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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Curieux Academic Journal

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 872572714
CA · NTEE B80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of George Hasnah, Executive Director / CEO ($44,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 98 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 42nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: George Hasnah — reported title “KEY EMPLOYEE”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

98 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 98 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$269 total compensation of comparable organizations → $200,492 $44,000
$6,92310th
$22,21425th
$52,540Median
$93,03775th
$104,13090th
$44,000This org · 42nd
p10$6,923
p25$22,214
p50$52,540
p75$93,037
p90$104,130
$44,000

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 CA 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
New Mexico Out-of School NM$324,228 Executive Di $50,535 $64,805 2023
Prime Time Extended Learning Services MA$328,315 President $20,000 $20,813 2024
Ithaca Public Education Initiative Inc NY$313,363 Executive Director $42,500 $44,475 2024
Manheim Township Educational Foundation PA$311,457 Executive Director $24,231 $27,984 2024
Fields Of Joy Foundation Inc PR$336,857 Executive Director $60,000 $60,000 2024
Allied Resources For Children Inc NJ$309,139 Treasurer $7,200 $7,252 2025
Indiana Council On Educating IN$308,662 Executive Di $72,000 $87,931 2024
Homework Central CA$338,432 Executive Dir. $59,000 $60,743 2023
Nassau-suffolk Performing Arts Ltd NY$308,214 Secretary & Treasurer $28,000 $29,301 2024
Youth Farm Project Inc NY$307,766 Co-director Of Education $72,927 $78,570 2023
Friends Of Infinity Acres Ranch Inc VA$306,990 Executive Director $66,000 $73,799 2024
University At Albany NY$305,041 President (To May) $250 $269 2023
Naturopathic Medical Student Association OR$304,466 Executive Director $28,575 $30,731 2024
Graduate Student Organization At The NY$342,589 President $10,577 $10,783 2025
Crowd To Community Inc AZ$304,114 Ceo Director $102,804 $117,880 2023
Lompoc Teen Center CA$303,847 Executive Director $46,172 $47,536 2023
Growing Outreach Growing Opportunites CA$346,188 Chair/ Executive Director $21,491 $21,491 2024
Tyler Area P-16 Council TX$346,418 Executive Director $7,642 $8,853 2024
R3 Student Outreach TX$347,029 President $40,580 $47,009 2024
One Bead Project OH$347,210 President $84,580 $101,070 2025
Shared Harvest Foundation Inc CA$298,640 President $94,635 $94,635 2024
Finger Lakes Community College Student NY$349,123 President $2,050 $2,145 2024
Higher Edge Inc CT$349,363 Executive Dir. $70,000 $76,008 2024
Inspirational Workshops WA$296,025 Founder & Ceo $92,096 $98,308 2023
College Athletic Trainer's Society TN$294,973 Executive Director $21,000 $25,563 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default42nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted45th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted36th

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 (George Hasnah) 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 98 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $44,000 is reasonable (approximately the 42nd 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.