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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Persist Nashville

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 842348884
TN · NTEE B80
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Scott Campbell, Executive Director / CEO ($119,890) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 99 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 93rd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

99 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 99 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$221 total compensation of comparable organizations → $164,703 $119,890
$5,68710th
$24,05225th
$51,482Median
$78,10775th
$99,16190th
$119,890This org · 93rd
p10$5,687
p25$24,052
p50$51,482
p75$78,107
p90$99,161
$119,890

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
Jewish Intuition Inc NY$415,896 Pres. $14,000 $12,391 2023
Bioquest Curriculum Consortium NH$423,272 President $30,900 $27,946 2023
Hope Learning Center WA$412,085 Treasurer $68,112 $56,519 2025
Hendricks College Network IN$424,534 Non-voting Executive Direc $83,581 $83,853 2024
Bend Science Station OR$410,320 Executive Dir. $121,000 $106,901 2024
The Center For Entrepreneurial ME$406,335 Ceo $81,550 $77,687 2024
Las Floristas Inc CA$430,769 Executive Di $50,000 $40,016 2025
Baltimore Urban Debate League Inc MD$404,806 Executive Direc $80,000 $73,256 2023
Academic Informer Inc TX$404,573 Managing Director $80,000 $76,132 2024
Loving Savior Lutheran Chinese School CA$433,875 Ceo $28,363 $23,988 2023
Maui Huliau Foundation HI$401,060 Executive Director $89,977 $76,638 2024
Edhec America Inc CA$399,768 Secretary, Executive Direc $194,740 $164,703 2023
North Star Self-directed Learning For Teens Inc MA$436,159 Executive Director $35,000 $29,150 2025
Kut Different FL$437,163 Presidence $80,960 $74,492 2023
Home Of Potential And Excellence TN$397,695 Executive Dir. $96,596 $94,106 2025
First New Hampshire Robotics NH$388,413 Secretary $50,167 $42,933 2025
Eclectic Teaching Consortium AR$450,056 Executive Director $31,217 $32,522 2025
International House Davis CA$451,451 Executive Dir. $98,119 $80,604 2024
Practice After School Program WY$452,557 Fiscal & It $40,810 $41,574 2024
Level Up Cincinnati OH$453,506 Executive Director $80,625 $83,639 2023
California Language Teachers Assoc CA$375,762 Executive Di $20,000 $16,430 2024
Ohio School Resource Officers OH$462,423 Executive Di $77,878 $78,472 2024
Bay Area Urban Debate Commission CA$372,624 Executive Dir. $120,000 $101,490 2023
Nature Track Foundation Inc CA$465,833 President & Ceo $62,550 $51,384 2024
U Hope Cdc Inc GA$367,692 Case Manager $56,101 $57,515 2022

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 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 default93rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)90th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted94th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (Scott Campbell) 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 99 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $119,890 is reasonable (approximately the 93rd 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.