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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Arc Alliance Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 311592548
PA · NTEE T00Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Paul Stengle, Executive Director / CEO ($19,198) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 267 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: Paul Stengle — reported title “CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

267 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 267 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$266 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,062,604 $19,198
$4,54710th
$13,86125th
$29,261Median
$51,07875th
$79,28390th
$19,198This org · 35th
p10$4,547
p25$13,861
p50$29,261
p75$51,078
p90$79,283
$19,198

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
Sophia Transformative Leadership WI$105,927 Executive Di $65,958 $67,094 2024
The Ascension Fund Inc LA$105,954 Executive Dir. $41,500 $45,824 2023
North Arkansas Medical Foundation AR$105,484 Ceo $35,238 $38,580 2024
The Kranzberg Foundation MO$106,881 Director $31,092 $33,023 2023
Coca Leverage Lender Inc MO$104,815 Interim President (Thru 2/23) $2,171 $2,306 2023
Good Samaritan Endowment Inc TX$104,217 Secretary $12,727 $12,400 2024
Dare To Dream Children's Foundation TX$104,176 President $38,565 $37,575 2024
Moritz Family Foundation OH$104,152 Asst Secretary $105,945 $112,523 2023
L Brands Foundation OH$107,607 Secretary/vice Chair/trust $105,945 $112,523 2023
United Way Of Kaufman County TX$107,719 Exe Director $43,218 $42,108 2024
Learn And Discover 3 Inc NY$107,740 President $12,188 $10,727 2024
Foundation For Health Advancement Inc NJ$103,660 President & Ceo $23,016 $19,499 2025
Bryan County United Way OK$108,589 Executive Director $31,820 $34,127 2024
Hilton Head Heroes Inc SC$102,691 Director $72,000 $73,161 2024
Goodwill Of North Georgia Development GA$102,500 President $41,950 $42,297 2023
Renaissance Internationalinc FL$102,475 President $20,000 $18,300 2024
Sunrise Residential Inc IL$109,508 Residential Man $16,500 $16,266 2023
Memorial Community Hospital Foundation NE$102,001 Board Member $8,846 $9,267 2024
Ancor Foundation Inc VA$109,806 Chief Executive Officer $66,140 $64,038 2023
Dyersville Health Foundation Inc IA$109,845 Dir & Exec Dir At 8/22; Dev. Officer $33,068 $36,308 2023
The Mabel Fire Dept Relief Association MN$101,861 Gambling Manager $5,600 $5,389 2024
United Way Of Sullivan County Inc NY$110,127 Chief Professional Officer $36,587 $33,153 2023
The Langford Family Foundation FL$110,132 Director $5,113 $4,678 2024
The Born To Run Foundation Inc MA$110,132 Vice President $20,200 $17,680 2024
Ricky King Foundation Inc FL$110,142 Executive Director $25,987 $23,778 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 default35th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)33rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted62nd

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 (Paul Stengle) 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 267 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (T), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,198 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.