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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Zane Access Co

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 851969309
GA · NTEE B99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shila Burney, Executive Director / CEO ($44,611) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 102 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 63rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Shila Burney — reported title “Founder, Chair”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

102 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 102 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$183 total compensation of comparable organizations → $165,377 $44,611
$5,11210th
$14,65325th
$34,690Median
$62,68775th
$85,93090th
$44,611This org · 63rd
p10$5,112
p25$14,653
p50$34,690
p75$62,687
p90$85,930
$44,611

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 GA 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
Sachem Professional Development Inc NY$130,134 Tech Director $22,000 $18,709 2025
Mathematics Education Collaborative WA$132,569 Ceo $58,000 $48,870 2025
Tri-state Area Tuition Mission OH$127,906 President $23,750 $24,300 2024
North Texas Capacity Builders TX$133,687 Executive Director $38,500 $37,203 2024
The Financial Education And Economic Transformation Center CO$135,000 Executive Director $15,000 $14,305 2023
Needs Beyond Medicine UT$135,027 Founder/ceo $37,000 $37,662 2023
Cultivatus Leadership Institute NC$135,415 President $32,625 $33,526 2023
Southeastern Ct Chinese School CT$135,480 Principal $1,650 $1,456 2025
Isis Hawaii HI$135,730 President $31,400 $27,959 2023
Greenwood Womens Center SC$136,336 Executive Di $36,625 $36,910 2024
Beyond Diversity Resource Center Inc NJ$136,828 Executive Director $72,000 $63,934 2023
San Diego Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy CA$122,800 Head Coach $25,400 $22,707 2022
The Harry L Dougherty And Sakae K CA$138,680 Executive Dir. $9,827 $8,439 2023
Quality Texas Foundation TX$121,181 Ceo $84,333 $79,391 2025
Sweet Onion Christian Learning GA$120,925 Executive Di $35,457 $34,440 2024
Teach For Ethiopia Inc VA$140,294 President $81,166 $77,942 2023
Century Association Archives Foundation NY$140,365 Executive Director $89,395 $78,034 2024
Cliquepoint Data Foundation OH$141,860 Executive Director $36,750 $37,601 2024
Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics MA$141,886 Executive Director & Presi $65,000 $58,091 2023
Association Of Internet Researchers IL$118,897 Associate Coordinator $13,328 $12,658 2024
Beavercreek Freedom Academy OH$144,948 Board Member $15,786 $16,151 2024
Sustained Leaders TX$115,736 Ceo $15,305 $14,408 2025
Kipp Dc Supporting Corp DC$115,564 President, Kipp Dc Pcs (Eff 8/2022) $5,754 $5,022 2023
Aliveo Learning Center Inc MN$114,928 Asst Gmg Mgr/director $33,390 $32,813 2023
Hoover City Schools Foundation AL$114,734 Executive Director $22,663 $24,350 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default63rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted69th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted51st

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 (Shila Burney) 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 102 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $44,611 is reasonable (approximately the 63rd 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.