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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Peak Literacy Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853896568
FL · NTEE S20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Leah Galione, Executive Director / CEO ($67,319) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 219 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 58th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

219 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 219 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,672 total compensation of comparable organizations → $178,860 $67,319
$15,95410th
$34,79525th
$59,349Median
$81,76675th
$101,41990th
$67,319This org · 58th
p10$15,954
p25$34,795
p50$59,349
p75$81,766
p90$101,419
$67,319

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 FL 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
The Camden Collective MN$205,418 Executive Director $60,238 $63,360 2024
A Greater Good IN$204,813 President $35,366 $40,874 2023
Providence Resilience Partnership Inc RI$206,200 Executive Director $130,000 $132,692 2024
Savannah Waterfront Association GA$204,437 Executive Di $116,600 $128,486 2023
Friends Of Panthertown Inc NC$204,230 Executive Di $53,869 $61,000 2023
The Macatawa Resource Center MI$203,954 Executive Dir. $33,277 $36,562 2024
Delta Foundation Inc MS$203,948 Chariman & President $37,954 $46,326 2023
Discover Downtown Franklin Inc IN$207,997 Former Executive Director $37,798 $43,683 2023
Jackson Metro Sponsoring Committee-worki MS$208,127 Lead Organizer $110,175 $134,478 2023
Pan American Concerned Citizens Action League Inc NJ$202,484 Executive Director $84,618 $80,422 2024
Springboard Incubators Inc NY$208,632 President/ceo $10,640 $10,235 2024
Hammonton Revitalization Corporation NJ$201,722 Director $46,687 $45,683 2023
Downtown Gadsden Inc AL$201,684 Executive Director $82,885 $98,133 2023
Southeast Fairfax Development Corp VA$201,486 Executive Dir. $116,143 $119,372 2024
Rose Garden Community Development Corporation GA$210,003 Ceo $20,000 $22,039 2023
Loiter OH$200,696 Cofounder $26,884 $32,485 2022
New Consensus DC$200,567 Executive Director $179,707 $172,825 2023
Three Squares Main Street Jp Inc MA$200,480 Executive Director $75,445 $74,299 2023
The Mindful Group Inc WI$200,000 Director $20,000 $22,234 2024
Uphams Corner Main Street Incorporated MA$211,661 Executive Director $102,217 $97,777 2024
Project Mend-a-house Incorporation VA$212,095 Executive Director $65,000 $66,807 2024
Willowbrook Inclusion Network CA$212,180 President/chairperson $85,000 $80,439 2023
Westside Legends Inc MA$212,798 President $5,150 $4,926 2024
The Community Development Society MO$197,498 Executive Director $84,587 $95,368 2024
Midwest Education And Community Outreach WI$214,069 President $44,000 $48,915 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default58th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)64th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted62nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 (Leah Galione) 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 219 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $67,319 is reasonable (approximately the 58th 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.