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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Imaginarium Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 882214488
KS · NTEE B90
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Katy D Jacob, Executive Director / CEO ($56,875) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 456 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 55th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Katy D Jacob — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

456 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 456 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10 total compensation of comparable organizations → $404,131 $56,875
$13,46710th
$32,66925th
$53,433Median
$75,89275th
$98,28090th
$56,875This org · 55th
p10$13,467
p25$32,669
p50$53,433
p75$75,892
p90$98,280
$56,875

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 KS 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
Iskra Books WA$358,430 Board President $9,500 $7,647 2024
Apples To Zucchini Cooking School CA$358,656 Executive Director $25,040 $19,440 2024
Mainstay Christian Academy PA$359,646 Board Member $34,116 $29,800 2025
Yes We Can World Foundation CA$357,183 Chief Executive Officer $45,000 $34,936 2024
Center For Navigating Family Change Inc GA$359,706 Ext Director $50,000 $46,536 2023
Fair Opportunity Project WI$356,108 Board Co-president $48,827 $44,666 2025
The Swaliga Foundation MD$355,997 Executive Director/vice Chair $70,000 $58,839 2024
The Undergraduate Interfraternity CO$360,997 President $6,600 $5,690 2024
Teach Not Punish Family Resource Center Inc OK$355,767 Executive Director $108,353 $107,270 2024
Community Sailing School Foundation MI$355,646 Ceo $30,000 $27,840 2024
Global Leaders Inc CO$355,123 Executive Director $16,250 $14,009 2024
Tree Top Kids MN$355,066 Executive Director $70,473 $62,608 2024
Beyond Our Walls Inc SC$353,991 Executive Di $40,820 $38,288 2024
Brighter Rays Of Hope TX$363,507 President $69,084 $62,131 2024
Helix Bar Review Inc PA$363,955 Board Chair/president & Ceo $450,741 $404,131 2024
Customized Education Designs WA$352,700 President $14,900 $11,994 2024
The Commonwealth Coast Conference Inc MA$352,498 Commissioner $103,000 $85,675 2023
Safeline Inc VT$364,977 Executive Director $75,820 $66,844 2025
Collegiate Pathways Inc FL$365,300 Ceo $107,154 $90,504 2024
Mindcatcher Education CA$365,704 Ceo $134,060 $107,153 2023
International Gay & Lesbian Travel FL$351,119 President & $13,478 $11,720 2023
Abc Above And Beyond The Classroom ID$366,409 Executive Di $55,225 $51,458 2025
Kansas Hispanic Education & KS$366,541 Executive Director $59,982 $59,982 2023
Our Community Place VA$367,290 Executive Di $60,000 $50,743 2025
Devotion After School Enrichment Program MA$367,300 Asst Clerk $60,191 $50,066 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default55th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted57th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted50th

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 (Katy D Jacob) 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 456 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,875 is reasonable (approximately the 55th 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.