $32,238 $33,879 2023
Goddard Education Foundation KS$292,521 Executive Di $64,841 $81,922 2023
Activate School Fundraising Inc GA$294,899 President $34,075 $40,069 2023
Learning In Color Corporation GA$262,411 Executive Dir. $77,280 $88,266 2024
Public School Funding Alliance WA$297,734 Executive Director $7,698 $7,829 2024
Cg Jung Foundation For Analytical NY$297,880 Executive Di $101,331 $101,331 2025
Friends Of Guadalupe UT$261,050 President $34,977 $41,865 2023
Link To Libraries Inc MA$258,547 President Ceo $75,000 $78,818 2023
Educational Media Company At VA$258,296 General Mana $15,000 $16,028 2025
Inclusive Education Project CA$302,917 Executive Dir. $86,584 $84,929 2024
Eudora Schools Foundation Inc KS$305,600 Executive Dir. $41,359 $49,447 2025
The Parents' Campaign MS$307,104 Sec/treas/exec Director $117,673 $153,270 2023
The Wildcat Foundation PA$250,909 Frmr Exec Di $50,219 $58,568 2023
Advanced Home School Education Inc CA$309,375 Treasurer $96,750 $94,900 2024
The Manufacturers Education Foundation Inc GA$249,192 President & Ceo $44,044 $50,305 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY cost of living and 2025 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 NY 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 default2nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)3rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted23rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted2nd

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 (Mona Longman) 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 87 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $4,830 is reasonable (approximately the 2nd 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.