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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ella Library

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 831892994
TN · NTEE B70
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jazmine Leblanc, Executive Director / CEO ($24,481) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 48 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jazmine Leblanc — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

48 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 48 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,084 total compensation of comparable organizations → $80,581 $24,481
$20,89510th
$32,13525th
$42,927Median
$52,46475th
$58,18790th
$24,481This org · 17th
p10$20,895
p25$32,135
p50$42,927
p75$52,464
p90$58,187
$24,481

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 TN 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
Chester Springs Library PA$204,014 Executive Director $61,685 $56,842 2024
Choctaw County Public Library Inc AL$204,057 Library Director $26,400 $26,355 2024
Living Learning Libraries FL$205,111 Treasurer $49,340 $42,831 2024
Medina Community Library TX$205,509 Library Director $45,360 $41,929 2024
Schoharie Free Library Assocation NY$206,050 Director $52,127 $43,526 2024
Brandywine Community Library PA$198,852 Director $46,688 $43,023 2024
Hepburn Library Of Norfolk NY$207,538 Director $22,880 $19,669 2023
Godfrey Memorial Library CT$197,012 Executive Di $55,600 $48,172 2024
Ellicottville Memorial Library NY$196,797 Library Director $58,175 $50,011 2023
Avalon Public Library PA$195,374 Executive Dir. $45,000 $41,468 2024
Frankfort Free Library NY$210,950 Director $51,750 $43,211 2024
Bookleggers Library Inc FL$191,195 President, C $64,779 $56,234 2024
Schuylkill Valley Community Library Inc PA$188,282 Library Director $35,101 $33,301 2023
Arapahoe Library Friends Foundation Inc CO$217,330 President $56,754 $50,288 2024
El Rito Public Library NM$219,445 Executive Director $13,573 $13,142 2025
Ivoryton Library Association CT$222,900 Library Drctr $54,036 $46,817 2024
Imagineif Library Foundation MT$223,581 Executive Di $56,603 $58,046 2023
Morgan County Public Library WV$177,689 Director $17,500 $18,026 2023
The Nathan And Henry B Cleaves Law ME$228,724 Librarian $87,087 $80,581 2024
Lincoln Library Inc VT$171,285 Managing Librarian $31,905 $30,551 2023
Clackamas Bookshelf OR$238,289 Executive Director $25,622 $21,420 2025
Raymond Library Company CT$166,584 Treasurer $2,405 $2,084 2024
Morrisville Public Library NY$166,367 Executive Director $56,701 $48,744 2023
Eastport Public Library ME$241,855 Librarian $44,894 $40,469 2025
Science Of Mind Archives And Library Foundation MO$242,929 Executive Director $58,467 $57,223 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted19th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted15th

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 (Jazmine Leblanc) 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 48 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,481 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.