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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Methacton Education Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 264751225
PA · NTEE B122
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Donna Piergallini, Executive Director / CEO ($36,611) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 89 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 34th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

89 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 89 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$991 total compensation of comparable organizations → $196,898 $36,611
$11,80010th
$27,71725th
$52,007Median
$77,70575th
$103,86990th
$36,611This org · 34th
p10$11,800
p25$27,717
p50$52,007
p75$77,705
p90$103,869
$36,611

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
Mcneil Band Boosters TX$388,412 Treasurer $7,793 $7,397 2025
Foundation For Vision Rehabilitation NY$389,030 President & Ceo $52,008 $44,594 2025
Angels Touch Inc GA$389,933 President $30,000 $30,248 2023
Middle School Of The Arts Foundation FL$390,429 Executive Director $116,403 $103,764 2025
Dr Alvin R Calman Professorship NJ$384,807 Trustee $79,602 $69,224 2024
Erats Thiel Building Company MN$391,746 Treasurer $66,725 $64,218 2024
Kalamazoo Experiential Learning MI$392,689 President & $51,731 $52,007 2024
Henry County Prevention Coalition TN$381,568 Director $61,135 $60,977 2025
Gahanna-jefferson Education Foundation OH$380,947 Executive Director $19,986 $20,618 2024
Howard Co Public Schools Education Fndn MD$399,896 Executive Director $67,250 $63,047 2023
Butte County Office Of Education CA$400,115 Trustee $37,846 $32,771 2023
Helena Education Foundation MT$407,493 Executive Director $80,640 $87,166 2023
Jacob And Clara Faber Community OH$366,746 President & $129,595 $133,693 2024
Cuny School Of Labor And Urban Studies NY$412,275 Executive Director (To Dec '23) $38,553 $33,932 2024
Zionsville Education Foundation Inc IN$360,985 Executive Dir. $48,825 $51,632 2023
Malama Honua Public Charter School HI$359,146 Executive Di $20,182 $17,599 2024
12tribe Films Foundation NY$418,314 Board Member $13,771 $12,120 2024
Philadelphia Robotics Coalition Inc PA$418,401 Executive Director $80,000 $77,705 2024
District 51 Foundation CO$418,802 Executive Di $20,558 $19,767 2023
Waco Isd Education Foundation TX$353,927 Executive Director $79,385 $79,630 2023
Sevier County Partners In Progress TN$353,505 Executive Di $57,174 $60,264 2023
Edina Give And Go MN$421,928 Executive Di $52,050 $48,804 2025
Educate2envision International Inc CA$351,294 Executive Dir. $61,589 $51,800 2024
Honored Foundation DC$424,358 Executive Director - Term End 10/2024 $140,569 $120,147 2024
Mission San Juan Bautista CA$348,704 Executive Director $63,000 $52,987 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 default34th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted44th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted20th

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 (Donna Piergallini) 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 89 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $36,611 is reasonable (approximately the 34th 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.