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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Academy For Lifelong Learning

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 921084195
NY · NTEE B60
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeff Shinaman, Executive Director / CEO ($81,673) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jeff Shinaman — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,790 total compensation of comparable organizations → $167,344 $81,673
$11,91310th
$30,17525th
$43,803Median
$68,08775th
$102,40290th
$81,673This org · 77th
p10$11,913
p25$30,175
p50$43,803
p75$68,087
p90$102,402
$81,673

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 NY 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
Washington Baptist Seminary DC$114,397 President $12,000 $11,962 2024
Literacy Volunteers Of America Bitterroot Inc MT$114,411 Executive Director $75,481 $95,154 2023
Nevada Christian Institute NV$115,276 Secretary $10,500 $11,956 2024
Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Assoc CO$122,850 Director $61,215 $66,677 2024
Texas Arabic Academy Inc TX$102,125 Ceo $22,000 $24,998 2024
Northwest Tennessee TN$101,975 President/ce $56,923 $67,967 2024
Evolve Mentoring NC$100,977 Executive Director $41,333 $51,994 2022
National African-american Women's Leadership Institute TX$131,195 Executive Director $36,458 $41,427 2024
Vermont Federation Of Sportsmen's VT$132,930 President $30,000 $34,301 2024
Mammacare Foundation Inc FL$94,855 President $19,322 $20,087 2025
War Legacies Project Inc VT$94,564 Executive Director/board Secretary $49,448 $56,536 2024
Beauty Certified Education Association MN$92,935 Board Member/executive Director $51,406 $57,699 2024
Center For Arts Design And Social MA$135,560 Executive Director $89,581 $94,142 2023
Maury Seldin Advanced Studies FL$90,703 Chairman/pre $10,800 $11,525 2024
New Vision For Children And Families Services Inc NY$84,688 President $30,500 $32,232 2023
Khatib Bridge And Education Of Palm City Inc FL$145,880 Manager $10,000 $10,987 2023
Sewanee Church Music Conference AL$146,071 Conference Director $3,000 $3,790 2023
Effective Management Association Corp IL$146,424 Past Board Member $59,255 $68,127 2023
Healthy Congregations Inc OH$80,104 Ceo/executive Director $31,251 $38,709 2023
Christian Heritage Home WA$149,107 Director $30,000 $30,510 2024
Financial Wellness Institute Inc NJ$149,920 Ceo $165,000 $167,344 2024
Literacy Volunteers At Centenary LA$77,776 Executive Director $32,800 $41,027 2024
Wyoming Family Home Ownership WY$151,400 Prior Exec D $81,474 $99,103 2024
Balanced Rock Foundation CA$153,486 Executive Director $81,638 $82,442 2023
Houston Taiwan Institute Of Senior TX$154,911 President $30,107 $34,211 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)87th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted60th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Jeff Shinaman) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $81,673 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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.