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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Edina Education Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 411991929
MN · NTEE B99
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Kathryn Rendleman, Executive Director / CEO ($60,008) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 424 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

424 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 424 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$131 total compensation of comparable organizations → $332,210 $60,008
$15,88010th
$41,14425th
$68,529Median
$95,53375th
$130,34690th
$60,008This org · 43rd
p10$15,880
p25$41,144
p50$68,529
p75$95,533
p90$130,346
$60,008

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
Derry Preschool Inc PA$450,059 Treasurer $55,000 $55,508 2025
Romanza St Augustine Inc FL$446,105 President $4,000 $4,019 2023
Business History Conference DE$451,653 Secretary $20,000 $20,343 2024
Uncw Research Foundation NC$444,105 President $54,419 $56,906 2025
Catch The Next Inc TX$443,997 Ceo $100,223 $107,221 2023
Empire 8 NY$453,359 Commissioner $181,158 $170,052 2024
Mychild'scancer Inc NJ$454,068 President / Secretary / Executive Director $26,000 $24,827 2023
Mala'ai HI$442,003 Former Executive Director $73,360 $68,229 2024
The Landing Place Inc IN$441,860 Director $62,500 $68,468 2024
Botanical Bus CA$455,172 Exec Direc/ Board Pres $74,880 $69,152 2023
Partners In Change Inc GA$455,719 Ceo, Vice Board Chair $5,000 $5,377 2023
East Side Institute For Group And Short NY$440,618 Executive Director $90,000 $86,978 2023
Spirit Of Youth AK$457,289 Executive Dir. $88,833 $88,224 2024
Vermont Energy Education Program Inc VT$457,395 Executive Director $74,504 $77,900 2024
Cobalt Community Research MI$438,520 President/ce $140,000 $150,111 2024
Duxbury Student Union Association MA$438,132 Executive Director $94,389 $90,714 2023
Science And Entrepreneurship Exchange IL$458,706 Secretary $73,655 $77,443 2023
Global Education Center TN$458,936 Executive Director $44,400 $47,232 2025
Pupusas For Education NC$437,399 Executive Dir. $2,760 $2,962 2024
Communities In Schools NC$459,583 Executive Dir. $58,102 $64,207 2023
Heritage Museum Of Asian Art IL$459,798 Treasurer $62,500 $63,830 2024
Usa Homestays Inc IN$436,143 President $88,000 $99,250 2023
Upper Valley Trails Alliance VT$460,319 Executive Di $79,508 $83,133 2024
Arbutus Folk School WA$460,522 Executive Di $51,093 $47,519 2024
Daniel Academy Atlanta GA$435,866 Ceodirector $22,100 $23,084 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 2025 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 default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted44th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted38th

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 (Kathryn Rendleman) 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 424 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $60,008 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd 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.