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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Classical High School Alumni Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 043687040
RI · NTEE B11
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Patricia Mclaughlin, Executive Director / CEO ($46,667) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 146 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 62nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

146 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 146 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$677 total compensation of comparable organizations → $540,599 $46,667
$5,82910th
$16,64125th
$38,337Median
$67,15475th
$105,16990th
$46,667This org · 62nd
p10$5,829
p25$16,641
p50$38,337
p75$67,154
p90$105,169
$46,667

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 RI 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
Ppsel Building Corporation CO$302,943 Executive Director $38,592 $36,519 2025
Hampton Educational Foundation VA$301,484 Executive Director $19,470 $19,042 2024
Explore Facilities Group NM$306,625 Chair $30,923 $34,686 2023
Cal State University Fullerton CA$307,284 Director $56,403 $50,793 2023
Evergreen School District Foundation 114 WA$307,669 Executive Assistant $49,353 $44,759 2024
Northeast Kids Count Inc NY$298,809 Managing Director $67,351 $61,650 2024
Morris County Secondary School Athletic NJ$298,660 President $2,950 $2,600 2025
John De La Howe School Foundation SC$298,005 Executive Di $111,330 $117,650 2024
Green Mountain Library Consortium VT$310,039 Administrative Coordinator $9,694 $10,176 2023
The Seedling Foundation Of Dayton Ohio OH$312,651 Executive Director $40,192 $44,395 2023
Bismarck Library Foundation Inc ND$293,692 Exec Dir-pri $16,013 $18,326 2023
Machik Corp DC$293,539 President/ Treasurer $69,900 $62,135 2024
Luis & Linda Nieves Family Foundation CA$314,060 University Director $600,310 $540,599 2023
The Buffalo And Western New York Soccer Boosters NY$293,393 Manetta $4,000 $3,661 2024
East Side Union High School District CA$315,403 Executive Dir. $25,000 $21,868 2024
The Finneytown Schools Educational OH$291,446 Executive Director $42,881 $46,007 2024
University Of Iowa Research IA$316,627 President $43,544 $49,723 2023
Galion City Schools Boosters Club OH$290,242 Vice President $2,400 $2,508 2025
Community Home-school Coop WA$290,070 Director $10,450 $9,757 2023
Rudolph And Florence Nadbath CA$289,684 Trustee $25,815 $22,580 2024
Chambersburg Area School District PA$288,431 Executive Director $7,798 $8,110 2023
Hilton Head Island All Sports SC$319,666 Treasurer $3,315 $3,413 2025
Boys Hope Girls Hope Academy Program OH$286,526 Exec.dir.(until 4/16/22) $22,806 $25,191 2023
Talmudic College 4000 Alton Road Inc FL$321,540 Vp/treasurer $175,000 $166,530 2024
Fund For Ucap RI$285,112 President $28,872 $28,872 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to RI 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 RI 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 default62nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted34th

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 (Patricia Mclaughlin) 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 146 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $46,667 is reasonable (approximately the 62nd 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.