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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cleveland Learning Connection

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 883366159
OH · NTEE J30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Van Bray, Executive Director / CEO ($43,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Van Bray — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11,708 total compensation of comparable organizations → $118,487 $43,500
$29,48910th
$39,55225th
$54,955Median
$82,81075th
$98,47990th
$43,500This org · 31st
p10$29,489
p25$39,552
p50$54,955
p75$82,810
p90$98,479
$43,500

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 OH 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
Life After Incarceration Transition MI$276,132 President $84,859 $82,697 2024
Ace Monster Toys Inc CA$256,395 Executive Dir. $62,400 $52,376 2023
Cornucopia Inc OH$300,090 President / Ceo $41,046 $41,046 2024
Jeff Weikert Consulting Inc FL$231,108 Chief Executive Officer $104,372 $92,573 2024
Training Center Incorporated IN$223,589 Executive Director $48,332 $46,882 2025
North Carolina Business Leadership Network Inc NC$327,502 Executive Director $107,000 $104,385 2024
Retrain Reclaim Renew Inc MD$205,165 Executive Director $66,000 $59,978 2023
Lifeskills Industries Inc KY$203,983 President/ceo $31,552 $32,005 2024
Boots2roots ME$203,967 Executive Director $85,424 $83,147 2023
Gbdc Entrepreneurship Institute Inc FL$200,899 Founder/president $13,200 $11,708 2024
Asi - Stcloud Inc MN$185,216 President/tr $65,715 $63,118 2023
Hands On Employment Services Inc FL$354,814 Director $39,538 $35,068 2024
Capital City Career Opportunities I CA$357,126 Executive Director $67,550 $55,072 2024
Restore Hope Resources Inc FL$393,153 President $133,588 $118,487 2024
Springforward Ventures Inc MD$395,037 Executive Director $31,366 $26,972 2025
Sound Employment Services WA$395,680 Executive Director $63,012 $54,837 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OH 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 OH 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 default31st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)31st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted44th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

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 (Van Bray) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (J30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $43,500 is reasonable (approximately the 31st 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.