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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Lead Wichita Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 833321935
KS · NTEE B02
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alicia Butler, Executive Director / CEO ($31,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 23 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 57th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Alicia Butler — reported title “SECRETARY”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

23 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 23 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $142,589 $31,500
$3,88110th
$12,30325th
$26,715Median
$74,79575th
$83,47890th
$31,500This org · 57th
p10$3,881
p25$12,303
p50$26,715
p75$74,795
p90$83,478
$31,500

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 KS 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
Econ Job Market Inc CA$224,185 Secretary & Cio $30,000 $22,690 2025
Springboard Child Care Inc CO$226,628 President $30,000 $25,863 2024
Qed Foundation Inc NH$229,294 Executive Di $91,003 $77,780 2023
Alliance For Public Waldorf Education CA$207,492 Executive Dir. $93,750 $72,783 2024
Salinan Heritage Preservation CA$240,271 President $4,500 $3,494 2024
Us Ort Operations Inc NY$200,429 Board Member $1 $1 2023
Oakmont Academic Knowledge OH$198,229 Co-executive Director $43,523 $42,670 2023
Southeastern Association Of Law Schools NC$194,902 Executive Director $28,000 $26,012 2024
American Simmental - Simbrah Foundation MT$190,040 Secretary $30,231 $29,299 2024
Oregon Masonic Charitable OR$186,924 Grand Secretary $6,501 $5,428 2024
The Commission On Massage Therapy VA$261,134 Executive Director $107,200 $90,661 2025
Family Agriculture Resource Management Services NC$178,882 Executive Director $83,122 $79,500 2023
Maestromeetings Inc PA$268,549 Officer $18,786 $16,843 2024
The Quest Institute For Quality Educ CA$270,067 Ceo $33,246 $26,573 2023
Concepts For Adaptive Learning CT$275,924 Executive Director $65,000 $54,794 2024
Arkansas Rural Ed Association AR$282,532 Executive Director $76,000 $76,807 2024
Iccnm Foundation NM$284,606 President $2,375 $2,297 2024
The Global Majority Consortium WA$159,607 Co Ceo $9,586 $7,716 2024
Village Mke Inc WI$291,000 Ceo $147,500 $142,589 2023
Middle College High School National NJ$294,291 Director $33,280 $26,715 2024
The Center For Bioethics And Culture CA$307,398 Executive Director $88,200 $66,710 2025
Good2know Partners CA$327,327 Ceo $10,000 $7,763 2024
Arc Upper Valley Inc ND$333,086 Executive Director $83,159 $84,473 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default57th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)48th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Alicia Butler) 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 23 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B02), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,500 is reasonable (approximately the 57th 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.