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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Black Male Working Academy Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 811743559
KY · NTEE B20
FY ending 2024-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Roszalyn Akins, Executive Director / CEO ($19,094) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 283 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Roszalyn Akins — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

283 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 283 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$146 total compensation of comparable organizations → $163,055 $19,094
$8,88910th
$26,25225th
$45,946Median
$68,72075th
$85,11290th
$19,094This org · 19th
p10$8,889
p25$26,252
p50$45,946
p75$68,720
p90$85,112
$19,094

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 KY 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
Firm Foundations Academy PA$470,049 Chair $37,674 $34,969 2024
Cupola Academy PA$470,082 Co-director $89,304 $82,892 2024
Woodland Montessori School Inc MO$467,230 President $88,100 $86,852 2024
North Star Montessori School Inc IN$470,268 Director $64,972 $63,774 2024
University Montessori School VA$466,888 Head Of School $61,298 $56,717 2023
Friends Of Gantry Plaza State Park Inc NY$466,105 Executive Director $99,900 $84,024 2024
Shepherd's Heart Christian Ministries Inc FL$471,530 President $25,000 $21,297 2025
Southwest Montessori Academy Inc IN$472,283 Executive Dir. $47,464 $46,589 2024
Amundsen Educational Center AK$472,588 Executive Dir. $96,861 $86,194 2024
Haven Education Solutions Inc MD$473,044 President $12,250 $10,975 2023
Trinity Simone Christian Preparatory Academy Inc FL$464,072 President $42,000 $36,725 2024
French-american School Of Norfolk VA$463,262 Director $62,447 $56,122 2024
Sea-king District Of The Washington Interscholastic Activities Assn WA$462,852 Sea-king District Director $44,325 $35,985 2025
Prew Academy Of Sarasota Inc FL$462,414 Dir/principal $102,170 $91,976 2023
Chess And Strategy Game Association MN$462,253 Associate Di $90,623 $85,809 2023
Pentathlon Institute Inc IN$462,122 National Director $96,499 $94,720 2024
National Association For Search VA$475,413 Executive Director $93,149 $83,714 2024
Cottonwood Alc Inc MT$475,815 President $70,674 $69,081 2025
Pure In Heart Christian Academy & FL$461,442 President $27,200 $23,784 2024
Arcadian Fellowship Church Inc MD$476,640 Vice President $60,000 $52,212 2024
Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy OH$457,299 Admin Repres $11,127 $11,294 2023
Star Christian School CA$456,867 President $30,700 $25,403 2023
Pinnacle Christian School TX$481,840 Head Of School $43,654 $40,645 2024
Green Mountain Montessori School VT$482,315 President $80,077 $77,236 2023
Foundation For Pottstown Education PA$454,654 Executive Di $101,439 $91,729 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 KY 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)18th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted20th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 (Roszalyn Akins) 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 283 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,094 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.