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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Your Money Matters

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823618832
WA · NTEE B60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Clinton Taylor, Executive Director / CEO ($120,588) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 141 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: Clinton Taylor — reported title “FOUNDER”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

141 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 141 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,224 total compensation of comparable organizations → $724,533 $120,588
$19,30010th
$48,71725th
$74,336Median
$102,56775th
$149,96090th
$120,588This org · 85th
p10$19,300
p25$48,717
p50$74,336
p75$102,567
p90$149,960
$120,588

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 WA 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
Texas Bar College TX$482,376 Executive Director Tbc $16,090 $17,977 2024
New Direction Services Inc NY$483,363 Executive Dir. $52,879 $54,947 2023
Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation MS$488,220 President/ce $138,132 $176,910 2023
Midwest Implant Institute Inc OH$468,195 Co-director $40,000 $48,717 2023
Charlotte Mason Educational Center Of PA$467,511 Executive Director $72,847 $79,049 2025
Senior Citizens Activities Network NJ$466,645 Executive Di $72,402 $74,336 2023
Centro Laboral De Graton CA$493,223 Interim Exec Director $58,545 $58,133 2023
California Independent Provider CA$493,470 Executive Director $112,535 $111,743 2023
Literacy Volunteers Of Charlottesvilleabermarle VA$461,974 Executive Director $87,500 $94,364 2024
Amani Women Center Inc GA$497,667 Executive Director $68,100 $78,739 2023
East Coast Core PA$460,000 Secretary $8,000 $8,911 2024
Mv Center For Education And Training (Mvcet) MA$458,472 Executive Director $13,416 $13,863 2023
The Workwell Partnership NJ$455,944 Executive Dir. $46,250 $46,123 2024
Southern California Regional Transit CA$455,596 Executive Dir. $163,500 $157,692 2024
The Muse Writers Center VA$504,515 Executive Di $53,290 $59,168 2023
Gestalt Institute Of Cleveland OH$504,898 Executive Chair/director $81,604 $96,538 2024
Chicago Fair Trade IL$505,750 Director $70,725 $77,662 2024
Des-cpr Inc PA$451,312 Executive Director $60,515 $67,404 2024
Refugee Jumpstart Coaching CA$508,472 Executive Director $32,400 $31,249 2024
Western Montana Professional Learning MT$450,600 Co-director $17,883 $22,167 2023
Iowa Council Of Foundations IA$510,972 President $125,461 $153,435 2024
Association Of Transportation LA$511,032 Executive Di $76,956 $94,648 2024
Massachusetts Center For The Book Inc MA$444,618 Executive Director $88,250 $86,293 2025
Democracy A Journal Of Ideas Inc DC$514,968 Editor $100,000 $98,014 2024
New Lehrhaus The Bay Area Hub CA$516,559 Executive Dir. $121,058 $113,748 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)86th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted78th

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 (Clinton Taylor) 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 141 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $120,588 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.