Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Brian Simpson, Executive Director / CEO ($109,162) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 59 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range
Benchmarked executive: Brian Simpson — reported title “CONSORTIUM D”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.
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 KS cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathkind Global Inc | NC | $490,407 | Executive Director | $120,850 | $118,999 | 2023 |
| First Literacy Inc | MA | $490,804 | Executive Director | $150,000 | $128,455 | 2023 |
| Rcs Building Corporation | CO | $477,851 | President | $2,453 | $2,177 | 2024 |
| Harvard Dedicated Energy Limited | MA | $495,351 | Vice President And Treasurer | $69,721 | $59,706 | 2023 |
| Mandela Ii Housing Development | NY | $497,717 | Vice President | $4,935 | $4,022 | 2025 |
| Florida Emergency Medicine Teaching Alliance Inc | TX | $474,929 | President | $60,000 | $55,556 | 2024 |
| Aaron Academy | TN | $473,804 | Principal | $80,184 | $78,017 | 2024 |
| Florida Charter School Alliance Inc | FL | $459,055 | Executive Director | $109,366 | $97,910 | 2023 |
| Virtual Properties | MN | $521,635 | Secretary | $113,122 | $106,521 | 2023 |
| Sun Scholars Inc | CT | $450,377 | Executive Director | $73,886 | $66,019 | 2023 |
| Allentown School District Foundation | PA | $524,154 | Executive Director | $57,288 | $52,881 | 2024 |
| Cal Poly Humboldt Real Estate Holdings | CA | $448,190 | President, Secretary | $112,869 | $90,215 | 2024 |
| Missouri Council Of Administrators | MO | $525,276 | Executive Di | $56,429 | $56,957 | 2023 |
| The Village Method | CA | $527,776 | Executive Dir. | $89,143 | $73,356 | 2023 |
| New York Coalition For Healthy School | NY | $440,629 | Executive Director | $94,987 | $79,450 | 2024 |
| Southwestern Ohio Instructional | OH | $440,077 | President & Ceo | $20,050 | $19,657 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Book Festival Inc | NY | $534,571 | Vice President | $75,000 | $64,585 | 2023 |
| Resources For Indian Student Education | CA | $535,363 | Executive Director | $74,500 | $59,547 | 2024 |
| Mcny Bronx Inc | NY | $540,285 | President | $15,038 | $12,578 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Automotive And Truck Education | WI | $429,207 | Executive Director | $63,858 | $63,555 | 2023 |
| Cuny Graduate School Auxiliary | NY | $547,987 | Member | $55,971 | $48,199 | 2023 |
| Bio-link Depot Inc | CA | $556,805 | Executive Director | $82,500 | $65,941 | 2024 |
| Beex Foundation | OH | $558,067 | Program Director | $36,000 | $35,294 | 2024 |
| The 4c Foundation Inc | GA | $562,173 | Ceo/the 4c A | $36,006 | $32,648 | 2025 |
| The New American Colleges & Universities | OH | $407,979 | President | $218,905 | $209,080 | 2025 |
Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.
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 KS 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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 85th |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 78th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 88th |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 64th |
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.
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
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.