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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Exeter Community Education Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 383775095
PA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Angela Cooke, Executive Director / CEO ($31,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 37 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

37 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 37 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,450 total compensation of comparable organizations → $112,899 $31,000
$17,09810th
$34,07825th
$55,692Median
$76,32775th
$86,49590th
$31,000This org · 19th
p10$17,098
p25$34,078
p50$55,692
p75$76,327
p90$86,495
$31,000

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 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
Supporting Area Families Everyday PA$219,916 Executive Di $68,226 $68,226 2024
Selfless Solutions Inc PA$216,586 President $12,000 $12,000 2024
The Pointe PA$224,391 Director $37,167 $38,265 2023
Awaken Pittsburgh PA$225,793 Founder & Executive Director $42,183 $42,183 2024
Family Promise Of Lycoming County Inc PA$213,923 Director $52,000 $52,000 2024
Africa Dream Partnership PA$212,338 Director, Employee $45,750 $47,101 2023
Juniper Community Missions PA$210,693 President $16,800 $17,296 2023
The Long Short Road Inc PA$207,159 President & Ceo $92,032 $92,032 2024
The Arc Alliance Guardianship Services PA$205,454 Executive Director $54,094 $55,692 2023
Northeastern Area Social Service Center Of York Co PA$234,654 Executive Director $47,459 $48,861 2023
The Center For Positive Aging In PA$235,861 Exec Directo $76,327 $76,327 2024
Jada House International Inc PA$235,879 Executive Dir. $60,567 $62,356 2023
Healthy Steps Diaper Bank PA$240,826 Executive Director $32,740 $32,740 2024
Life Factors Ministries PA$198,228 President $101,324 $101,324 2024
Pa Fop Foundation PA$197,602 Past Executive Director $16,000 $16,000 2024
Fiorenza's Food For Friends PA$242,342 Executive Director $81,250 $81,250 2024
Caitlin's Smiles Inc PA$242,835 Founder/ceo $34,500 $35,519 2023
Westlanco Love Inc PA$251,542 Executive Director $65,040 $65,040 2024
The Simple Way PA$253,264 Executive Di $20,818 $20,818 2024
Bridge Of Hope Harrisburg Area PA$259,996 Executive Director $81,743 $79,636 2025
Project Cpr PA$179,363 Pres $89,154 $89,154 2024
Thompson Social Services Inc PA$261,381 President $74,700 $74,700 2024
Strawberry Mansion Neighborhood Action Center PA$263,930 Executive Director $79,368 $79,368 2024
Neighborhood Crusades Inc PA$174,265 Director $33,100 $34,078 2023
Don Mills Achievement Center PA$266,361 Executive Director Through 12/31/2022 $68,484 $70,507 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA cost of living and 2024 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted19th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Angela Cooke) 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 37 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + PA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,000 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.