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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Ed Brown Society Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 852584555
KY · NTEE T01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Clark Willimas, Executive Director / CEO ($16,250) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 803 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

803 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 803 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$19 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,570,392 $16,250
$9,75010th
$23,22325th
$44,682Median
$68,87275th
$93,10490th
$16,250This org · 17th
p10$9,750
p25$23,223
p50$44,682
p75$68,872
p90$93,104
$16,250

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 KY 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
Social Venture Partners Of Sacramento CA$300,865 Ceo $75,833 $60,949 2024
Spencer Wilson Charitable Trust WY$300,545 Trustee $108,000 $107,643 2024
Supporters Of Civil Society Inc MO$300,893 Treasurer $17,003 $16,762 2024
American Friends Of Action PA$300,229 Program Dire $75,686 $70,252 2024
The Associated Credit Union Foundation GA$300,185 President, Ceo, Director $51,881 $48,555 2024
Studentsfirst New York Institute Inc NY$300,000 Executive Director $43,000 $36,166 2024
Community Coalition PA$299,944 Executive Director $97,506 $93,179 2023
Western Governors Foundation CO$301,700 President $80,000 $71,400 2024
River Ridge Farm Trust OH$301,820 Trustee $36,125 $35,613 2024
Archangels Michale & Gabriel Relief Organization PA$299,435 President $6,000 $5,734 2023
Thatcher Family Fund OH$302,002 Treasurer $42,109 $42,739 2023
United Way Of White County Inc AR$299,403 Executive Director $45,000 $47,081 2024
East Tn Supporting Foundation TN$299,263 President/ce $5,485 $5,366 2024
Generations For Peace Inc TN$299,192 Executive Dir. $156,371 $152,990 2024
Toy Box Connection Nfp IL$299,057 President & Exec. Director $147,000 $131,047 2025
United Way Of Williams County OH$298,919 Former Exec $44,898 $43,122 2025
Giltner Public Schools Foundation NE$302,628 Executive Di $35,864 $35,904 2024
Royal Charter Properties-westchester Inc NY$298,768 President $68,997 $59,746 2023
Beartooth Billings Clinic Foundation MT$298,289 Cfo $44,110 $45,564 2023
United Way Of Freeborn County Inc MN$297,884 Executive Director $52,000 $47,825 2024
Franklin County Foster Closet MO$297,686 President $38,500 $37,955 2024
Lili Gc Foundation Corp ID$297,604 Director $33,500 $33,170 2024
Global Vision 2020 Inc MD$303,906 Exec Director $120,000 $104,423 2024
The Marcus Allen Foundation CA$297,468 President And Ceo $94,084 $75,618 2024
Esther Inc WI$297,311 Executive Director $1,154 $1,122 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 KY 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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted10th

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 (Clark Willimas) 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 803 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (T), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $16,250 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.