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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Red Media Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853396783
NM · NTEE A30
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kiley Guy Ended December 2022, Executive Director / CEO ($44,150) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 66 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kiley Guy Ended December 2022 — reported title “PROGRAM DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

66 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 66 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,081 total compensation of comparable organizations → $263,036 $44,150
$21,70310th
$37,24725th
$54,727Median
$77,15275th
$103,26290th
$44,150This org · 32nd
p10$21,703
p25$37,247
p50$54,727
p75$77,152
p90$103,262
$44,150

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 NM 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
Plaza Media Arts Center Inc NY$326,304 Executive Dir. $100,769 $82,232 2024
Center For Broadcast Journalism MN$341,423 Executive Director $24,000 $22,049 2023
The Ithaca Voice Inc NY$323,167 Executive Director $60,000 $48,963 2024
Foothills Forum VA$321,622 Executive Director $51,875 $45,233 2024
The Jolt News Organization WA$319,113 Executive Director $59,891 $48,424 2024
Northeast Florida Journalism Collective Inc FL$317,553 Editor $120,450 $105,205 2023
Explorer's Bible Study Association TN$317,344 Executive Di $84,677 $80,381 2024
Microbetv Inc NY$312,135 President $72,000 $58,755 2024
Northeast Access Committee VT$310,435 Director $43,373 $40,589 2023
Southwest Washington Lulac Foundation WA$308,504 Executive Director $95,220 $76,988 2024
Arizona Center For Investigative Reporting AZ$307,633 Executive Director And Editor $75,000 $67,062 2023
Kenya Diaspora Media AL$357,374 Ceo $80,000 $80,356 2023
Rattapallax Inc NY$307,210 President $43,000 $35,090 2024
Rightside Holdings Inc AL$306,646 President $108,750 $109,233 2023
Massachusetts Media Fund Inc MA$306,429 Director $42,800 $34,733 2024
Action Youth Media Incorporated MD$304,953 Executive Director $83,540 $72,616 2023
Lion Speaks OR$304,834 Executive Director $71,700 $60,131 2024
Unicorn Riot MN$303,413 Board Chair $79,712 $71,130 2024
Granite State News Collaborative NH$302,569 Executive Director $40,831 $34,048 2024
Christian Broadcasting Ministries OH$364,229 Secretary $15,405 $14,735 2024
Media Alliance Inc NY$365,758 Executive Director $65,000 $54,610 2023
The Record Community News Group IL$298,634 Treasurer $86,961 $77,207 2024
Theorem Media Inc CT$366,650 Ceo $71,750 $62,548 2023
Florida Association For Media In Education Inc FL$367,123 Admin Secretary $16,782 $14,238 2024
Cicero Independiente Nfp IL$292,904 President $60,000 $54,843 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NM 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 NM 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 default32nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Kiley Guy Ended December 2022) 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 66 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $44,150 is reasonable (approximately the 32nd 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.