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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Women In Neuroscience

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 854295528
TX · NTEE B99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tara Levy, Executive Director / CEO ($57,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 35 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 51st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

35 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 35 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,421 total compensation of comparable organizations → $319,700 $57,000
$22,58010th
$37,38725th
$54,535Median
$93,61075th
$103,09190th
$57,000This org · 51st
p10$22,580
p25$37,387
p50$54,535
p75$93,610
p90$103,091
$57,000

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 TX 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
Su Casa De Esperanza Inc TX$384,544 Executive Dir. $38,490 $39,627 2023
W5yi Licensing Services Inc TX$365,305 President $29,015 $29,015 2024
The Nobelity Project TX$392,021 Executive Director $96,336 $99,182 2023
Pivot Leadership Group TX$360,303 Executive Director $95,940 $95,940 2024
Lyric Performing Arts Company Inc TX$356,051 Director $56,250 $57,911 2023
The Texas Diversity Council TX$354,062 Ceo $91,279 $91,279 2024
Si Se Puede Schools TX$350,000 Exec Directo $146,775 $151,110 2023
The Knitting Guild Association TX$349,095 Pres & Exec Dir $39,933 $39,933 2024
Pipe Creek Christian School TX$419,756 Trustee $36,077 $35,147 2025
Southern Bible Institute & College TX$333,859 President $93,643 $96,409 2023
Childrens' Disabilities Information TX$325,779 President $45,000 $46,329 2023
Tarrant Literacy Coalition TX$320,903 Executive Di $67,500 $67,500 2024
Explorium Denton Childrens Museum TX$320,020 Executive Dir. $40,080 $41,264 2023
Catch The Next Inc TX$443,997 Ceo $100,223 $103,183 2023
Pegasus Media Project TX$301,363 Co-founder Exec Dir $55,978 $54,535 2025
Capacity Catalyst TX$298,161 Executive Director $40,625 $41,825 2023
Red Salmon Arts TX$293,557 Executive Dir. $62,700 $62,700 2024
Mapping Your Future TX$293,043 Director $101,280 $104,272 2023
Elevate Dallas TX$461,045 Executive Di $22,300 $22,300 2024
Private Schools Interscholastic Assn Inc TX$285,532 Executive Director $75,000 $75,000 2024
All Saints' Episcopal School Of Fort TX$282,677 Head Of School $33,050 $33,050 2024
Houseccon TX$473,937 Program Director $57,413 $59,109 2023
We Defend Truth TX$276,840 Founder & Ceo $72,800 $74,950 2023
Vocation Ministry TX$477,577 President $84,167 $86,653 2023
Acpa Research & Education Foundation TX$480,585 Acpa President $33,724 $33,724 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default51st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted54th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted46th

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 (Tara Levy) 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 35 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $57,000 is reasonable (approximately the 51st 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.