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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Central Ms Down Syndrome Society Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 810623352
MS · NTEE B99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jennifer Babl, Executive Director / CEO ($50,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 434 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 54th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

434 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 434 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$110 total compensation of comparable organizations → $247,633 $50,000
$12,02610th
$27,60425th
$46,403Median
$67,33775th
$91,72390th
$50,000This org · 54th
p10$12,026
p25$27,604
p50$46,403
p75$67,337
p90$91,723
$50,000

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 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
Association Of Independent Schools FL$307,514 Executive Director $52,091 $42,677 2024
Collierville Education Foundation TN$308,176 Managing Director $21,500 $19,709 2024
Craftsmen Recreation Club Inc OH$308,238 Manager $55,680 $52,951 2023
New Life With Education KS$308,343 Member At Large $39,600 $38,412 2023
The Georgetown School SC$309,543 Head Of School $39,000 $34,569 2025
Memphis-area Home Education Association Inc TN$309,622 Office Manager $9,472 $8,683 2024
College For Kids MO$305,159 Director $22,000 $20,322 2024
National Railroad Hall Of Fame Inc IL$311,239 Executive Director $40,000 $34,295 2024
Community Enhancement Foundation Of Plains KS$304,277 Member $6,507 $6,312 2023
Simplify Global Education Inc VA$311,376 President $68,600 $57,765 2024
Northern Berkshire Community MA$311,635 Executive Di $88,217 $69,135 2024
West Virginians For Affordable WV$303,490 Executive Director $103,300 $97,543 2024
Being Built Together CA$302,850 President $65,695 $49,473 2024
Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Cente OH$302,833 Executive Di $75,561 $69,795 2024
Foundation For Mechanical Insulation VA$313,025 Program Manager/lead $44,179 $37,202 2024
Pegasus Media Project TX$301,363 Co-founder Exec Dir $55,978 $47,575 2025
Eastern Educational Resource OR$301,148 President $52,500 $43,775 2023
Alaska Farmers Market Association AK$314,909 Co-director $43,307 $36,109 2024
Sandy Springs Education Force Inc GA$315,023 Executive Dir. $46,020 $40,355 2024
C2e Incorporated GA$300,619 Finance Dir $6,572 $5,763 2024
262 Foundation Inc MA$300,469 President $42,000 $32,915 2024
Marshallese American Network For Interacting Together OR$300,457 Executive Director/secretary $67,800 $54,911 2024
Project Diva MN$300,416 Executive Director $80,495 $67,578 2025
Chamber Of Commerce - Greater Beloit WI$315,450 Executive Director $80,474 $73,295 2024
Equalai Charitable Foundation DC$300,000 Director, President $16,788 $12,848 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MS cost of living and 2023 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 default54th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)45th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted49th

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 (Jennifer Babl) 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 434 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,000 is reasonable (approximately the 54th 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.