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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Dartmouth Dragon Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 822783783
NH · NTEE B82
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shafika Khayatt - Term Ended 6223, Executive Director / CEO ($96,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 210 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 86th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Shafika Khayatt - Term Ended 6223 — reported title “EXEC DIRECTO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

210 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 210 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $198,137 $96,000
$7,43610th
$22,23925th
$47,336Median
$78,08475th
$107,50690th
$96,000This org · 86th
p10$7,436
p25$22,239
p50$47,336
p75$78,084
p90$107,506
$96,000

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 NH 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
American Public Transportation DC$298,069 President And Ceo, Apta $68,023 $64,646 2023
Barnes-jewish St Peters & Progress MO$295,910 Director/president $69,196 $79,372 2023
Kids Unlimited Inc FL$298,632 President $70,000 $69,174 2024
Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc WI$299,368 Director $44,784 $49,199 2024
Wisconsin Troopers' Benevolent WI$300,169 Secretary/treasurer $540 $594 2024
Mason Isd Scholarship Foundation TX$300,662 Director $2,320 $2,441 2024
Joseph L Wolcott Scholarship Fund OH$292,973 Treasurer $6,563 $7,123 2025
Don Diego Scholarship Foundation CA$302,102 Executive Dir. $58,467 $53,108 2024
Silver State Education Foundation NV$302,277 Chief Executive Officer $55,500 $58,521 2024
School District Of Raytown Ed Foundation MO$302,850 Executive Director $44,000 $50,471 2023
University Club Foundation Inc DC$303,280 Executive Director $47,573 $43,914 2024
Eagle Foundation PA$290,481 Executive Di $53,988 $58,307 2023
Navy League Foundation VA$290,370 Nlus Ceo $30,248 $30,722 2024
Spanish Scholarship Fund PA$290,289 Treasurer/director $36,000 $36,791 2025
Maine School Of Science And ME$304,316 Executive Di $112,142 $118,124 2024
Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation WA$304,532 President $24,000 $22,603 2024
American College Of Surgeons Foundation IL$304,707 Foundation Execut. Dir (As Of 6/23) $8,867 $9,170 2024
Laradon Foundation Inc CO$288,976 Ceo Thru 4/2 $9,096 $8,938 2025
Blessing Hands Inc KY$288,863 Key Employee $16,029 $17,649 2025
Always Giving Back Foundation IL$288,776 Director $2,550 $2,715 2023
Women's Education Project NY$288,300 Exe.director $83,000 $78,896 2024
Habele Outer Island Education Fund SC$307,215 Executive Di $135,000 $152,527 2023
Florida Bankers Educational Foundation FL$307,325 Executive Director $24,193 $23,291 2025
Society Of Explosives Engineers OH$287,106 Exectutive Director $23,936 $26,668 2024
Impact-u Foundation Inc MA$286,945 Secretary $16,609 $16,164 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NH 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 NH 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 default86th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)85th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted61st

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 (Shafika Khayatt - Term Ended 6223) 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 210 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $96,000 is reasonable (approximately the 86th 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.