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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Thrive Network

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 384068622
CO · NTEE B99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Heather Mcbroom, Executive Director / CEO ($77,584) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 410 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 72nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Heather Mcbroom — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

410 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 410 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$131 total compensation of comparable organizations → $296,124 $77,584
$14,30610th
$32,29325th
$53,991Median
$78,49975th
$107,86990th
$77,584This org · 72nd
p10$14,306
p25$32,293
p50$53,991
p75$78,499
p90$107,869
$77,584

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 CO 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
Veritas Christian School Inc OK$280,605 President $25,000 $29,556 2023
The Channel Inc VA$280,042 Chief Executive Officer $46,420 $48,123 2023
Management & Organizational Behavior FL$281,337 Executive Dir. $77,355 $78,024 2023
Bentonville Public School Foundation AR$281,857 Executive Director $75,000 $90,516 2023
Hua Xia South Chinese School Inc NJ$279,100 Vice Principal $2,000 $1,814 2025
All Saints' Episcopal School Of Fort TX$282,677 Head Of School $33,050 $34,478 2024
Crsa CO$282,709 Executive Director $162,356 $167,152 2023
Ibtta Foundation DC$278,451 Staff Liaison $72,925 $66,738 2024
Washington Career And Technical Sports Medicine Association WA$282,916 Executive Director $34,450 $31,337 2025
Teacher Education Division Of The VA$278,269 Executive Director $67,200 $69,666 2023
Hudson River Park Mothers Group Org NY$278,260 Director $130,000 $119,351 2025
California Academy CA$278,224 Executive Director $18,780 $16,912 2024
Catalytic Communities Inc MD$283,144 Executive Director $38,400 $43,339 2021
Harvardwood CA$283,355 Executive Director $49,032 $44,155 2024
Douglass Leadership Institute Inc MD$283,603 President $5,000 $5,019 2023
Eastern Communication Association PA$277,734 Executive Di $15,000 $15,600 2024
Rainy River Community College Foundation MN$283,918 Foundation Executive Director $18,053 $18,603 2024
Ace Mentor Program Of Northeast Florida FL$276,952 Director $81,963 $78,230 2025
We Defend Truth TX$276,840 Founder & Ceo $72,800 $78,189 2023
Women Of Color Foundation OH$284,642 Chairwoman & Founder $52,034 $59,173 2023
Superseeds OH$276,311 Executive Director $50,000 $55,229 2024
Private Schools Interscholastic Assn Inc TX$285,532 Executive Director $75,000 $78,241 2024
Garden City Ballet Company MT$275,676 Exec Director $66,025 $72,310 2025
Montessori Schools Of Washington WA$285,921 Teacher $84,291 $76,674 2025
Louisiana Pediatric Cardiology LA$285,991 Director Of Operations $63,600 $75,193 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default72nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Heather Mcbroom) 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 410 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $77,584 is reasonable (approximately the 72nd 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.