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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Summit Initiative

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 845066854
WA · NTEE Q32
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jason Chudnofsky, Executive Director / CEO ($120,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 90th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$22,012 total compensation of comparable organizations → $258,333 $120,000
$43,20910th
$61,34725th
$87,807Median
$101,68475th
$120,04990th
$120,000This org · 90th
p10$43,209
p25$61,347
p50$87,807
p75$101,684
p90$120,049
$120,000

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 WA 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
Nehemiah Gateway Usa Inc CO$281,973 President $85,000 $91,036 2024
Jungle Ministry WA$284,502 President/ex $80,422 $80,422 2024
20 Liters MI$284,894 Executive Director $28,087 $32,381 2024
Junior Achievement Of The Desert Southwest TX$285,477 President $78,018 $89,742 2023
Hope Border Institute TX$268,242 Executive Director $53,074 $59,299 2024
Native Future ME$286,586 President $62,500 $69,902 2024
Be There Ministries VA$266,817 Founder $40,000 $44,412 2023
Grow Ahead Foundation OR$293,206 Executive Director Board Pre $21,000 $22,425 2023
Nivas Inc CO$260,322 President/executive Director $82,012 $87,835 2024
House On The Hill Inc KY$256,964 President $86,000 $103,200 2024
One World Goods Inc NY$300,498 Store Manager $59,387 $59,939 2024
Farms International Inc MN$253,049 Executive Di $60,985 $65,572 2025
Junior Achievement Of Southwest VA$302,302 President $82,581 $89,060 2024
Beyond Capital Fund TX$249,507 Treasurer/se $80,000 $89,383 2024
Junior Achievement Of The Ocoee Region TN$310,470 President $93,593 $107,051 2025
Ibec Ventures PA$243,259 Managing Director $116,100 $133,137 2023
African Hospitality Institute WA$235,222 Field Director $80,000 $82,363 2023
Center For Growth And Opportunity UT$227,736 President $143,888 $164,487 2024
Aguaclara Reach Inc NY$224,320 Director $86,121 $86,921 2024
Junior Achievement Of Eastern North NC$345,533 President And Ceo $105,074 $118,140 2025
Junior Achievement Of Southern Ma MA$346,789 President & Ceo $90,424 $93,439 2023
Global Leadership Inc GA$205,959 Executive Di $105,600 $118,595 2024
Thomas Jefferson Institute For The Study Of World Politics DC$365,689 President $256,004 $258,333 2023
Junior Achievement Of Mad River Region Ohio OH$187,188 President $36,797 $44,817 2023
Lumeya International Ministries Inc CA$185,831 President $22,168 $22,012 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default90th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)93rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted87th

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 (Jason Chudnofsky) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q32), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $120,000 is reasonable (approximately the 90th 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.