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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Ohio Educational Outreach Found

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 861103846
OH · NTEE B90
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ms Janet Sokalski, Executive Director / CEO ($500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 285 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Ms Janet Sokalski — reported title “BOARD MEMBER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

285 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 285 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10 total compensation of comparable organizations → $218,248 $500
$10,52110th
$20,86125th
$45,210Median
$66,52975th
$91,02390th
$500This org · 0th
p10$10,521
p25$20,861
p50$45,210
p75$66,529
p90$91,023
$500

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 OH 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
Youthful Impact CT$189,735 President & Ceo $22,889 $20,861 2023
Northeast Ohio Worker Center OH$189,940 Executive Director $56,243 $56,243 2024
Olde English Consortium SC$189,943 Executive Director $102,440 $100,901 2024
Weteachthink NE$186,920 Executive Director $77,100 $78,294 2024
Hc Drugfree Inc MD$191,679 Executive Director $130,800 $112,480 2025
Kids Club Inc MD$186,674 Treasurer $77,100 $70,065 2023
Community School Collaborative MT$186,637 Executive Di $20,000 $19,830 2025
Best Resource Center Inc NY$192,042 President $11,600 $9,897 2024
Peace & Friendship Society Of Central Florida Inc FL$192,244 Director $72,773 $66,453 2023
Educational Support Organization MS$192,594 Board Member $5,250 $5,684 2023
Amplify Horse Racing KY$192,754 Executive Director $73,500 $74,556 2024
San Francisco Early Care Educators Resource Program CA$185,692 Director $104,018 $84,803 2024
Latino Community Services NC$185,514 Executive Director $70,385 $70,693 2023
Discovery Therapies Inc SC$193,827 Ceo And Cfo $32,200 $30,899 2025
Chester Street Foundation TX$193,987 Ceo, Chair $65,158 $61,538 2024
The Center For Learning Inc PA$183,868 President $28,350 $26,693 2024
Ephrata Area Education Foundation PA$183,502 Executive Di $57,338 $55,581 2023
Sunset Spark Inc NY$195,116 Secretary $45,000 $39,526 2023
Braination Foundation TX$195,476 Board Member $15,120 $14,280 2024
Black Educational Achievement Movement OR$195,661 President $84,086 $73,726 2024
Artplace Mississippi Inc MS$182,388 Executive Di $40,000 $40,978 2025
Glenhagen Farm Retreat IL$196,629 Director $2,650 $2,532 2023
Gilbert Albert Community Center Inc MA$197,000 Executive Director $25,000 $21,211 2024
Veritas Classical School Inc MS$197,652 President $79,080 $83,156 2024
Lindale Isd Education Foundation Inc TX$197,971 Executive Dir. $33,920 $32,036 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Ms Janet Sokalski) 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 285 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $500 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.