Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Stephania Cervantes, Executive Director / CEO ($2,733) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 208 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations
Benchmarked executive: Stephania Cervantes — reported title “Managing Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.
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 VA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African American Teaching Fellows | VA | $264,812 | Executive Di | $82,442 | $82,442 | 2024 |
| Orme Primavera Schools Foundation | AZ | $264,877 | Treasurer | $1,700 | $1,649 | 2025 |
| John P Burke Memorial Fund | RI | $264,645 | Executive Director | $35,833 | $35,586 | 2024 |
| American Student Association Of Community Colleges | UT | $264,911 | Executive Director | $14,584 | $16,568 | 2022 |
| Texas Architectural Foundation | TX | $264,935 | Txa Evp | $29,217 | $30,269 | 2024 |
| Foundation For Eden Prairie Schools | MN | $264,008 | Executive Director | $30,541 | $31,255 | 2024 |
| Kensap Inc | NJ | $265,787 | Executive Director | $96,000 | $91,394 | 2023 |
| Greene County Fair Association Inc | AR | $263,615 | Manager | $2,119 | $2,467 | 2024 |
| East Valley Institute Of Technology Education Foundation Inc | AZ | $262,844 | Board Member | $14,400 | $14,343 | 2024 |
| Calculated Genius Inc | IL | $262,815 | Executive Director | $80,000 | $81,456 | 2024 |
| Bolivar Educational Advancement | MO | $262,684 | Secretary Tr | $5,348 | $5,866 | 2024 |
| Germantown Community Scholarship Fund Inc | WI | $267,938 | Executive Director | $34,000 | $37,861 | 2023 |
| Tbi Warrior Foundation | TX | $268,167 | President | $7,000 | $7,467 | 2023 |
| Scholarchips Inc | DC | $261,153 | Founder And Executive Directo | $99,342 | $92,953 | 2023 |
| The Claymont Foundation Inc | OH | $268,956 | Financial Secretary | $6,000 | $6,582 | 2024 |
| Native Agriculture Education Fellowship Program | ND | $268,969 | Executive Director | $100,298 | $117,363 | 2023 |
| The Education Foundation Inc | OH | $260,084 | Executive Di | $25,938 | $27,719 | 2025 |
| Decatur Central High School Band Booster Inc | IN | $269,580 | Director, Treasurer | $10,000 | $11,244 | 2023 |
| These Numbers Have Faces | OR | $259,701 | Executive Director | $90,000 | $89,118 | 2023 |
| Red Legacy Recovery Inc | TN | $258,828 | Executive Director | $55,120 | $61,779 | 2023 |
| The Piston Foundation Inc | CT | $258,541 | Secretary | $115,562 | $112,219 | 2024 |
| Northville Educational Foundation | MI | $271,393 | Executive Director | $58,205 | $64,059 | 2023 |
| Seton Cincinnati Sgo | OH | $271,454 | President | $29,088 | $31,085 | 2025 |
| The Galax Foundation For Excellence In | VA | $271,500 | Secretary/treasurer | $12,000 | $12,000 | 2024 |
| California Landscape Architectual | CA | $272,536 | Treasurer | $18,000 | $16,098 | 2024 |
Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.
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 VA 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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 5th |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 5th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 33rd |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 4th |
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.
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
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.