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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Nashville Technology Council Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 463167306
TN · NTEE B90
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Elise Cambournac End 1224, Executive Director / CEO ($12,472) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,665 total compensation of comparable organizations → $265,767 $12,472
$36,04310th
$48,38725th
$60,585Median
$100,65475th
$148,97190th
$12,472This org · 6th
p10$36,043
p25$48,387
p50$60,585
p75$100,654
p90$148,971
$12,472

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 TN cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
A 1 Learning ConnectionsTN $387,481$265,767 990
Chattacademy Community SchoolsTN $372,749$46,798 990
Multinational Memphis IncTN $406,640$54,268 990
Julia Green Extended Care IncTN $417,051$100,602 990
Extended School Program IncTN $348,144$105,419 990
The Brock CenterTN $340,945$87,712 990
Classical Beginnings IncTN $340,406$47,960 990
Kids Place At Sequoyah IncTN $442,276$54,069 990
Lausanne Learning IncTN $305,616$49,660 990
Southeast Center For Cooperative DevelopmentTN $494,987$72,819 990
Eakin Care Program IncTN $279,179$66,902 990
Fusion Homeschooling IncTN $265,773$25,287 990
Young Actors Guild IncTN $520,978$100,809 990
Weekday Eastside BridgeTN $524,501$48,529 990
Tennesseans For Quality EarlyTN $545,845$192,523 990
Carpenter Art GardenTN $578,430$4,665 990

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 TN 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (Elise Cambournac End 1224) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90) + TN + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,472 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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). 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.