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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Way Coffee Co

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 922889619
MI · NTEE B80
FY ending 2025-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Olivia Sanders, Executive Director / CEO ($28,221) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 38 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

38 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 38 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$828 total compensation of comparable organizations → $216,971 $28,221
$6,07010th
$17,91125th
$31,550Median
$46,83075th
$96,14590th
$28,221This org · 47th
p10$6,070
p25$17,911
p50$31,550
p75$46,830
p90$96,145
$28,221

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
Streams In The Wasteland Christian UT$157,356 Director $75,000 $78,591 2023
Northwest Suburban Conference MN$159,661 Executive Secretary $25,000 $23,933 2025
The Partnership Inc DE$155,522 President $4,850 $4,722 2024
Believe It Achieve It CA$166,000 Executive Director $50,000 $44,205 2023
Scholar Career Coaching Inc FL$144,351 Executive Director $46,720 $44,937 2023
Education With Purpose Foundation For Pacific Islanders WA$171,228 Executive Director $81,504 $74,711 2023
The Fashion Foundation Inc NY$175,871 President $27,500 $24,713 2024
Lives Without Limits Inc GA$176,106 Executive Dir. $23,740 $23,738 2024
Kos Inc GA$176,917 President $21,850 $22,494 2023
The Graduate Student Government ME$138,557 President $3,301 $3,202 2025
Literacy Advocates Usa Inc FL$177,050 President $40,000 $37,369 2024
Virginia Law Review Association VA$177,170 Secretary $18,369 $17,638 2024
Stanford University Bookstore CA$135,857 President $245,418 $216,971 2023
Friends Of The Hamilton Schools MT$133,739 Director $750 $828 2023
Jump Math Inc IA$130,545 Ceo $159,367 $173,532 2024
Pearls Academy Incorporated PA$187,639 Executive Director $53,112 $52,672 2024
Mass Collective Foundation Inc GA$126,832 Board Member $10,810 $10,809 2024
Intergenerational Guidance Group LA$124,925 President $9,863 $11,119 2023
Freedom Village Of Hope TN$193,592 Consulting Assistant Executive Director $32,500 $33,973 2024
Sierra Stem CA$120,511 Education Director $21,812 $18,730 2024
National Association For Campus SC$111,135 Executive Director $14,084 $14,235 2025
Bucyrus Redmen Athletic Boosters OH$105,936 Vice Preside $4,000 $4,213 2024
B Relyt Organization Inc CA$210,023 Ceo $27,794 $23,867 2024
Wise Choices For Girls CA$212,769 Executive Director $47,500 $40,790 2024
Library Of Michigan Foundation MI$212,885 Executive Director/chief Development $99,591 $102,226 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 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 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)47th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Olivia Sanders) 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 38 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $28,221 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.