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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cornish Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 912105614
WA · NTEE B11
FY ending 2025-05-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Raymond Tymas-james, Executive Director / CEO ($25,694) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 128 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Raymond Tymas-james — reported title “PRESIDENT (THRU 7/24)”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

128 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 128 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,827 total compensation of comparable organizations → $611,858 $25,694
$6,91910th
$20,39525th
$34,829Median
$69,91375th
$104,39290th
$25,694This org · 36th
p10$6,919
p25$20,395
p50$34,829
p75$69,913
p90$104,392
$25,694

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
The Wayne Hospital Foundation Inc OH$228,137 President/ceo $42,978 $53,730 2023
Covenant Academy In The Hills MI$226,604 Ceo $72,650 $85,972 2024
Friends Of Cambridge Rindge And MA$226,231 Program Coordinator $44,032 $44,195 2025
International Association Of Qualitative IL$225,966 Director $26,000 $29,306 2024
Redwood Foundation Inc KY$225,962 Ceo $18,505 $22,794 2024
Cookeville Cosmetology School Inc TN$225,792 President $15,600 $18,800 2024
Re-imagining Migration Inc MA$232,236 Executive Director $215,532 $228,611 2023
Partners In Education Foundation KS$223,931 Executive Director $27,615 $34,204 2024
Bartow High School Yellow Jackets FL$223,839 Treasurer $4,800 $5,037 2025
Ferdinand Building Development MA$233,859 Treasurer/chief Of Operations $30,741 $31,671 2024
North Dakota High School Coaches ND$234,192 Executive Secretary $10,200 $12,833 2024
Goshen Band Boosters Inc IN$222,405 Treasurer $2,400 $2,827 2025
Imagine America Foundation VA$236,304 President & Ceo $145,399 $165,708 2023
Rouse Hsfbbc TX$236,504 Bookkeeper $8,300 $9,519 2024
Cencal Youth Sports CA$219,561 Executive Director $24,400 $24,156 2024
Kfbsf Inc NC$237,983 Director $81,759 $96,854 2024
Omart Women Supporting Women PA$219,279 President $48,201 $55,109 2024
The Academic Council On The Un System Inc DC$238,663 Executive Director $99,998 $103,578 2023
National Inventors Hall Of Fame Selection OH$238,787 President $74,158 $92,710 2023
City Of Orange Public Library Foundation CA$218,507 Executive Director $42,000 $41,580 2024
Viking Booster Club ID$239,718 Concession Stand Mrg $6,130 $7,697 2023
Friends Of The Pool Inc FL$217,448 Executive Director $44,000 $48,789 2023
Trinity Education Foundation WA$215,309 Interim Executive Director $83,062 $87,778 2023
The Educators' Cooperative TN$214,686 Executive Director $40,000 $48,204 2024
New Brunswick Education Foundation NJ$243,793 Executive Di $60,000 $61,418 2024

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 default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted90th

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 (Raymond Tymas-james) 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 128 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,694 is reasonable (approximately the 36th 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.