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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 200734226
PA · NTEE S11
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Melanie Boyer, Executive Director / CEO ($81,397) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 24 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 92nd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

24 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 24 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,320 total compensation of comparable organizations → $105,309 $81,397
$6,95910th
$19,65425th
$37,570Median
$60,04175th
$76,08590th
$81,397This org · 92nd
p10$6,959
p25$19,654
p50$37,570
p75$60,041
p90$76,085
$81,397

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 PA 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
Fort Worth Chamber Development TX$283,720 Chamber President & Ceo, P $23,937 $23,322 2024
Tulsa Town Hall Endowment Inc OK$283,132 Executive Dir. $61,350 $64,103 2025
Two Harbors Area Food Shelf MN$286,289 Executive Director $69,927 $69,287 2023
Bbb Of Central Arizona Foundation AZ$282,163 Secretary $112,422 $105,309 2024
Nareit Foundation DC$290,348 President $68,663 $58,687 2024
The Foundation Of The Women NY$294,080 President & $18,278 $16,088 2024
Roebuck Ymca Collaborative Qalicb Inc AL$308,925 President $27,602 $29,044 2024
Karl Perl Charitable Trust IL$314,900 Trustee $80,133 $78,999 2023
Sme Preservation Fund TN$247,816 Secretary $24,000 $24,571 2024
Ujf Holdings Corp CA$325,986 Ceo (Current) $18,548 $16,061 2023
Highland Community Associationinc MD$341,244 Executive Di $71,470 $65,081 2024
Acvb Foundation Inc GA$222,034 President & Ceo $46,147 $45,194 2024
World Tang Soo Do Foundation NC$351,447 Coo/chief Of Staff $4,150 $4,177 2024
National Association Of Elementary VA$353,924 President $51,268 $49,639 2023
Charlestown Benevolent Care MD$355,905 President $22,889 $20,843 2024
Community Foundation Of The Ozarks Stock Trust MO$203,994 Director/president & Ceo End 02/24 $37,216 $38,392 2024
Kansas City Regional Destination Develop MO$369,744 President And Ceo $5,086 $5,247 2024
Leap Foundation Inc MI$198,762 President & Ceo $54,838 $55,131 2024
Huntingburg Event & Community Center Inc IN$194,942 Executive Director $23,716 $24,360 2024
Schuyler County Human Services NY$378,917 President $1,500 $1,320 2024
Greater Wilkes-barre Growth Partnership PA$385,463 President/ceo $11,279 $10,955 2024
Partnership Grand Strand SC$411,342 Director $98,673 $97,680 2025
Lynx Foundation CA$413,007 President & Ceo $60,449 $52,343 2023
Alexandria Small Business Development VA$418,773 President $37,953 $36,747 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default92nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)92nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted96th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted29th

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 (Melanie Boyer) 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 24 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $81,397 is reasonable (approximately the 92nd 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.