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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Transform Alabama

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 873817162
AL · NTEE B99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Adia Winfrey Psyd, Executive Director / CEO ($39,250) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 388 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dr Adia Winfrey Psyd — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

388 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 388 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$117 total compensation of comparable organizations → $257,640 $39,250
$10,91810th
$28,43725th
$47,921Median
$69,74575th
$94,46290th
$39,250This org · 39th
p10$10,918
p25$28,437
p50$47,921
p75$69,745
p90$94,462
$39,250

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 AL 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
Carpinteria Education Foundation Inc CA$259,098 Executive Director $46,287 $38,089 2023
Topaz Arts Inc NY$259,923 President $56,995 $49,080 2023
Leadership South Carolina SC$260,433 Exec. Director $90,000 $86,910 2024
Steuben Senior Services Fund NY$260,629 Executive Director $58,308 $48,771 2024
Maker Space 307 WY$257,487 Executive Director $57,499 $58,675 2023
The Homestead Co-op AZ$256,998 President $30,196 $26,881 2024
Royal Academy Inc LA$256,873 Highest Compensated Employee $18,010 $19,674 2022
Ace Mentor Program Of Washington WA$262,162 Executive Director $46,014 $38,133 2024
Qiao Ji Mandarin CA$256,806 Executive Director $11,000 $8,792 2024
Academy Northwest WA$262,234 Director $36,174 $29,978 2024
Swan Impact Network Inc TX$262,320 Executive Director $23,000 $21,296 2024
Ideals Foundation Inc GA$256,117 Ceo/bd Member $115,000 $107,032 2024
Empowerment Factory RI$263,053 Executive Director $44,100 $40,299 2023
Hispanic Educational Technology Services Inc PR$255,749 Executive Director $73,034 $75,191 2023
Kaleidoscope Child Foundation GA$255,502 Exec Director $40,000 $38,328 2023
Informed California Foundation CA$254,981 President $900 $719 2024
San Diego Writers Ink CA$254,748 Executive Director $85,208 $66,351 2025
Nashville Coaching Coalition TN$254,196 Executive Director $100,401 $100,573 2023
The North Carolina Safety Conferenc NC$264,987 Executive Di $48,600 $45,284 2025
Plan Pais Inc CT$253,841 Executive Di $62,100 $55,488 2023
Inclusive Entrepreneurs Foundation Fka OR$265,250 Executive Director $33,309 $28,632 2024
Governors Committee On Scholastic NY$265,257 Executive Director $135,000 $112,918 2024
Cedar Hall Classical Academy TX$253,308 President $7,617 $6,871 2025
97percentorg Inc CA$266,129 Director/ceo Thru 12/31/2023 $110,596 $91,010 2023
Evangelicals For Democracy VA$252,763 President & Ceo $20,157 $18,015 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)34th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted42nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Dr Adia Winfrey Psyd) 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 388 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $39,250 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.