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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Northville Educational Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 383503644
MI · NTEE B82
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kathryn Mitchell, Executive Director / CEO ($58,205) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 212 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

212 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 212 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $177,251 $58,205
$6,37910th
$19,45025th
$42,365Median
$68,36175th
$92,39690th
$58,205This org · 67th
p10$6,379
p25$19,450
p50$42,365
p75$68,361
p90$92,396
$58,205

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 MI 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
Seton Cincinnati Sgo OH$271,454 President $29,088 $28,245 2025
The Galax Foundation For Excellence In VA$271,500 Secretary/treasurer $12,000 $10,904 2024
California Landscape Architectual CA$272,536 Treasurer $18,000 $14,627 2024
Decatur Central High School Band Booster Inc IN$269,580 Director, Treasurer $10,000 $10,217 2023
Native Agriculture Education Fellowship Program ND$268,969 Executive Director $100,298 $106,637 2023
Education Across Borders WA$273,823 Director $50,290 $42,370 2024
The Claymont Foundation Inc OH$268,956 Financial Secretary $6,000 $5,980 2024
Matanya's Hope IL$274,020 President $46,833 $43,327 2024
Supreme Council Education & Charity Fund MA$274,597 President/sovereign Grand $7,895 $6,676 2024
Tbi Warrior Foundation TX$268,167 President $7,000 $6,784 2023
Germantown Community Scholarship Fund Inc WI$267,938 Executive Director $34,000 $34,402 2023
Foundation Of Central Christian College KS$275,099 Ccck President $36,985 $38,711 2023
Central Insurance Companies Educational OH$276,455 Director $13,287 $13,634 2023
Kensap Inc NJ$265,787 Executive Director $96,000 $83,041 2023
Texas Architectural Foundation TX$264,935 Txa Evp $29,217 $27,503 2024
American Student Association Of Community Colleges UT$264,911 Executive Director $14,584 $15,054 2022
Orme Primavera Schools Foundation AZ$264,877 Treasurer $1,700 $1,499 2025
African American Teaching Fellows VA$264,812 Executive Di $82,442 $74,908 2024
Shenandoah Valley Scholars Latino Initiative Inc VA$264,770 Managing Director $2,733 $2,484 2024
John P Burke Memorial Fund RI$264,645 Executive Director $35,833 $32,334 2024
Nevada Hands & Voices NV$278,168 Executive Dir. $62,634 $59,081 2024
La Crosse Promise Inc WI$278,523 Executive Di $72,000 $68,937 2025
Foundation For Eden Prairie Schools MN$264,008 Executive Director $30,541 $28,399 2024
Greene County Fair Association Inc AR$263,615 Manager $2,119 $2,241 2024
East Valley Institute Of Technology Education Foundation Inc AZ$262,844 Board Member $14,400 $13,032 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)63rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted74th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted43rd

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 (Kathryn Mitchell) 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 212 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $58,205 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.