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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Steam Engine Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 843127718
OK · NTEE B90
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Morgan Jones, Executive Director / CEO ($71,197) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 463 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 68th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

463 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 463 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$661 total compensation of comparable organizations → $396,498 $71,197
$13,49810th
$34,02925th
$54,842Median
$78,56275th
$98,49390th
$71,197This org · 68th
p10$13,498
p25$34,029
p50$54,842
p75$78,562
p90$98,493
$71,197

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 OK 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
Christ Together Greater Austin TX$395,587 Executive Di $51,083 $43,912 2025
Young Musicians Of Virginia VA$395,934 Executive Director $14,477 $12,012 2025
Caha AR$396,729 Executive Director $52,000 $50,230 2025
Create A Loop MO$396,759 Executive Director $84,000 $78,479 2024
Thrive Today MI$394,385 Vice Chair $96,000 $89,987 2023
Tuscarawas County Child Advocacy OH$393,999 Executive Di $68,745 $66,124 2023
Caps Network Inc KS$397,483 Treasurer $9,150 $8,977 2023
Emmaus Academy Inc IL$393,287 Secretary $17,152 $15,314 2023
Homeownership Oc CA$398,009 Executive Director $94,060 $71,645 2024
True North Parent Partnership TX$392,816 Executive Director $37,470 $34,039 2023
Cherryville High School Education NC$398,666 Executive Di $3,600 $3,197 2025
Mentor Tutor Connection CA$392,348 Executive Director $39,568 $30,139 2024
Bay Area Teacher Training Institute CA$390,714 Executive Director $7,899 $6,016 2024
La Biotech Center CA$400,879 Executive Director $66,667 $50,780 2024
Start The Adventure In Reading (Stair) - Annapolis Inc MD$401,022 Executive Director $105,500 $87,004 2024
Springfield Education Foundation OR$390,066 Exec. Dir. $77,250 $61,650 2025
United Sound Inc AZ$389,375 Executive Director $78,300 $64,712 2025
Southwest Transplant Alliance Foundation TX$402,247 Director $59,666 $52,648 2024
Launch Leadership Inc NE$402,383 Executive Di $78,706 $76,878 2023
Fred T Korematsu Institute CA$402,608 Executive Director $92,083 $70,139 2024
Ceic Corp IL$388,548 President $34,755 $29,363 2025
Let God Help Resources Inc DE$387,505 President $49,628 $42,864 2024
A 1 Learning Connections TN$387,481 Executive Director $258,142 $246,421 2023
Nashville Technology Council Foundation TN$387,450 Chair, Ntc Pres. & Ceo $12,472 $11,564 2024
Knowledge Builders Of Florida Inc FL$387,241 Executive Director $102,312 $87,286 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK 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 OK 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 default68th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted63rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted64th

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 (Morgan Jones) 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 463 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $71,197 is reasonable (approximately the 68th 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.