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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Project Discovery Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 851253094
NV · NTEE F01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mike Selby, Executive Director / CEO ($70,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 48th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

27 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 27 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,048 total compensation of comparable organizations → $137,112 $70,200
$12,93410th
$43,98925th
$72,614Median
$91,76775th
$98,14390th
$70,200This org · 48th
p10$12,934
p25$43,989
p50$72,614
p75$91,767
p90$98,143
$70,200

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 NV 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
This Must Be The Place OH$332,462 Secretary $44,445 $48,350 2023
Hope For A Drug Free Stephens Corp GA$320,007 Project Dire $33,664 $33,768 2024
Collective Action For Safe Spaces DC$340,790 Executive Director $98,460 $86,197 2024
Stay Here Nonprofit Corporation TN$309,238 Ceo $97,587 $102,334 2024
Nami Piedmont Tri-county SC$308,875 Executive Director $66,608 $69,324 2024
Nevada Coalition For NV$296,353 Ceo/president $77,000 $77,000 2024
Project Safety Net CA$293,508 President & Ceo $112,896 $97,255 2024
Marshmallow's Hope Nonprofit IL$362,070 Executive Di $50,000 $50,488 2023
Idaho Federation Of Families For Childrens Mental ID$370,560 Executive Director $89,764 $92,808 2025
Black Mental Health Oregon OR$277,124 Executive Director President $143,750 $137,112 2023
Rebel With A Cause Films CO$276,545 President/executive Director $10,000 $9,848 2023
Aspen Network Inc MO$379,721 Executive Di $76,002 $80,307 2024
Family Voices Of Wisconsin Inc WI$380,994 Executive Dir. $69,694 $72,614 2024
St Charles Community Care Center Foundation Inc LA$386,632 Executive Director $83,255 $94,159 2023
Bumble Bee Yoga Community TX$387,428 Executive Di $62,630 $62,501 2024
Sauk Valley Voices Of Recovery IL$390,878 Executive Director $71,337 $74,986 2022
The Liv Project PA$259,477 Executive Director/ Board Director $2,000 $2,048 2023
Therapy First Corporation PA$251,692 Executive Director $18,083 $17,990 2024
Kif1aorg Inc NY$229,470 Chief Science Officer $65,744 $61,018 2023
Sharing Kindness Inc MA$424,272 Executive Dir. $101,200 $90,725 2024
Triangle Disability Advocates Inc NC$225,652 Executive Director $13,000 $13,796 2023
Raices Sagradas Community Mental Health MN$432,677 Executive Director $63,924 $63,015 2024
1 Degree Of Separation Inc CA$220,527 President $46,000 $39,627 2024
Suffer Out Loud MT$220,146 Executive Dir. $10,825 $11,641 2024
Iowa Aces 360 IA$440,312 Executive Director $83,698 $89,071 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NV 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 NV 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 default48th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)52nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted48th

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 (Mike Selby) 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 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (F01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,200 is reasonable (approximately the 48th 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.