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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Iowa Leaders In Education And Advocacy

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 465523330
IA · NTEE B01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sharon Presnall, Executive Director / CEO ($31,558) 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 63rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Sharon Presnall — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

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

$7,983 total compensation of comparable organizations → $218,252 $31,558
$9,59510th
$17,31325th
$24,437Median
$51,54175th
$68,50990th
$31,558This org · 63rd
p10$9,595
p25$17,313
p50$24,437
p75$51,541
p90$68,509
$31,558

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 IA 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
Advanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance VA$105,000 Director $28,000 $24,691 2024
South Summit Education Foundation UT$103,132 Director $12,500 $11,684 2024
Kansas Council On Economic Education KS$102,314 President & Ceo $21,538 $21,251 2024
First State Educate Action Fund Inc DE$123,000 Executive Director $67,207 $60,101 2024
Anchor Of Hope Foundation GA$133,912 Secretary $43,038 $39,522 2024
Prince Georges Leadership Action MD$137,500 Lead Senior $80,040 $66,580 2025
Blackcomputeherorg MD$148,199 President & Treasurer $10,500 $9,230 2023
Pure & Simple Truth For Youth Inc KS$153,905 Executive Di $24,475 $24,149 2024
Massachusetts Assoc Of Regional MA$154,204 Executive Di $24,000 $19,189 2025
Lone Star Clean Fuels Alliance TX$155,544 Executive Director $74,888 $70,437 2023
Our Dyslexic Children Inc OH$156,599 President $10,000 $9,959 2023
Native Health In Native Hands CA$157,393 President $31,800 $25,819 2023
Oshkosh Chamber Of Commerce Foundation WI$159,582 Ceo / Secretary $8,370 $7,983 2024
The Aakoma Project Inc VA$161,468 President $247,500 $218,252 2024
Allison Rose Foundation OH$165,161 Executive Director $25,000 $24,183 2024
Delaware Coalition Against Gun Violence DE$166,353 Executive Director $54,444 $48,687 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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 default63rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)56th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Sharon Presnall) 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 (B01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,558 is reasonable (approximately the 63rd 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.