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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Women Leading Kentucky Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 861120254
KY · NTEE B99
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carol Siler, Executive Director / CEO ($47,712) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 290 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 52nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Carol Siler — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

290 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 290 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$176 total compensation of comparable organizations → $259,071 $47,712
$9,40010th
$25,12525th
$45,393Median
$67,44675th
$91,67490th
$47,712This org · 52nd
p10$9,400
p25$25,125
p50$45,393
p75$67,446
p90$91,674
$47,712

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 KY 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
High Way Education Inc NY$202,698 Executive Director $46,176 $38,838 2024
Alaska Prehospital Education Consortium Inc AK$202,369 Program Director $23,150 $20,601 2024
Boosted Diplomas NV$204,559 Executive Di $69,692 $65,022 2024
Annunciation Austin TX$205,036 Director Of Education $48,105 $44,789 2024
Triangle Bikeworks Inc NC$205,262 Executive Di $34,000 $32,699 2024
Ukrainian School Of Knowledge OR$200,613 President $32,400 $28,006 2024
We Are Moving The Needle Inc CT$206,034 Executive Dir. $59,856 $53,780 2023
E3 Educate Empower Elevate SC$206,364 Executive Director $49,359 $47,929 2024
Continuing Professional Education NJ$206,413 President $11,000 $9,412 2023
Religious Coalition For A Nonviolent Durham Inc NC$207,000 Executive Director $39,800 $38,277 2024
Next Generation Choices Foundation VA$199,125 President $80,000 $74,020 2023
Stories On Stage CO$207,046 Executive Director $71,338 $62,028 2025
Logos Homeschool Academy Inc FL$207,287 Administrator $20,958 $17,853 2025
Uhuburg Institute Limited GA$198,463 Secretary And General Manager $104,000 $100,207 2023
Core Essentials Inc GA$207,677 Founder And Ceo $143,106 $137,887 2023
Millennium Research Inc TX$207,758 President $16,474 $15,338 2024
Wisconsin Pharmacy Foundation Inc WI$207,784 Secretary-treasurer $35,620 $34,625 2024
Impact Players WA$208,109 Executive $237,818 $204,035 2023
Off-grid Retreats CA$208,253 Executive Director $28,646 $23,024 2024
Ascension 33 Inc FL$208,942 Director $53,480 $46,763 2024
Revive The Roots RI$196,824 Executive Director $34,285 $29,811 2025
Whittier Friends School CA$209,474 Financial Manager $16,926 $13,604 2024
Children Of Promise Stable Inc NY$196,459 Program Director $62,149 $52,272 2024
Central Pennsylvania July 4th Inc PA$211,052 Executive Director $39,000 $36,200 2024
Coalition For Public Safety Training In MD$194,929 Executive Director $42,017 $37,643 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KY 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 KY 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 default52nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted48th

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 (Carol Siler) 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 290 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $47,712 is reasonable (approximately the 52nd 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.