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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sustained Dialogue Institute

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 470894510
DC · NTEE T230
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Rhonda Fitzgerald, Executive Director / CEO ($125,689) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 820 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 87th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Rhonda Fitzgerald — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

820 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 820 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$23 total compensation of comparable organizations → $1,922,646 $125,689
$15,12010th
$35,52825th
$67,728Median
$97,19375th
$134,28190th
$125,689This org · 87th
p10$15,120
p25$35,528
p50$67,728
p75$97,193
p90$134,281
$125,689

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 DC 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
Love Thy Neighbor Too GA$472,272 Treasurer/director $266,693 $305,580 2024
United Way Of Posey County Inc IN$472,153 Executive Director $64,260 $79,504 2023
Girls On The Run Hudson Valley Inc NY$473,595 Executive Di $88,025 $90,643 2024
Rsvp Of Allen County Inc IN$471,064 Executive Director/ex-officio Director $77,294 $92,887 2024
Slingshot Fund Inc NY$470,772 Executive Director $253,897 $261,448 2024
Precious Dreams Foundation NY$474,568 Executive Director $89,077 $94,435 2023
The Howard And Georgeanna Jones Foundation For Reproductive Medicine VA$470,613 President $89,907 $98,924 2024
Tri-county Community Foundation SC$470,574 Executive Director $12,000 $13,899 2025
Lindengrove Foundation Inc WI$474,792 Ceo $31,737 $38,886 2023
Mccb Transitions Inc MO$474,865 Director $70,417 $84,991 2024
Social Venture Partners Charlotte Inc NC$475,506 Executive Dir. $93,000 $109,505 2024
Ase Education And Research Foundation NC$475,571 Ceo $294,563 $346,839 2024
Williamstown Community Chest MA$469,594 Executive Di $46,644 $47,765 2024
Foundation For Women CA$469,531 Board Trustee $18,006 $17,718 2024
Love's Arm Outreach Ministries Inc TN$469,493 Executive Di $55,050 $65,941 2024
The Livity Foundation Inc SC$469,434 Executive Director $63,326 $75,285 2024
Steam Onward Incorporated MD$469,128 Seed Farming Education Director $12,466 $13,281 2024
Millersport Lion Sweet Corn Festiva OH$476,932 Secrtary $2,705 $3,265 2024
Auguste Escoffier Educational Fund Inc IL$477,033 President $88,994 $102,647 2023
Gateways Beyond International WA$477,141 President $35,989 $37,803 2023
Fond Du Lac Festivals Inc WI$467,560 Executive Di $79,325 $94,406 2024
Armenia Fund Inc CA$477,839 Executive Director $125,670 $127,314 2023
White Bear Lake Senior Housing Inc MN$467,454 President & Ceo $41,871 $47,147 2024
Bike Box Project NC$467,046 Ceo $14,875 $17,515 2024
Hadassah's Hope Inc FL$466,864 Ceo $65,000 $69,585 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to DC 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 DC 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 default87th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Rhonda Fitzgerald) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 820 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (T), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $125,689 is reasonable (approximately the 87th 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 13, 2026.