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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Pegasus Media Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 863579065
TX · NTEE B99
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Niloo Jalilvand, Executive Director / CEO ($55,978) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 33 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 48th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Niloo Jalilvand — reported title “Co-Founder Exec Dir”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

33 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 33 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,617 total compensation of comparable organizations → $155,108 $55,978
$21,67210th
$36,07725th
$58,508Median
$93,69475th
$105,26090th
$55,978This org · 48th
p10$21,672
p25$36,077
p50$58,508
p75$93,694
p90$105,260
$55,978

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
Capacity Catalyst TX$298,161 Executive Director $40,625 $42,932 2023
Red Salmon Arts TX$293,557 Executive Dir. $62,700 $64,359 2024
Mapping Your Future TX$293,043 Director $101,280 $107,030 2023
Private Schools Interscholastic Assn Inc TX$285,532 Executive Director $75,000 $76,984 2024
Explorium Denton Childrens Museum TX$320,020 Executive Dir. $40,080 $42,356 2023
All Saints' Episcopal School Of Fort TX$282,677 Head Of School $33,050 $33,924 2024
Tarrant Literacy Coalition TX$320,903 Executive Di $67,500 $69,286 2024
Childrens' Disabilities Information TX$325,779 President $45,000 $47,555 2023
We Defend Truth TX$276,840 Founder & Ceo $72,800 $76,933 2023
Winners Inc TX$271,992 President/director $100,000 $102,646 2024
Southern Bible Institute & College TX$333,859 President $93,643 $98,960 2023
Swan Impact Network Inc TX$262,320 Executive Director $23,000 $23,609 2024
The Knitting Guild Association TX$349,095 Pres & Exec Dir $39,933 $40,990 2024
Cedar Hall Classical Academy TX$253,308 President $7,617 $7,617 2025
Si Se Puede Schools TX$350,000 Exec Directo $146,775 $155,108 2023
Association Of Paroling Authorities TX$251,327 Executive Director $19,900 $21,030 2023
Byrne Institute TX$249,283 Executive Director $70,000 $73,974 2023
The Texas Diversity Council TX$354,062 Ceo $91,279 $93,694 2024
Lyric Performing Arts Company Inc TX$356,051 Director $56,250 $59,444 2023
Pivot Leadership Group TX$360,303 Executive Director $95,940 $98,478 2024
Career Gear Houston TX$240,960 Executive Director $20,050 $21,188 2023
W5yi Licensing Services Inc TX$365,305 President $29,015 $29,783 2024
Texas Youth Foundation TX$236,240 Founder & President $52,768 $54,164 2024
Youthlaunch Inc TX$232,340 Executive Director $108,333 $108,333 2025
Women In Neuroscience TX$376,881 Interim Executive Director $57,000 $58,508 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 2025 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 default48th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)48th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted42nd

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 (Niloo Jalilvand) 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 33 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $55,978 is reasonable (approximately the 48th 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.