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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

South Texas Association Of Schools

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 384094242
TX · NTEE B94
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dr Jesus Chavez, Executive Director / CEO ($61,440) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 869 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Dr Jesus Chavez — reported title “FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 3/11)”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

869 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 869 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $441,135 $61,440
$5,89210th
$15,76225th
$33,666Median
$57,69575th
$82,01790th
$61,440This org · 78th
p10$5,892
p25$15,762
p50$33,666
p75$57,695
p90$82,017
$61,440

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
Needs Beyond Medicine UT$135,027 Founder/ceo $37,000 $38,975 2023
Project Megsss Inc MO$135,081 Director, Teacher Representative $28,100 $28,986 2025
The Financial Education And Economic Transformation Center CO$135,000 Executive Director $15,000 $14,803 2023
Extravagant Love Project PA$135,234 Executive Di $43,395 $43,261 2024
Germination Project PA$135,253 Executive Di $96,000 $98,532 2023
Baptist Medical Dental Fellowship AL$134,845 Executive Dir. $54,000 $60,043 2023
Fort Hunt Preschool Inc VA$134,693 Preschool Director $55,633 $53,699 2024
Cultivatus Leadership Institute NC$135,415 President $32,625 $34,696 2023
Montezuma Schools Inc AZ$134,683 Manager $21,000 $20,786 2023
Stamford Polish Saturday School Inc CT$134,652 Director Of Spss $9,781 $9,168 2024
Southeastern Ct Chinese School CT$135,480 Principal $1,650 $1,506 2025
Student Loan Fund Inc CT$134,579 Executive Director $62,550 $58,629 2024
Police Benevolent Associaton FL$134,541 President $11,611 $11,226 2023
Center For Arts Design And Social MA$135,560 Executive Director $89,581 $82,851 2023
Blairsville Library Association PA$134,489 Director $16,800 $16,748 2024
Ridgeway Community Association MN$135,697 Secretary/clerk $442 $437 2024
Isis Hawaii HI$135,730 President $31,400 $28,934 2023
Slippery Rock Community Library PA$134,279 Director $31,847 $31,749 2024
Stanford University Bookstore CA$135,857 President $245,418 $218,110 2023
Accessible Arts Vsa Kansas Inc KS$134,094 Executive Director $55,607 $60,056 2024
Marie A Mansbach Memorial Student VA$134,015 Secretary $5,470 $5,280 2024
St Ursula Academy Scholarship Granting OH$134,005 President $16,697 $17,679 2024
Franklin Education Association MA$133,990 President $8,500 $7,439 2025
The Woodland Foundation LA$136,138 Executive Director $48,419 $53,299 2024
Preston Brown Foundation FL$136,155 Executive Di $52,000 $48,835 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 default78th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)78th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted63rd

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 (Dr Jesus Chavez) 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 869 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $61,440 is reasonable (approximately the 78th 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.