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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Edc Strategic Initiatives Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 431204633
MO · NTEE S31
FY ending 2024-04-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tracey Lewis, Executive Director / CEO ($48,434) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 12 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Tracey Lewis — reported title “PRESIDENT & CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

12 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 12 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,668 total compensation of comparable organizations → $58,559 $48,434
$9,55510th
$10,71425th
$18,274Median
$37,48775th
$55,59590th
$48,434This org · 83rd
p10$9,555
p25$10,714
p50$18,274
p75$37,487
p90$55,595
$48,434

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 MO 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
The Avj Foundation TX$5,497 Secretary $14,130 $13,345 2024
Opportunities Inc VT$4,312 President $10,234 $9,725 2024
Hrdc Griffin Place Holding Corportation MT$4,288 President $11,352 $11,553 2024
Foundation For Rush Inc MS$5,735 Ceo - Ochsner Rush Health $54,090 $58,559 2023
Metals Service Center Institute IL$5,850 President & Ceo $24,280 $23,202 2023
Greater Wyoming Community Resource MI$3,782 Secretary $35,833 $34,920 2024
Local Union 97-building Corp NY$3,750 Bus.rep $12,574 $11,044 2023
478 Building Corporation Inc LA$6,295 President $30,667 $31,883 2024
Carnegie Community Development Corporation PA$3,532 Executive Director $9,206 $8,668 2024
Posada Life Holdings Inc AZ$6,512 President/ceo $49,766 $45,188 2024
Charlotterising MI$6,798 Executive Director $58,235 $56,751 2024
Fond Du Lac Area Real Estate And WI$7,181 Exec Dir Unt $9,671 $9,536 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO 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 MO 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted75th

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 (Tracey Lewis) 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 12 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (S), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,434 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.