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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 850970651
CA · NTEE B80
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jared Williams, Executive Director / CEO ($50,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 43 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 60th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

43 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 43 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$936 total compensation of comparable organizations → $245,418 $50,000
$7,68910th
$22,43525th
$40,641Median
$62,95275th
$103,44290th
$50,000This org · 60th
p10$7,689
p25$22,435
p50$40,641
p75$62,952
p90$103,442
$50,000

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 CA 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
Education With Purpose Foundation For Pacific Islanders WA$171,228 Executive Director $81,504 $84,506 2023
Northwest Suburban Conference MN$159,661 Executive Secretary $25,000 $27,071 2025
Way Coffee Co MI$157,749 Executive Di $28,221 $31,921 2025
Streams In The Wasteland Christian UT$157,356 Director $75,000 $88,895 2023
The Fashion Foundation Inc NY$175,871 President $27,500 $27,952 2024
Lives Without Limits Inc GA$176,106 Executive Dir. $23,740 $26,851 2024
The Partnership Inc DE$155,522 President $4,850 $5,342 2024
Kos Inc GA$176,917 President $21,850 $25,443 2023
Literacy Advocates Usa Inc FL$177,050 President $40,000 $42,268 2024
Virginia Law Review Association VA$177,170 Secretary $18,369 $19,950 2024
Pearls Academy Incorporated PA$187,639 Executive Director $53,112 $59,578 2024
Scholar Career Coaching Inc FL$144,351 Executive Director $46,720 $50,828 2023
The Graduate Student Government ME$138,557 President $3,301 $3,623 2025
Freedom Village Of Hope TN$193,592 Consulting Assistant Executive Director $32,500 $38,428 2024
Stanford University Bookstore CA$135,857 President $245,418 $245,418 2023
Friends Of The Hamilton Schools MT$133,739 Director $750 $936 2023
Jump Math Inc IA$130,545 Ceo $159,367 $196,283 2024
Mass Collective Foundation Inc GA$126,832 Board Member $10,810 $12,226 2024
Intergenerational Guidance Group LA$124,925 President $9,863 $12,577 2023
B Relyt Organization Inc CA$210,023 Ceo $27,794 $26,997 2024
Sierra Stem CA$120,511 Education Director $21,812 $21,186 2024
Wise Choices For Girls CA$212,769 Executive Director $47,500 $46,137 2024
Library Of Michigan Foundation MI$212,885 Executive Director/chief Development $99,591 $115,629 2024
Educational Access Group CO$215,225 Director And President $79,875 $83,933 2025
Rural Youth Institute ME$215,437 President And Director $45,331 $51,058 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default60th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted65th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Jared Williams) 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 43 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $50,000 is reasonable (approximately the 60th 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.