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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Investors Academy Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 822621762
GA · NTEE B90
FY ending 2024-04-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Montra Mckenzie, Executive Director / CEO ($36,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 381 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Montra Mckenzie — reported title “CEOEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

381 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 381 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10 total compensation of comparable organizations → $447,043 $36,000
$12,36710th
$27,15725th
$51,915Median
$74,54475th
$102,10990th
$36,000This org · 33rd
p10$12,367
p25$27,157
p50$51,915
p75$74,544
p90$102,109
$36,000

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 GA 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
Tracy Chamber Of Commerce CA$244,979 Ceo $78,900 $69,760 2023
Project Deep Association Inc MA$244,681 Executive Di $65,000 $56,595 2025
Housing Leadership Of Palm Beach County FL$244,400 President & Ceo $125,465 $117,222 2024
Once Upon Our Time Capsule IL$244,192 Co-founder Board Chair $53,335 $53,689 2023
The Simple Vue Academy Charter School Inc GA$244,023 Executive Director $38,749 $38,749 2024
Northeast South Dakota Area Health SD$246,649 Center Direc $66,732 $73,246 2024
Kidspirit Inc NY$246,871 Executive Di $30,000 $27,757 2023
Wegoja Foundation SC$242,898 Executive Director $61,875 $64,199 2024
Partners For A Better Education Inc NY$247,629 Executive Dir. $47,077 $42,308 2024
Ashtabula County Continued Education OH$242,364 Executive Director $55,643 $60,345 2023
Youth Popular Culture Institute Inc MD$247,809 President $91,000 $84,613 2024
Best Skills Academy SC$247,838 Executive Di $29,975 $31,101 2024
Joy Education Foundation OK$242,191 Executive Director $116,590 $127,681 2024
Charleston Main Streets Inc WV$248,225 Executive Director $79,250 $87,860 2023
National Council On Bible Curriculum In Public Schools NC$248,388 President $87,234 $89,644 2024
Coastal Interpretive Center WA$241,549 Executive Dir. $52,519 $48,145 2023
Hack Ny Inc NY$241,537 Director $17,500 $15,727 2024
Potential Endeavors MN$241,289 President And Treasurer $15,000 $14,741 2024
Beyond The Classroom Inc SD$249,145 President $18,000 $19,757 2024
Academy31 Inc NC$240,918 President $25,440 $26,143 2024
Wings For Learning TX$240,694 Executive Di $54,000 $53,722 2024
Cleveland Municipal School District OH$239,927 Director $138,367 $145,753 2024
Shermont Manor MT$239,735 Ceo $19,661 $21,078 2024
Inspire Learning Academy CA$250,570 President $57,000 $48,951 2024
Endangered Languages Project OR$250,634 Executive Dir. $64,434 $57,977 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted34th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Montra Mckenzie) 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 381 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $36,000 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.