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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Austin Public Education Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411676826
MN · NTEE B120
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Carolyn Dube, Executive Director / CEO ($14,600) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 63 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 24th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

63 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 63 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$746 total compensation of comparable organizations → $445,265 $14,600
$6,20210th
$14,85725th
$33,479Median
$58,14375th
$83,86090th
$14,600This org · 24th
p10$6,202
p25$14,857
p50$33,479
p75$58,143
p90$83,860
$14,600

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 MN 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
Laptops 4 Learning AZ$192,571 Executive Director $18,000 $18,037 2023
Oj Anderson Scholarship Foundation Inc NJ$191,208 President $14,400 $13,396 2023
Western Dairy Education & Research MO$200,700 President $415,400 $445,265 2024
Hallsville Isd Education Foundation TX$201,469 Executive Dir. $20,000 $20,247 2024
Victorious Life International IL$189,594 Ceo $750 $746 2024
The Education Foundation Of Putnam FL$189,084 Executive Director $27,500 $26,145 2024
Rochester Education Foundation Inc NY$202,563 Executive Director $32,500 $30,599 2023
Mandela International Magnet School Education Foundation NM$203,289 Treasurer $3,000 $3,265 2024
Jonas Realty Corp MA$186,388 Vice President $57,176 $53,533 2023
Heights Schools Foundation OH$186,278 Executive Di $26,085 $28,786 2023
Njea Affiliates Risk Purchasing NJ$206,464 President $100,282 $90,613 2024
Friends Of Richmond Community High School VA$207,623 Executive Director $61,702 $58,739 2025
Teaching And Learning Collaborative Inc CA$208,413 President $22,500 $19,156 2025
Raymond Schools Foundation WA$182,859 Secretary/treas $2,400 $2,175 2024
Cape Henlopen Educational Fund DE$182,706 Admin Manage $24,578 $23,727 2025
Nextmark Foundation Inc NJ$210,508 President $18,000 $16,264 2024
Lancaster Country Club Foundation PA$210,886 Treasurer $26,936 $27,988 2023
Friends Of Waialua Robotics HI$212,293 President $15,870 $14,804 2023
Mequon-thiensville Education Foundation Inc WI$214,357 Executive Director $32,500 $35,365 2023
Camden Schools Foundation NJ$173,544 Vice President $16,500 $14,909 2024
Manheim Central Foundation For PA$222,472 Executive Di $30,000 $29,497 2025
Eastlake Educational Foundation CA$223,340 Executive Director $80,262 $68,332 2025
Ninos Del Sol Inc NY$166,747 Director $10,600 $9,694 2024
Ferndale Public Schools Foundation WA$225,437 Executive Director $4,794 $4,344 2024
Wilson Education Foundation PA$226,468 Executive Director $33,250 $33,557 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default24th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)22nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted38th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted22nd

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 (Carolyn Dube) 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 63 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $14,600 is reasonable (approximately the 24th 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.