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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Braille Box Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 872815056
TN · NTEE B90
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Angela Hilson, Executive Director / CEO ($7,344) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 46 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 13th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Angela Hilson — reported title “EXEC DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

46 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 46 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$122 total compensation of comparable organizations → $308,731 $7,344
$6,57210th
$14,48325th
$41,532Median
$73,35075th
$205,65490th
$7,344This org · 13th
p10$6,572
p25$14,483
p50$41,532
p75$73,350
p90$205,654
$7,344

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 TN 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
Texas State University - San Marcos TX$0 Executive Director $28,636 $26,469 2024
Marion Motley Memorial Scholarship Foundation Inc OH$0 Treasurer $125 $122 2024
International Schools Consortium Inc GA$0 President & Ceo $23,665 $21,988 2024
Independence Avenue Development Company Co MO$0 Director/president $66,382 $64,970 2024
Mostyn Community And Education MI$0 Mostyn $7,888 $7,524 2024
Uiw International Inc TX$0 Trustee & Pres/ceo $60,159 $55,608 2024
Chattanooga Christian School Foundation TN$0 President $42,614 $41,391 2024
Smu Golf Foundation TX$0 President $264,385 $244,383 2024
Melmark New England Inc MA$0 President/ceo $39,894 $33,126 2024
Phase 3 Training Corporation MD$0 Executive Director $50,000 $42,082 2025
Association Of Fraternal Leadership And IN$0 Executive Director $113,388 $110,493 2024
Get College Fundinginc AZ$0 President $101,667 $90,350 2024
The Tiny Scholars Foundation Inc NY$0 President $11,100 $9,269 2024
Brown Christian Academy MS$0 Executive Director Head Of School $88,452 $91,031 2024
Common Sense Kids Action Inc CA$0 President $52,226 $41,673 2024
Dixie State University Innovation Foundation UT$0 Board Member $82,127 $75,670 2025
Msnjh Administrative Services Llc NY$0 Chief Executive Officer $61,801 $51,604 2024
Rivertree Re Holdings Iii Inc TX$0 Head Of School $3,633 $3,272 2025
Flora & Fauna Project NY$0 Watts $17,220 $16,644 2021
Shady Grove Academy VA$0 Mercer $869 $798 2023
Super Y Academy Inc FL$0 President $44,500 $39,771 2023
Marist Real Property Services Inc NY$0 President $77,225 $66,388 2023
Toras Emes Development Company Inc FL$0 President $64,000 $57,198 2023
Cumberland Wellness Properties Inc KY$0 President $45,562 $46,569 2023
Tls Building Company MN$0 Board Chair $14,487 $13,618 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default13th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)11th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted9th

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 (Angela Hilson) 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 46 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $7,344 is reasonable (approximately the 13th 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.