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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Texas Association Of Community Schools

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 471382706
TX · NTEE S41
FY ending 2025-05-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Crystal White, Executive Director / CEO ($157,650) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 35 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 91st percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

35 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 35 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,540 total compensation of comparable organizations → $274,179 $157,650
$29,27810th
$49,66625th
$76,010Median
$96,80075th
$147,91790th
$157,650This org · 91st
p10$29,278
p25$49,666
p50$76,010
p75$96,800
p90$147,917
$157,650

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 TX 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
Fire Sprinkler Contractors Assoc Of Tex TX$321,705 Executive Director $42,004 $44,389 2023
Texas Water Infrastructure Network TX$327,112 Executive Director $245,000 $258,910 2023
College Of Commerical Arbitrators TX$328,221 Executive Dir. $73,830 $75,783 2024
Bulverde-spring Branch Area TX$330,435 President $56,149 $57,635 2024
Burnet Chamber Of Commerce TX$336,993 Executive Director $25,161 $25,827 2024
Greater Austin Black Chamber Of Commerce TX$345,608 Director $82,500 $87,184 2023
Accessibility Professionals Association TX$288,892 Executive Director $75,108 $79,372 2023
Cen-tex Hispanic Chamber Of Comm TX$285,750 Presedent/ceo $75,315 $77,308 2024
Invest Texas Council TX$285,000 Director $10,000 $10,568 2023
Farm And Ranch Freedom Alliance TX$353,371 Executive Director $33,567 $34,455 2024
Tarrant Regional TX$361,480 Executive Director $198,000 $203,239 2024
Truckers Service Association TX$273,129 President $1,500 $1,540 2024
Kyle Chamber Of Commerce TX$367,498 Ceo $104,757 $107,529 2024
Texas Rural Education Association TX$367,627 Executive Director $133,900 $137,443 2024
Theatre Owners Of Mid-america TX$269,538 Executive Director $52,684 $55,675 2023
Texas Land & Mineral Owners Association TX$266,057 Executive Director $84,518 $89,317 2023
Gillespie County Economic TX$264,944 Executive Director $150,907 $154,900 2024
South Congress Improvement Assoc TX$263,862 Executive Di $40,048 $41,108 2024
Identity Defined Security Alliance TX$374,829 Executive Director, President, Treasurer, And Secretary $77,560 $79,612 2024
Ypo Bayou City TX$377,049 Chapter Manager $48,009 $48,009 2025
Provider Alliance For Community Service TX$378,644 Executive Director $125,748 $129,075 2024
Cen-tex African American Chamber Of Commerce Inc TX$383,036 Executive Director $71,926 $76,010 2023
Alamo Angels TX$250,232 Executive Director $16,360 $17,289 2023
Asc Inc TX$241,661 Ceo $103,437 $106,174 2024
Desoto Chamber Of Commerce TX$232,518 Presidentceo $60,000 $63,407 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX cost of living and 2025 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 TX 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 default91st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)91st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (Crystal White) 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 35 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S41) + TX + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $157,650 is reasonable (approximately the 91st 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.