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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Improving Schools Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 844408590
DE · NTEE B90
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ryan Schetelick, Executive Director / CEO ($199,838) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 492 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 98th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

492 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 492 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,110 total compensation of comparable organizations → $459,062 $199,838
$15,99110th
$44,39925th
$67,105Median
$98,88275th
$122,48490th
$199,838This org · 98th
p10$15,991
p25$44,399
p50$67,105
p75$98,882
p90$122,484
$199,838

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 DE 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
Summer On The Hill Inc NY$464,509 Executive Dir. $86,848 $82,516 2023
Natural Womanhood TX$464,768 President & Ceo $107,459 $109,781 2024
Hannah Project Partnership For Academic Achievement CA$463,193 Execurive Director $78,000 $70,819 2023
Cecilia Place Homes Inc CA$465,859 President $34,547 $30,466 2024
Jose Valdes Math Foundation CA$463,096 Executive Director $105,000 $92,598 2024
Walled Lake Central Music Boosters MI$462,525 Treasurer $8,930 $9,171 2025
Hacker Dojo CA$466,493 Executive Director $100,000 $88,188 2024
Wooden Fish Parents First OR$462,267 Executive Di $9,880 $9,647 2023
New York City Tourism Foundation Inc NY$461,770 President $102,700 $97,577 2023
Hospitality Mn Education Foundation MN$460,805 President/ceo $10,947 $11,047 2024
Native Pride (Preventionrsrch NM$459,522 Chief Execut $55,506 $60,971 2024
Mt Gilead Camp And PA$459,399 Executive Di $60,000 $61,108 2024
Divas For Social Justice Inc NY$469,867 Founder And Executive Director $79,075 $71,095 2025
Futuresnw WA$458,847 Executive Director Of Programs $62,500 $58,836 2023
Youthtank Inc MI$458,774 Executive Di $42,800 $45,117 2024
Camp Amnicon Foundation WI$470,392 Director $41,688 $44,464 2024
Amhe Incorporated NY$471,143 Executive Director $34,440 $31,783 2024
Erudite Russian Language Educational And Cultural Center Inc VA$457,817 President, Director $40,500 $41,116 2023
Leadachild Society KS$457,169 Executive Director $121,251 $133,780 2024
Long Beach City College Auxiliary Inc CA$456,103 Director Bss $176,912 $160,623 2023
Leadership Johnson County Inc IN$472,891 Executive Di $49,967 $52,428 2025
Bowie Business Innovation Center Inc MD$473,017 Executive Director $95,198 $93,581 2023
Routt County Riders CO$455,653 Executive Dir. $79,660 $78,010 2024
National Paideia Center NC$473,359 Executive Di $132,065 $143,480 2023
Mississippi Farm Bureau Foundation & MS$455,622 President $46,848 $53,288 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DE 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 DE 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 default98th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)98th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted98th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted95th

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 (Ryan Schetelick) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 492 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $199,838 is reasonable (approximately the 98th 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 13, 2026.