Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tracey Questell, Executive Director / CEO ($53,192) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 89 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 80th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range
Benchmarked executive: Tracey Questell — reported title “Executive 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 NC 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri It For Life | NC | $119,808 | Executive Director | $23,450 | $22,777 | 2024 |
| Life Bridge Inc | NH | $121,709 | Executive Director | $65,580 | $58,605 | 2023 |
| Mal 46 | CA | $123,400 | President | $70,000 | $56,821 | 2024 |
| Taylor Belle Foundation Inc | FL | $124,183 | Director | $9,395 | $8,296 | 2024 |
| American Pillars Education Fd | TN | $114,610 | Vice President | $69,093 | $68,272 | 2024 |
| Society Of Health And Physical | MI | $113,768 | Executive Di | $18,600 | $18,047 | 2024 |
| Family Montessori Of Lebanon Inc | OH | $112,875 | Executive Director | $33,396 | $33,251 | 2024 |
| Idea Center Inc | KS | $112,799 | Executive Director | $25,000 | $24,735 | 2025 |
| Big Family Of Michigan Inc | MI | $127,352 | President | $2,458 | $2,324 | 2025 |
| Uca Tutorial Inc | TN | $111,604 | President | $35,781 | $34,445 | 2025 |
| Alabama Association For Supervision And | AL | $111,360 | Ex Director | $26,000 | $27,184 | 2023 |
| Cas Foundation Inc | CT | $111,311 | Executive Dir. | $30,483 | $27,661 | 2023 |
| Washington Home Builders Foundation | WA | $128,271 | Executive Vice President | $28,993 | $24,401 | 2024 |
| Mosaic Housing Corp Xxii - Logan | NE | $108,255 | President | $26,896 | $27,193 | 2024 |
| Confrerie De La Chaine Des Rotisseurs | NJ | $108,104 | Executive Director | $16,971 | $14,244 | 2024 |
| Science Play-space Initiative Spi | OH | $131,287 | Executive Di | $46,800 | $46,596 | 2024 |
| Pathway Community Foundation Corporation | NC | $131,411 | President And Director | $45,000 | $43,709 | 2024 |
| Strategem Learning | CA | $131,865 | President/exec. Dir. | $20,769 | $17,357 | 2023 |
| Pivotal Point Enterprises Inc | FL | $131,964 | Executive Director | $20,775 | $18,346 | 2024 |
| The Human Potential Center | TX | $107,137 | Executive Director | $4,244 | $4,109 | 2023 |
| Totally Local Vc Agricultural Education Foundation | CA | $106,012 | President, Treasurer, Director | $19,000 | $15,423 | 2024 |
| Stamford Polish Saturday School Inc | CT | $134,652 | Director Of Spss | $9,781 | $8,621 | 2024 |
| Montezuma Schools Inc | AZ | $134,683 | Manager | $21,000 | $19,546 | 2023 |
| Germination Project | PA | $135,253 | Executive Di | $96,000 | $92,652 | 2023 |
| Minnesota Trucking Association | MN | $103,488 | President | $14,000 | $13,388 | 2023 |
Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC cost of living and 2023 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 NC 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 | 80th |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 76th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 80th |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 67th |
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.