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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Color A Positive Thought Organ

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 851201104
CT · NTEE O50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Harry Bell, Executive Director / CEO ($25,100) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 495 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

495 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 495 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$18 total compensation of comparable organizations → $160,744 $25,100
$12,49210th
$31,77425th
$55,738Median
$76,82375th
$99,47290th
$25,100This org · 19th
p10$12,492
p25$31,774
p50$55,738
p75$76,823
p90$99,472
$25,100

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 CT 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
A Fair Shake For Youth Inc NY$276,311 Exec Director $85,000 $79,569 2024
Sudbury Youth Basketball Inc MA$278,735 Administrator $11,840 $10,738 2025
South Broadway Art Project MO$275,501 Office Manager $11,563 $13,062 2023
Youth Celebrate Diversity CO$274,583 Executive Di $92,814 $89,819 2025
First Serve Tulsa Foundation OK$280,097 Executive Director $46,697 $51,895 2025
New York State Association For Infant Mental Health Inc NY$280,226 Executive Director $58,292 $54,568 2024
Mothers Love Learning Center MS$280,685 Director $24,213 $27,936 2024
Truly Valued Inc FL$280,899 Ceo $75,000 $72,989 2024
Clear Creek Rock House CO$281,000 Executive Director $62,911 $64,338 2023
Girls On The Run Of Greater CA$273,329 Executive Dir. $75,923 $67,916 2024
I Am Academy MI$273,198 Director $50,615 $54,121 2024
Citizen Scholars Institute Inc SC$272,860 Executive Director $75,000 $83,450 2023
Ethos Volleyball Club TN$272,794 Director $70,000 $76,225 2024
Joshuas Camp Corporation WI$282,047 Camp Director $45,500 $49,227 2024
Urbanpromise Arkansas Inc AR$282,639 Executive Director $45,835 $54,949 2023
You Are Beautiful People Inc NY$271,834 Executive Di $82,500 $77,229 2024
Habesha Inc GA$271,617 Executive Director $50,000 $53,619 2023
Essex Chips Inc VT$282,988 Executive Director $77,461 $80,769 2024
Seeds In The Middle Inc NY$283,237 Director $144,000 $134,799 2024
Badger Association For Athletic Develop CA$283,416 President & Ceo $45,500 $40,702 2024
Akron Youth Mentorship OH$271,035 Executive Di $46,945 $53,030 2023
Supreme Family Foundation Inc GA$271,011 Executive Dir. $65,000 $69,705 2023
School Of Unity And Liberation CA$283,558 Executive Dir. $76,013 $70,005 2023
Team Factory NE$270,855 President $33,750 $37,605 2024
Sumanda Inc CA$270,753 Secretary/chief Financial $3,000 $2,763 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted20th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Harry Bell) 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 495 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,100 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.