Live preview — download the board-ready PDF to attach to your minutes.Download the free PDF
Email yourself a copy:
PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

League Of Women Voters Of Pennsylvania

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464971552
PA · NTEE R40
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Meghan Pierce, Executive Director / CEO ($4,236) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 31 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Meghan Pierce — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU SEPT. 2023)”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

31 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 31 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$9,978 total compensation of comparable organizations → $184,544 $4,236
$13,12510th
$35,46125th
$76,294Median
$108,88775th
$129,38390th
$4,236This org · 0th
p10$13,125
p25$35,461
p50$76,294
p75$108,887
p90$129,383
$4,236

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 PA 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
Directorio Legislativo For The Americas FL$418,316 President $140,656 $136,416 2023
Este Poder TX$380,909 Executive Dir. $70,929 $71,148 2024
The Hometown Outreach Fund Inc NY$430,400 Founder $14,485 $13,125 2024
Utah Ranked Choice Voting UT$373,563 Executive Dir. $102,810 $108,632 2023
Florida Citizens Alliance Inc FL$453,419 Executive Di $50,000 $47,101 2024
Coalition Porfor Texas TX$351,902 Executive Director $100,000 $100,309 2024
League Of Women Voters Of California Education Fund CA$454,774 Executive Director $120,468 $104,313 2024
Young Peoples Alliance Education Fund NC$456,822 Executive Director $60,883 $63,083 2024
We Must Vote Inc MS$464,500 Director $70,000 $78,179 2024
Conservation Voters For Idaho Education ID$469,072 Executive Director $9,086 $9,978 2023
American Values Coalition TX$469,525 Executive Dir. $100,000 $100,309 2024
League Of Women Voters Of Colorado CO$335,166 Executive Director $83,573 $80,359 2024
The Ring Of Democracy Incorporated CA$334,565 President $37,025 $33,007 2023
Alliance For A Better Iowa IA$327,518 Executive Director $69,486 $76,294 2024
Election Watch Inc WI$494,049 President $120,000 $129,383 2023
Polichic Engagement Fund TX$305,121 Founder $36,714 $37,915 2023
League Of Women Voters Of New Jersey NJ$502,550 Executive Director $12,066 $10,803 2024
Spread The Vote Inc CA$506,259 Executive Dir. $141,935 $122,901 2024
Good Deed Corps CA$298,904 President $36,250 $31,389 2024
Soil & Soul Inc FL$510,037 Director $54,771 $51,596 2024
Capital Of Texas Media Foundation TX$513,329 Ceo $111,000 $114,632 2023
New North Carolina Project Action First NC$288,251 Chief Executive Officer $13,408 $13,892 2024
Memphis Interfaith Coalition For Action TN$518,052 Executive Director $23,431 $24,698 2024
Massachusetts Voter Education Network Inc MA$280,447 Executive Director $132,125 $119,059 2024
Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance Inc MA$279,590 Interim Executive Director $13,388 $12,064 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Meghan Pierce) 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 31 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R40), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $4,236 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.