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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Kroussaw Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841760918
DC · NTEE B01
FY ending 2025-04-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kilil Roussaw, Executive Director / CEO ($66,349) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 85 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

85 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 85 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$541 total compensation of comparable organizations → $328,782 $66,349
$17,09810th
$60,46125th
$87,676Median
$128,42875th
$159,74190th
$66,349This org · 33rd
p10$17,098
p25$60,461
p50$87,676
p75$128,428
p90$159,741
$66,349

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 DC 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
National Latino Farmers And Ranchers DC$446,919 Chairman Of The Board $16,000 $16,423 2024
Choose Aerospace Inc OK$443,443 Executive Director $110,344 $142,125 2024
Ne Steam Coalition OR$459,582 Executive Di $265,556 $288,463 2024
Mclain Association For Children CA$462,202 Ceo $91,000 $91,915 2024
Scotland County Partnership For NC$436,229 Exe.director $96,611 $120,215 2023
Chowan Perquimans Smart Start Partnership NC$463,807 Executive Director $83,873 $101,371 2024
Substance Abuse Program Administrators Association FL$432,486 Executive Director $110,446 $121,364 2024
Biomimicry For Social Innovation NM$432,266 Executive Director $36,546 $47,336 2023
District Of Columbia Association For The DC$428,548 Exec. Dir. (From 6/2024-12/2024 ) $68,269 $70,075 2024
South Carolina First Steps To SC$423,812 Executive Di $48,125 $60,461 2023
Alabama Justice Initiative AL$422,395 Board President/ Executive $126,617 $164,730 2023
Houghton Main Street Foundation DC$477,847 Director $2,000 $2,053 2024
First Gen Scholars CA$479,860 President/executive Direct $79,063 $79,858 2024
Nashville Propel Parent Institute Inc TN$417,900 Executive Director $106,347 $130,757 2024
South Carolina First Steps To SC$481,526 Executive Di $65,640 $82,466 2023
Be Loud Studios LA$417,018 Executive Dir. $70,000 $90,161 2024
Paltrek Inc NY$416,989 Director $11,485 $12,498 2023
Frontline Policy Council Inc GA$482,966 President $62,790 $76,030 2023
Alabama Families For Great Schools AL$483,980 Director $141,320 $178,584 2024
Igg4ward Foundation MA$486,105 Director $500 $541 2023
Indigenous Peoples Power Project Inc OR$486,668 Executive Dir. $78,023 $87,257 2023
Special Books By Special Kids Inc FL$490,493 Director $299,204 $328,782 2024
Smart Start Of Pender County NC$492,217 Executive Director $93,192 $115,961 2023
South Carolina First Steps SC$406,282 Executive Di $57,503 $72,244 2023
Love Is Stronger Gv OR$494,996 Executive Director $38,966 $42,327 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted33rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted31st

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 (Kilil Roussaw) 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 85 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $66,349 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.