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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841583634
CO · NTEE B99
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Abbe Stutsman, Executive Director / CEO ($71,338) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 295 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 71st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

295 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 295 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$202 total compensation of comparable organizations → $297,955 $71,338
$11,45610th
$27,94625th
$52,042Median
$77,18275th
$105,05090th
$71,338This org · 71st
p10$11,456
p25$27,946
p50$52,042
p75$77,182
p90$105,050
$71,338

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 CO 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
Religious Coalition For A Nonviolent Durham Inc NC$207,000 Executive Director $39,800 $44,022 2024
Logos Homeschool Academy Inc FL$207,287 Administrator $20,958 $20,533 2025
Core Essentials Inc GA$207,677 Founder And Ceo $143,106 $158,581 2023
Continuing Professional Education NJ$206,413 President $11,000 $10,824 2023
E3 Educate Empower Elevate SC$206,364 Executive Director $49,359 $55,123 2024
Millennium Research Inc TX$207,758 President $16,474 $17,641 2024
Wisconsin Pharmacy Foundation Inc WI$207,784 Secretary-treasurer $35,620 $39,822 2024
We Are Moving The Needle Inc CT$206,034 Executive Dir. $59,856 $61,851 2023
Impact Players WA$208,109 Executive $237,818 $234,659 2023
Off-grid Retreats CA$208,253 Executive Director $28,646 $26,479 2024
Triangle Bikeworks Inc NC$205,262 Executive Di $34,000 $37,607 2024
Ascension 33 Inc FL$208,942 Director $53,480 $53,781 2024
Annunciation Austin TX$205,036 Director Of Education $48,105 $51,512 2024
Whittier Friends School CA$209,474 Financial Manager $16,926 $15,646 2024
Boosted Diplomas NV$204,559 Executive Di $69,692 $74,781 2024
Women Leading Kentucky Inc KY$203,065 Executive Director $47,712 $54,873 2024
Central Pennsylvania July 4th Inc PA$211,052 Executive Director $39,000 $41,633 2024
High Way Education Inc NY$202,698 Executive Director $46,176 $44,667 2024
Groundworks New Mexico NM$211,520 Executive Di $115,786 $137,249 2023
Carefirst Community Health Services MI$211,704 Chief Executive Officer $78,928 $93,466 2022
Alaska Prehospital Education Consortium Inc AK$202,369 Program Director $23,150 $23,693 2024
The Learning Center Of Key West Inc FL$211,729 Ceo $60,000 $62,120 2023
Ukrainian School Of Knowledge OR$200,613 President $32,400 $32,209 2024
Faa Child Development Center DC$214,087 Board $27,461 $26,558 2023
Alabama Afl-cio Labor Institute For AL$214,965 President $40,744 $47,119 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO cost of living and 2025 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 CO 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 default71st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)74th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted65th

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 (Abbe Stutsman) 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 295 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $71,338 is reasonable (approximately the 71st 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.