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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Engaged Detroit

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 920678178
MI · NTEE B90
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bernita Bradley, Executive Director / CEO ($22,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 444 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

444 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 444 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10 total compensation of comparable organizations → $422,991 $22,500
$12,34510th
$30,50425th
$52,487Median
$72,24175th
$100,28990th
$22,500This org · 19th
p10$12,345
p25$30,504
p50$52,487
p75$72,241
p90$100,289
$22,500

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 MI 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
Women In Innovation Inc NY$299,293 Ceo $105,600 $89,796 2024
Give Back Yoga Foundation CO$298,347 Executive Di $25,000 $22,559 2024
Love House Learning Academy SC$297,717 Director $48,245 $54,826 2021
Ima Research Foundation Inc NJ$300,350 Former Secretary/treasurer $49,252 $41,381 2024
Lift Eastbrook Afterschool Inc IN$300,697 Executive Director $33,375 $33,120 2024
Cead - Center For Education And Academic Development CA$300,739 President $64,500 $52,412 2024
The Jack Kent Oral & Maxillofacial LA$297,029 President $1,500 $1,554 2024
Miami Beach Education Foundation Inc FL$296,822 Former President/ceo $2,164 $1,913 2024
Central Pennsylvania Classical Education Resource Alliance PA$300,980 Executive Director $5,091 $4,654 2025
College Bound AZ$296,700 Ceo $800 $705 2025
Niatx Foundation Inc WI$296,267 Executive Director $32,300 $31,744 2024
The Kaleidoscope Institute CA$301,635 Executive Dir. $100,733 $84,272 2023
Altura Credit Union Foundation CA$296,086 Ceo $40,924 $34,237 2023
Torus OR$302,372 Board Member $1,100 $1,113 2021
Connecticut Certification Board Inc CT$303,124 Executive Director $95,882 $84,599 2024
Wisecamps WA$294,422 Executive Dir. $66,000 $55,606 2024
Little Stems Educational Services Inc MO$303,623 President $13,388 $13,344 2024
Hhn2l Inc KY$292,251 Founder $31,437 $32,722 2023
Barron County Junior Livestock Show & Sale Committ WI$292,233 Livestock Coordinator $2,700 $2,585 2025
Lausanne Learning Inc TN$305,616 Headmaster $49,660 $49,121 2024
Young Authors Greenhouse Inc KY$292,012 Executive Director $63,417 $66,010 2023
Consumer Action Network DC$305,824 Executive Director $51,577 $43,850 2023
The Nctu Foundation CA$305,834 Secretary $1,500 $1,219 2024
Sc Progressive Network Education Fund SC$291,567 Communications Director $72,650 $71,323 2024
Afghan-american Community Organization CA$306,716 Executive Dir. $94,092 $76,458 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)18th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted22nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 (Bernita Bradley) 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 444 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $22,500 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.