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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Alliance For Public Waldorf Education

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 208959302
CA · NTEE B02
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Elizabeth Beaven, Executive Director / CEO ($93,750) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Elizabeth Beaven — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $183,664 $93,750
$4,50010th
$21,69525th
$34,411Median
$85,92775th
$102,40190th
$93,750This org · 76th
p10$4,500
p25$21,695
p50$34,411
p75$85,927
p90$102,401
$93,750

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 CA 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
Us Ort Operations Inc NY$200,429 Board Member $1 $1 2023
Oakmont Academic Knowledge OH$198,229 Co-executive Director $43,523 $54,962 2023
Southeastern Association Of Law Schools NC$194,902 Executive Director $28,000 $33,505 2024
Lead Wichita Inc KS$222,374 Secretary $31,500 $40,574 2023
Econ Job Market Inc CA$224,185 Secretary & Cio $30,000 $29,227 2025
American Simmental - Simbrah Foundation MT$190,040 Secretary $30,231 $37,738 2024
Springboard Child Care Inc CO$226,628 President $30,000 $33,314 2024
Oregon Masonic Charitable OR$186,924 Grand Secretary $6,501 $6,992 2024
Qed Foundation Inc NH$229,294 Executive Di $91,003 $100,186 2023
Family Agriculture Resource Management Services NC$178,882 Executive Director $83,122 $102,401 2023
Salinan Heritage Preservation CA$240,271 President $4,500 $4,500 2024
The Global Majority Consortium WA$159,607 Co Ceo $9,586 $9,939 2024
The Commission On Massage Therapy VA$261,134 Executive Director $107,200 $116,779 2025
Maestromeetings Inc PA$268,549 Officer $18,786 $21,695 2024
The Quest Institute For Quality Educ CA$270,067 Ceo $33,246 $34,228 2023
Concepts For Adaptive Learning CT$275,924 Executive Director $65,000 $70,579 2024
Arkansas Rural Ed Association AR$282,532 Executive Director $76,000 $98,932 2024
Iccnm Foundation NM$284,606 President $2,375 $2,958 2024
Village Mke Inc WI$291,000 Ceo $147,500 $183,664 2023
Middle College High School National NJ$294,291 Director $33,280 $34,411 2024
The Center For Bioethics And Culture CA$307,398 Executive Director $88,200 $85,927 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA cost of living and 2024 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 CA 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)90th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted76th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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 (Elizabeth Beaven) 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 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B02), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $93,750 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.