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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Center For Entrepreneurial

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832097051
ME · NTEE B80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bonita Tompkins, Executive Director / CEO ($81,550) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 96 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

96 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 96 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$232 total compensation of comparable organizations → $172,893 $81,550
$4,44610th
$24,91925th
$52,709Median
$81,35375th
$104,09590th
$81,550This org · 75th
p10$4,446
p25$24,919
p50$52,709
p75$81,353
p90$104,095
$81,550

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 ME 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
Baltimore Urban Debate League Inc MD$404,806 Executive Direc $80,000 $76,899 2023
Academic Informer Inc TX$404,573 Managing Director $80,000 $79,918 2024
Bend Science Station OR$410,320 Executive Dir. $121,000 $112,217 2024
Maui Huliau Foundation HI$401,060 Executive Director $89,977 $80,449 2024
Hope Learning Center WA$412,085 Treasurer $68,112 $59,329 2025
Edhec America Inc CA$399,768 Secretary, Executive Direc $194,740 $172,893 2023
Home Of Potential And Excellence TN$397,695 Executive Dir. $96,596 $98,786 2025
Jewish Intuition Inc NY$415,896 Pres. $14,000 $13,007 2023
Persist Nashville TN$417,857 Founder $119,890 $125,852 2024
Bioquest Curriculum Consortium NH$423,272 President $30,900 $29,336 2023
First New Hampshire Robotics NH$388,413 Secretary $50,167 $45,068 2025
Hendricks College Network IN$424,534 Non-voting Executive Direc $83,581 $88,023 2024
Las Floristas Inc CA$430,769 Executive Di $50,000 $42,006 2025
Loving Savior Lutheran Chinese School CA$433,875 Ceo $28,363 $25,181 2023
North Star Self-directed Learning For Teens Inc MA$436,159 Executive Director $35,000 $30,600 2025
California Language Teachers Assoc CA$375,762 Executive Di $20,000 $17,247 2024
Kut Different FL$437,163 Presidence $80,960 $78,197 2023
Bay Area Urban Debate Commission CA$372,624 Executive Dir. $120,000 $106,537 2023
U Hope Cdc Inc GA$367,692 Case Manager $56,101 $60,375 2022
Brain Expansion Scholastic Training Inc FL$366,369 Director $12,000 $11,590 2023
Ohio Campus Compact OH$364,697 Executive Director $78,014 $84,955 2023
St Georges Child Care Center ME$363,922 Executive Director $45,568 $45,568 2024
Student Government Organization NY$363,181 President $1,445 $1,304 2024
Eclectic Teaching Consortium AR$450,056 Executive Director $31,217 $34,139 2025
International House Davis CA$451,451 Executive Dir. $98,119 $84,612 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ME 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 ME 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 default75th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)76th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Bonita Tompkins) 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 96 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $81,550 is reasonable (approximately the 75th 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.