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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Keystone Progress Education Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 264311107
PA · NTEE R40
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Laura Nevitt, Executive Director / CEO ($81,923) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 26 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 65th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

26 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 26 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11,718 total compensation of comparable organizations → $115,643 $81,923
$15,70910th
$26,75225th
$59,043Median
$84,40975th
$105,76490th
$81,923This org · 65th
p10$15,709
p25$26,752
p50$59,043
p75$84,409
p90$105,764
$81,923

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
The Washington Bus WA$253,250 Executive Director $108,760 $97,644 2023
Progress Texas Institute TX$259,130 Executive Director $110,426 $107,589 2024
Ruralorganizingorg OH$243,351 Executive Director $52,500 $55,760 2023
New Voters Org PA$262,872 President $64,167 $62,326 2024
League Of Women Voters Lotte E MA$238,887 Executive Director $91,584 $82,527 2023
Salt & Light Council CA$269,154 President $24,000 $19,665 2025
Radical Registrars TX$273,339 Executive Dir. $87,278 $85,036 2024
Adrc Action AZ$273,917 Co-executive Director, Programs $109,925 $106,011 2023
Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance Inc MA$279,590 Interim Executive Director $13,388 $11,718 2024
Massachusetts Voter Education Network Inc MA$280,447 Executive Director $132,125 $115,643 2024
League Of Women Voters Of Massachusetts MA$222,227 Executive Director $91,584 $82,527 2023
New North Carolina Project Action First NC$288,251 Chief Executive Officer $13,408 $13,494 2024
One Nation Under God OH$213,748 Assistant Treas $16,875 $17,923 2023
Stand Up Indiana Inc IN$213,136 Eecutive Dir $11,538 $12,201 2023
Good Deed Corps CA$298,904 President $36,250 $30,488 2024
Stand Up Alaska AK$206,914 Executive Dir. $38,500 $35,851 2024
Alliance For A Better Utah Inc UT$205,168 Executive Director $55,050 $54,878 2024
Deeds Action Fund TX$203,855 Temp Executive Director $24,063 $23,445 2024
Polichic Engagement Fund TX$305,121 Founder $36,714 $36,827 2023
Kansas Civic Engagement Table KS$186,631 Executive Director $71,000 $76,917 2023
Alliance For A Better Iowa IA$327,518 Executive Director $69,486 $74,104 2024
The Ring Of Democracy Incorporated CA$334,565 President $37,025 $32,060 2023
League Of Women Voters Of Colorado CO$335,166 Executive Director $83,573 $78,053 2024
Planned Parenthood Advocates WA$170,018 President/ceo $29,249 $25,506 2024
Coalition Porfor Texas TX$351,902 Executive Director $100,000 $97,431 2024

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 default65th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted69th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 (Laura Nevitt) 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 26 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $81,923 is reasonable (approximately the 65th 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.