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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Blackstone Valley Education Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043467394
MA · NTEE B82
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Erin Conley, Executive Director / CEO ($52,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 65 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 54th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dr Erin Conley — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

65 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 65 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,112 total compensation of comparable organizations → $379,898 $52,400
$9,19710th
$15,09425th
$43,158Median
$82,08475th
$146,11190th
$52,400This org · 54th
p10$9,197
p25$15,094
p50$43,158
p75$82,084
p90$146,111
$52,400

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 MA 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 Buck Scholars Association Inc CA$85,060 Executive Director $42,500 $43,158 2023
Air Traffic Control Scholarship Fund VA$82,848 President And Ceo (Former) $42,750 $47,149 2024
United Association Scholarship Trust MD$86,082 Trustee $154,691 $165,196 2024
Sartell-st Stephen Education Foundation MN$86,602 Exec Consultant/pres (Beg 2/2024) $10,800 $12,190 2024
Schroeder Scholarship Fund PA$81,407 Trustee $12,300 $14,011 2024
Chris Kolenda Saber Six Foundation WI$87,451 Executive Director $68,908 $84,631 2023
Michael Sadler Foundation MI$80,801 President $24,000 $29,132 2023
Texas Food & Fuel Association Scholarship Foundation TX$80,681 President $20,944 $23,931 2024
Linda Lorelle Scholarship Fund TX$87,813 Ceo $60,000 $66,790 2025
Cma Education Foundation Inc CT$79,678 Executive Director $24,000 $26,464 2023
The Ad Club Foundation Inc MA$88,872 President & Director $7,941 $8,392 2023
Belafonte Family Foundation Inc NY$79,282 President/exec Director $99,000 $105,204 2023
Matthew J Deluca-dominic Olivo OH$89,306 Co-chairman $210,111 $261,708 2023
National Independent Automobile Dealers TX$78,487 President/ceo $15,238 $17,925 2023
Oscar & Mildred Larson Scholarship Trust PA$78,461 Provost $60,531 $70,988 2023
Western Telecommunications Alliance MT$77,444 Executive Vice President $51,810 $63,794 2024
Nevada Hospitality Foundation NV$91,113 President, Ceo $35,000 $40,074 2024
Kateri Tekakwitha Fund CA$91,348 Cfo $5,640 $5,420 2025
American Holistic Veterinary Medical MD$91,652 Contract Executive Directo $63,000 $65,544 2025
Vada Charitable Foundation Inc VA$75,990 President $90,961 $97,736 2025
Local 137 Nicholas Signorelli Sr NY$92,525 Director $137,476 $141,900 2024
Indian Womens Pocahontas Club OK$93,069 Administrator $3,500 $4,403 2024
Delores A Sachs Charitable Trust WI$74,789 Trustee $12,929 $15,423 2024
Georgia Apartment Association GA$93,766 President $38,614 $44,350 2024
Onnemi International Ministries TX$74,227 Vice President Missionary $30,296 $33,725 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default54th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)58th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted83rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Dr Erin Conley) 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 65 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,400 is reasonable (approximately the 54th 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.