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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Professional Institute For

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 821186974
PA · NTEE B60
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ellen B Eisenberg, Executive Director / CEO ($35,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 73 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 73rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

73 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 73 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$203 total compensation of comparable organizations → $222,658 $35,000
$3,69810th
$6,30725th
$14,717Median
$39,94875th
$80,38290th
$35,000This org · 73rd
p10$3,698
p25$6,307
p50$14,717
p75$39,948
p90$80,382
$35,000

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 PA 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
Norris Square Education Corporation PA$21,499 Ceo-xiente $16,868 $16,384 2024
Sizer School Foundation Inc MA$21,296 Board Memeber $6,749 $6,082 2023
The Exploris Foundation NC$22,055 Board Member $9,462 $9,804 2023
Alumnae Association Of The Lenox Hill NY$21,224 President/editor Of Echo $10,000 $9,061 2023
Elias E Tucker Trust Fund ME$22,394 President/director $228,295 $222,658 2024
Briercrest College And Seminary Usa WA$20,749 Officer $99,132 $89,000 2023
Relife Initiatives Corporation GA$20,705 Ceo $5,495 $5,540 2023
The Foundation For Chabot-las Positas Community College District CA$20,521 Treasurer $123,893 $104,201 2024
Achieving Academic Success CO$22,822 Executive Director $17,050 $15,924 2024
Readability Matters CO$20,412 Chair $60,000 $56,038 2024
Local 417 Scholarship Fund NY$22,978 Trustee $108,364 $92,917 2025
Mcgehee Mens Club Inc AR$20,118 Secretary $10,984 $12,026 2024
Literacy Volunteers Of Fauquier County VA$23,398 Executive Director $11,000 $10,344 2024
Laker Educational Foundation MN$23,401 Executive Dir. $6,590 $6,179 2025
Educate Nky Inc KY$23,868 President & $114,583 $119,905 2024
Mcfarlane-cure Charitable Trust WI$23,904 Trustee $200 $203 2024
Highland School Inc WV$19,261 President $500 $514 2025
The Gavin Dillard Poetry Library And Archive Inc NC$24,034 Founder $900 $906 2024
The Joy School Endowment Fund TX$19,241 School President/head $23,705 $23,096 2024
Spotsylvania Education Foundation VA$19,043 Executive Director $5,049 $4,889 2023
Faribault Rotary Youth Services Inc MN$19,024 President $6,400 $6,001 2025
The Environmental Charter School PA$24,329 Trustee $54,032 $52,482 2024
South Central Library System Foundation WI$18,899 Secretary $32,631 $34,173 2023
Dr J E Green Educational Trust AL$18,849 Trustee $11,975 $12,973 2023
Building Industry Association Of OH$18,843 Executive Director $16,606 $17,637 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)73rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted93rd
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 (Ellen B Eisenberg) 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 73 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $35,000 is reasonable (approximately the 73rd 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.