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Compensation Comparability Determination

The Symbol Syndicate

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 880622815
WA · NTEE U40
FY ending 2022-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kristy-leigh A Minehan, Executive Director / CEO ($26,372) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 131 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 4th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Kristy-leigh A Minehan — reported title “President & CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

131 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 131 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,175 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,317,900 $26,372
$66,13910th
$105,20725th
$156,849Median
$214,34775th
$242,02390th
$26,372This org · 4th
p10$66,139
p25$105,207
p50$156,849
p75$214,347
p90$242,023
$26,372

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 WA 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
Mathematical Sciences Publishers CA$1,995,263 Executive Dir. $185,234 $166,694 2024
Salivadirect Inc CT$1,997,931 Executive Director $159,055 $155,419 2024
Unitary Fund CA$1,999,482 President $209,583 $188,606 2024
Society For Industrial Microbiology And VA$1,988,522 Executive Dir. $107,100 $110,953 2023
Society Of Environmental Toxicology And DC$2,008,414 Executive Director $189,118 $172,954 2024
🔒 126 more comparable organizations — included in the purchased report

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA cost of living and 2022 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 WA 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 default4th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)3rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted11th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted2nd

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:

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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 10, 2026.