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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Defi Education Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 871014079
DC · NTEE W05
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Miller Whitehouse-levine, Executive Director / CEO ($230,477) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 22 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 86th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Miller Whitehouse-levine — reported title “CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

22 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 22 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,062 total compensation of comparable organizations → $297,955 $230,477
$30,92410th
$63,36525th
$126,543Median
$165,40175th
$254,78690th
$230,477This org · 86th
p10$30,924
p25$63,365
p50$126,543
p75$165,401
p90$254,786
$230,477

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 DC 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
Citizens For Local Power Inc NY$435,324 Former Executive Director $80,000 $80,016 2024
The National Foundation For VA$421,029 Executive Di $242,406 $259,066 2024
A Better Wisconsin Together Institute WI$414,610 Executive Director $15,467 $17,879 2024
Health Information Exchange Of Montana MT$413,429 Executive Director $6,075 $7,062 2025
Tobin Project Inc MA$463,981 Director Of Research $147,799 $151,351 2023
Transportation Solutions Foundation CO$465,105 Executive Di $190,920 $202,634 2024
Pennsylvania Policy Center PA$389,066 President/ce $32,352 $35,711 2024
Garden State Initiative Inc NJ$504,828 President $63,333 $62,589 2024
Urbanova WA$367,097 Ceo $140,000 $142,836 2023
The Campaign For Liberty Inc TX$511,345 Executive Director $145,200 $165,516 2023
Social Security Works Education Fund DC$515,086 Executive Dir. $216,270 $216,270 2023
Unconstrained Analytics Inc MD$341,822 Director $159,500 $165,054 2024
University Research Institute TX$321,005 Chairman $27,000 $30,778 2023
National Institute For Deterrence S OH$557,840 Bodadvisor $27,500 $32,239 2024
Driving Ohio Forward OH$318,600 President & Assistant Secr $85,700 $100,470 2024
Salt & Light Global MI$308,472 President $57,500 $65,692 2024
Financial Policy Council Inc NY$307,488 Chairman And President $297,897 $297,955 2024
Truman Center For National Policy DC$580,961 Executive Vice President $156,384 $151,897 2024
Foundation For Public Affairs DC$619,714 President $141,033 $136,987 2024
Frontier Institute Inc MT$643,051 President, Ex Officio Offi $97,306 $116,099 2024
Oregon Rural Action Inc OR$652,951 Executive Director $106,407 $109,376 2024
The Adoption Project Inc TN$655,153 President $244,657 $293,059 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC cost of living and 2023 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 DC 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 default86th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)86th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted86th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Miller Whitehouse-levine) 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 22 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W05), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $230,477 is reasonable (approximately the 86th 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.