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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Classroom In Bloom

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 900480661
WA · NTEE B90
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kim Romain-bondi, Executive Director / CEO ($66,348) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Kim Romain-bondi — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,364 total compensation of comparable organizations → $101,979 $66,348
$15,29410th
$25,55025th
$55,501Median
$66,04975th
$70,31290th
$66,348This org · 76th
p10$15,294
p25$25,550
p50$55,501
p75$66,049
p90$70,312
$66,348

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
Madres WA$308,512 Director $67,200 $68,978 2024
Islands' Oil Spill Association WA$322,423 Vice Preside $4,130 $4,364 2023
Wisecamps WA$294,422 Executive Dir. $66,000 $67,746 2024
Neural Education WA$286,250 Co-founder $53,528 $56,567 2023
Prime Factor WA$344,699 Lead Teacher $39,871 $40,926 2024
Joshua 1 9 A Non Profit Organization WA$271,035 President, Executive Director, Summit Seekers Director And Teacher $60,565 $60,565 2025
Camp Hope Of Southwest Washington WA$269,860 Executive Dir. $42,000 $43,111 2024
Climb The Mountain Speech And Debate Foundation WA$267,206 Executive Director $42,000 $43,111 2024
Emerald Ballet Theatre WA$265,923 President $16,500 $17,437 2023
Customized Education Designs WA$352,700 President $14,900 $15,294 2024
Wssaaa WA$260,605 Executive Director $25,550 $25,550 2025
Iskra Books WA$358,430 Board President $9,500 $9,751 2024
Student Research And Development WA$259,062 Executive Director And Board Member $62,308 $65,846 2023
Global Outreach And Love Of Soccer Inc WA$373,191 Director $71,000 $72,879 2024
Millwood Impact WA$373,348 Executive Di $46,667 $47,902 2024
Coastal Interpretive Center WA$241,549 Executive Dir. $52,519 $55,501 2023
Empowering Latina Leadership & Action WA$376,803 Executive Director Board President $68,500 $70,312 2024
Hodos Institute WA$219,466 President, Board Member $96,500 $101,979 2023
Education Francaise Greater Seattle WA$405,135 Executive Director Until Sept 30 $61,667 $63,299 2024
Enriching Education Foundation WA$418,489 Co-president $21,240 $22,446 2023
Futuresnw WA$458,847 Executive Director Of Programs $62,500 $66,049 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA cost of living and 2025 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)81st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted76th

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 (Kim Romain-bondi) 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 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90) + WA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $66,348 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.