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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

American Schools Association Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 366104258
NV · NTEE B99Z
FY ending 2025-02-28
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carl M Dye, Executive Director / CEO ($42,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 54 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: Carl M Dye — reported title “Chairman”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

54 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 54 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$214 total compensation of comparable organizations → $234,094 $42,000
$1,02510th
$6,53025th
$15,758Median
$40,47775th
$88,40090th
$42,000This org · 76th
p10$1,025
p25$6,530
p50$15,758
p75$40,477
p90$88,400
$42,000

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 NV 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
Grand Valley Research Corporation MI$16,064 President $38,948 $41,167 2024
Southern Association Of Colleges GA$16,218 President $72,013 $76,338 2023
Edward J Robson Family Foundation AZ$15,882 President $924 $910 2024
Reformation Seminary AZ$16,407 Ceo $15,000 $14,773 2024
West Hills Christian School Foundation OR$16,427 Director $6,981 $6,834 2023
Detroit Musicians Fund MI$16,522 Chair $1,131 $1,196 2024
Univ Of South Alabama Foundation AL$15,718 Director/pre $62,942 $69,632 2024
Read Aloud America Inc HI$15,520 Vice-preside $9,325 $8,801 2023
The Collaborative Charter Services CA$15,428 Chief Executive Officer $5,361 $4,880 2023
Huntington Beach City School District CA$16,902 President $11,027 $9,751 2024
Fred And Gertrude England Hospitality NY$15,358 Treasurer $6,960 $6,630 2023
Global Ou Inc OK$15,315 Director/president $41,707 $48,418 2023
Mabel K Toops Scholarship Trus IN$17,308 Truwstee $250 $270 2024
Wise Earth School Of Ayurveda NC$17,477 President $22,000 $23,278 2024
Energetics Education CO$14,775 Director $100,000 $101,092 2023
Green Street Academy Foundation Inc MD$14,490 Former Board Trustee $6,221 $6,132 2023
Act For Women And Girls CA$14,279 Executive Director $85,544 $73,692 2025
Sherburne Area Local Development NY$14,098 Ceo $40,316 $38,408 2023
Tlbu Foundation Inc NJ$18,289 Secretary/treasurer $30,000 $26,722 2025
Brown Hudner Navy Scholarship Foundation VA$13,974 President $17,102 $17,409 2023
The Ernest Becker Foundation WA$18,459 Executive Director $14,900 $14,064 2023
Bpi Foundation DC$13,731 President $62,707 $58,014 2023
Believers Achieve Dreams OH$13,607 Exec. Director $500 $542 2024
Building Industry Association Of OH$18,843 Executive Director $16,606 $18,543 2023
Dr J E Green Educational Trust AL$18,849 Trustee $11,975 $13,639 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NV cost of living and 2025 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 NV 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)78th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted93rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted46th

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 (Carl M Dye) 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 54 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,000 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.