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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Coleman A Young Ii Educational

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 842837933
MI · NTEE O50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Raul Wikkeling, Executive Director / CEO ($13,900) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 202 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Raul Wikkeling — reported title “DONOR RELATIONS MGR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

202 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 202 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$16 total compensation of comparable organizations → $124,470 $13,900
$7,74110th
$20,10925th
$41,544Median
$61,73975th
$73,67590th
$13,900This org · 18th
p10$7,741
p25$20,109
p50$41,544
p75$61,739
p90$73,675
$13,900

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 MI 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
Youth Opportunity Foundation Inc IN$151,861 Ceo $63,581 $63,097 2024
Suburban Balance MO$150,874 President & Ceo $62,000 $61,795 2024
The Playmakers Organization Inc CA$150,381 Executive Dir. $49,500 $40,223 2024
Abilities Movement Inc NY$153,057 Executive Director $68,840 $57,029 2025
Laurel Highlands PA$153,517 President/tr $5,834 $5,475 2024
Juvenile Education & Awareness Project NJ$149,054 Ceo $3,120 $2,621 2024
Helix Illinois Nfp IL$154,307 Executive Dir. $30,000 $27,754 2024
The Academy365 Inc NJ$154,739 Ceo $21,496 $18,061 2024
Girls On The Run Orlando Inc FL$155,730 Executive Dir. $13,750 $12,156 2024
Game Changers Leadership And Peer OH$155,990 Executive Di $97,800 $94,966 2025
Wartime Fitness Warriors VA$147,131 President $43,375 $39,412 2024
Brimhall Family Foundation AZ$147,083 President $12,600 $11,404 2024
Coalition Of Care Greater Cincinnati OH$146,891 Co Executive Director $67,500 $67,277 2024
Byrd House Behavioral Youth Resource Development Incorporated GA$157,072 Executive Director $2,100 $1,987 2024
The Play4peace Initiative MA$157,947 President, C $45,000 $38,053 2024
Tilghman Area Youth Association Inc MD$158,317 Executive Dir. $26,839 $23,612 2024
Hip-hope Inc IA$158,432 Chaplain/bookkeeper $1,500 $1,546 2024
Toughest Kids Inc GA$158,664 Executive Di $3,000 $2,839 2024
South Central Education Development Inc WV$158,951 President/executive Director $90,208 $91,913 2024
Childrens Books On Wheels TX$159,781 President $72,800 $70,553 2023
Inland Circle CA$161,393 Chief Executive Officer $26,550 $21,574 2024
Shoreline Sports Foundation WA$161,614 Executive Dir. $58,900 $49,624 2024
Camp Compass Inc PA$141,552 President $19,500 $18,840 2023
Wethrive Inc MA$141,550 Director $90,000 $76,107 2024
Young Women Lead Inc KY$161,844 Executive Director $56,583 $57,207 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default18th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)18th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted19th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted18th

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 (Raul Wikkeling) 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 202 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $13,900 is reasonable (approximately the 18th 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.