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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Texas Rural Education Association Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 383860476
TX · NTEE B82
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bill Tarleton, Executive Director / CEO ($3,900) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 189 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 7th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

189 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 189 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $197,009 $3,900
$6,61910th
$15,83525th
$38,905Median
$62,76375th
$89,67090th
$3,900This org · 7th
p10$6,619
p25$15,835
p50$38,905
p75$62,763
p90$89,670
$3,900

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 TX 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
Franklin Township Education IN$215,700 Executive Director $76,362 $80,503 2024
Private School Tuition Fund 123 AZ$214,992 President & Ceo $27,500 $27,220 2023
Zo's Bravehearts Foundation NV$214,817 Founder, President $120,000 $120,247 2024
Mid-atlantic Christian University NC$217,751 President $48,984 $52,092 2023
North Central States Regional Council MN$218,911 Secretary $138,099 $136,415 2024
Florida Electrical Association Inc FL$211,474 Presidentinstructor $7,084 $6,653 2024
W20 Foundation NY$210,404 Vice President $100,000 $90,335 2024
Grandview School District MO$210,331 Executive Di $30,176 $31,951 2024
Taahp Foundation TX$221,410 Executive Di $20,607 $21,216 2023
Iuoe Local 94 94a Scholarship Fund NY$209,208 Trustee $103,317 $93,331 2024
Orion Military Scholarship Fund Inc RI$208,731 Executive Dir. $13,002 $12,463 2024
The North Carolina Albert Schweitzer NC$206,932 Executive Dir. $89,682 $90,248 2025
Apro Charitable Foundation TX$206,884 Ceo (01/23) $2,863 $2,863 2024
Kids' Chance Inc Of Missouri MO$225,014 Executive Di $23,102 $25,183 2023
Midwest Independent Retailers Foundation Inc MI$225,249 Chairman $20,414 $21,064 2024
Nassau County School Facilities Associat NY$225,978 Executive Director $13,963 $12,613 2024
Graham County Electric Cooperative AZ$205,368 President $40,546 $40,134 2023
Tara Sawyer Foundation TX$205,242 Executive Director $75,000 $75,000 2024
United Nations Association Of NY$226,269 Executive Dir. $98,000 $88,528 2024
Moynihan Scholarship Fund Inc NY$226,407 Chief Executive Officer $52,926 $47,810 2024
Hhh Equine Inc GA$226,556 President An $34,875 $35,055 2024
Isd 883 Education Foundation MN$226,822 Executive Director $50,004 $50,853 2023
Harford County Education Foundation Inc MD$204,365 President $65,833 $59,942 2025
The Charitable Childrens Fund Of NC$227,216 Executive Director $182,293 $188,298 2024
Southside Health Education Foundation VA$227,536 Executive Director $67,258 $64,920 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default7th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)7th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Bill Tarleton) 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 189 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,900 is reasonable (approximately the 7th 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.