Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Freddie White Johnson, Executive Director / CEO ($138,132) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 142 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 95th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended
Benchmarked executive: Freddie White Johnson — reported title “PRESIDENT/CE”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.
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 MS cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Direction Services Inc | NY | $483,363 | Executive Dir. | $52,879 | $42,903 | 2023 |
| Centro Laboral De Graton | CA | $493,223 | Interim Exec Director | $58,545 | $45,391 | 2023 |
| California Independent Provider | CA | $493,470 | Executive Director | $112,535 | $87,250 | 2023 |
| Texas Bar College | TX | $482,376 | Executive Director Tbc | $16,090 | $14,036 | 2024 |
| Your Money Matters | WA | $479,748 | Founder | $120,588 | $94,155 | 2024 |
| Amani Women Center Inc | GA | $497,667 | Executive Director | $68,100 | $61,480 | 2023 |
| The Muse Writers Center | VA | $504,515 | Executive Di | $53,290 | $46,199 | 2023 |
| Gestalt Institute Of Cleveland | OH | $504,898 | Executive Chair/director | $81,604 | $75,378 | 2024 |
| Chicago Fair Trade | IL | $505,750 | Director | $70,725 | $60,639 | 2024 |
| Midwest Implant Institute Inc | OH | $468,195 | Co-director | $40,000 | $38,039 | 2023 |
| Refugee Jumpstart Coaching | CA | $508,472 | Executive Director | $32,400 | $24,399 | 2024 |
| Charlotte Mason Educational Center Of | PA | $467,511 | Executive Director | $72,847 | $61,722 | 2025 |
| Senior Citizens Activities Network | NJ | $466,645 | Executive Di | $72,402 | $58,041 | 2023 |
| Iowa Council Of Foundations | IA | $510,972 | President | $125,461 | $119,804 | 2024 |
| Association Of Transportation | LA | $511,032 | Executive Di | $76,956 | $73,901 | 2024 |
| Literacy Volunteers Of Charlottesvilleabermarle | VA | $461,974 | Executive Director | $87,500 | $73,681 | 2024 |
| Democracy A Journal Of Ideas Inc | DC | $514,968 | Editor | $100,000 | $76,530 | 2024 |
| East Coast Core | PA | $460,000 | Secretary | $8,000 | $6,957 | 2024 |
| New Lehrhaus The Bay Area Hub | CA | $516,559 | Executive Dir. | $121,058 | $88,815 | 2025 |
| Mv Center For Education And Training (Mvcet) | MA | $458,472 | Executive Director | $13,416 | $10,825 | 2023 |
| The Workwell Partnership | NJ | $455,944 | Executive Dir. | $46,250 | $36,013 | 2024 |
| Southern California Regional Transit | CA | $455,596 | Executive Dir. | $163,500 | $123,126 | 2024 |
| Loving One By One Ministries Inc | ID | $521,236 | President | $1,000 | $955 | 2023 |
| Osher Lifelong Learning Institute | VA | $524,869 | Dir. Of Programming | $68,475 | $57,660 | 2024 |
| Des-cpr Inc | PA | $451,312 | Executive Director | $60,515 | $52,630 | 2024 |
Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MS cost of living and 2023 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.
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 MS 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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 95th |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 92nd |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 97th |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 90th |
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.
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
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.