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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Vigorous Young Minds Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 814981437
TX · NTEE Z99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tiffany Jones, Executive Director / CEO ($75,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 207 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Tiffany Jones — reported title “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

207 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 207 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$42 total compensation of comparable organizations → $478,865 $75,000
$11,28710th
$28,27225th
$58,838Median
$85,72375th
$122,54990th
$75,000This org · 65th
p10$11,287
p25$28,272
p50$58,838
p75$85,723
p90$122,549
$75,000

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 TX 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
Forest Lawn Heritage Foundation Inc NY$394,231 Ceo $11,776 $10,363 2025
Oceanic Research Group Inc MA$392,828 President $75,000 $65,639 2025
Leadership Anne Arundel Inc MD$400,716 President Ceo $110,467 $103,244 2024
West Virginia Parent Training And Information Inc WV$402,490 Executive Director $128,982 $139,611 2024
The Hi-liners WA$402,726 Artistic Direct $63,008 $58,060 2023
Sonoma County Affordable Homes Inc CA$403,168 President $32,623 $28,161 2024
Alliance For Community Development CA$404,289 Executive Director (Left 7/23) $64,804 $57,593 2023
Kadima WA$388,117 Rabbi $136,763 $126,023 2023
Elmbrook Inc MA$387,141 President $36,000 $33,295 2023
Idaho Drug Free Youth Inc ID$385,693 Director $15,732 $16,299 2025
Pro Flat Track Ama Rookie Class Of '79 OH$385,599 Executive Director $52,998 $57,773 2023
Code Savvy MN$408,154 Executive Di $13,558 $13,393 2024
Parkinson Association CA$409,950 Executive Dir. $91,021 $80,894 2023
Marion Community Development OH$382,646 Secretary $731 $774 2024
Breast Cancer Action CA$410,302 Executive Di $143,312 $123,712 2024
Charis Foundation Inc NC$410,555 Employee $52,833 $56,186 2023
United Marine Division NY$411,113 President $60,000 $55,801 2023
Earth Ministry WA$411,610 Executive Director $88,665 $81,702 2023
Free 2 Fly Inc TN$411,669 President $41,941 $44,072 2024
Inquilinos Unidos CA$379,789 Executive Director $83,854 $74,524 2023
San Francisco Choral Society CA$379,372 Executive Dir. $63,082 $54,454 2024
Aids Housing Council OH$413,515 Board Vice President $45,540 $48,219 2024
Mission Plaza Tenants Association CA$378,751 President $1,000 $863 2024
Norwood Square Inc MN$378,430 Executive Vice President $18,918 $19,239 2023
Green Cross Team Inc FL$378,110 President $41,323 $38,808 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted70th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted51st

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 (Tiffany Jones) 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 207 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Z99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,000 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.