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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Growing Outreach Growing Opportunites

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 881772738
CA · NTEE B80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Elizabeth Givens, Executive Director / CEO ($21,491) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 96 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Elizabeth Givens — reported title “Chair/ Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

96 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 96 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$269 total compensation of comparable organizations → $200,492 $21,491
$5,83110th
$20,83025th
$52,977Median
$93,52975th
$107,46990th
$21,491This org · 26th
p10$5,831
p25$20,830
p50$52,977
p75$93,529
p90$107,469
$21,491

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
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
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
Graduate Student Organization At The NY$342,589 President $10,577 $10,783 2025
Homework Central CA$338,432 Executive Dir. $59,000 $60,743 2023
Georgia Educational Resources Inc GA$355,331 Executive $38,635 $44,988 2024
Fields Of Joy Foundation Inc PR$336,857 Executive Director $60,000 $60,000 2024
School City Of Mishawaka Education IN$357,736 Executive Di $50,360 $61,503 2024
Kids Count In Alachua County FL$358,946 Director $55,000 $59,836 2024
Starke County Initiative For Lifelong IN$359,386 Executive Director $975 $1,160 2025
Student Government Organization NY$363,181 President $1,445 $1,512 2024
St Georges Child Care Center ME$363,922 Executive Director $45,568 $52,842 2024
Prime Time Extended Learning Services MA$328,315 President $20,000 $20,813 2024
Ohio Campus Compact OH$364,697 Executive Director $78,014 $98,516 2023
Brain Expansion Scholastic Training Inc FL$366,369 Director $12,000 $13,440 2023
U Hope Cdc Inc GA$367,692 Case Manager $56,101 $70,012 2022
New Mexico Out-of School NM$324,228 Executive Di $50,535 $64,805 2023
Curieux Academic Journal CA$323,512 Key Employee $44,000 $44,000 2024
Bay Area Urban Debate Commission CA$372,624 Executive Dir. $120,000 $123,544 2023
California Language Teachers Assoc CA$375,762 Executive Di $20,000 $20,000 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
Allied Resources For Children Inc NJ$309,139 Treasurer $7,200 $7,252 2025

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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)27th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted28th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted21st

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 (Elizabeth Givens) 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 96 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,491 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.