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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cma Education Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 275437946
CT · NTEE B82
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Beth Wilson Jordan, Executive Director / CEO ($24,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 65 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 35th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

65 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 65 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,915 total compensation of comparable organizations → $344,536 $24,000
$6,15410th
$13,32725th
$39,141Median
$70,73975th
$126,05490th
$24,000This org · 35th
p10$6,154
p25$13,327
p50$39,141
p75$70,739
p90$126,054
$24,000

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 CT 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
Belafonte Family Foundation Inc NY$79,282 President/exec Director $99,000 $95,412 2023
Texas Food & Fuel Association Scholarship Foundation TX$80,681 President $20,944 $21,703 2024
Michael Sadler Foundation MI$80,801 President $24,000 $26,420 2023
National Independent Automobile Dealers TX$78,487 President/ceo $15,238 $16,257 2023
Oscar & Mildred Larson Scholarship Trust PA$78,461 Provost $60,531 $64,380 2023
Schroeder Scholarship Fund PA$81,407 Trustee $12,300 $12,707 2024
Western Telecommunications Alliance MT$77,444 Executive Vice President $51,810 $57,856 2024
Air Traffic Control Scholarship Fund VA$82,848 President And Ceo (Former) $42,750 $42,761 2024
Vada Charitable Foundation Inc VA$75,990 President $90,961 $88,638 2025
Blackstone Valley Education Foundation Inc MA$84,170 Executive Director $52,400 $47,523 2025
Delores A Sachs Charitable Trust WI$74,789 Trustee $12,929 $13,988 2024
The Buck Scholars Association Inc CA$85,060 Executive Director $42,500 $39,141 2023
Onnemi International Ministries TX$74,227 Vice President Missionary $30,296 $30,585 2025
Denny Family Foundation VT$74,178 President $46,571 $49,994 2023
Lift Womens Foundation IL$73,534 Executive Director $13,085 $13,327 2024
United Association Scholarship Trust MD$86,082 Trustee $154,691 $149,820 2024
Sartell-st Stephen Education Foundation MN$86,602 Exec Consultant/pres (Beg 2/2024) $10,800 $11,055 2024
Mz Foundation TX$72,332 Executive Director $254,189 $263,407 2024
Maine Children's Scholarship Fund ME$72,109 Program Dire $19,488 $20,216 2024
Wpma Scholarship Foundation UT$72,092 Secretary/treasurer $31,724 $32,769 2025
Chris Kolenda Saber Six Foundation WI$87,451 Executive Director $68,908 $76,754 2023
Linda Lorelle Scholarship Fund TX$87,813 Ceo $60,000 $60,573 2025
South Dakota Farmers Union Foundati SD$70,679 President $3,995 $4,702 2023
The Ad Club Foundation Inc MA$88,872 President & Director $7,941 $7,611 2023
New York Press Association Scholarship NY$70,106 Secretary $15,600 $14,603 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default35th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)35th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted74th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (Beth Wilson Jordan) 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 65 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,000 is reasonable (approximately the 35th 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.