Executive Director / CEO
This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dale Garland, Executive Director / CEO ($3,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 126 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.
Compensation sits at approximately the 5th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations
Benchmarked executive: Dale Garland — reported title “EVENT DIRECTOR, EX OFFICIO”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.
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 CO cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.
| Organization | State | Revenue | Matched title | Comp (reported) | Comp (adjusted) | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Weinreb-berenda-carter Foundation Inc | NY | $144,674 | Secy-treas./director | $23,000 | $21,675 | 2024 |
| Pennsylvania Pharmacists | PA | $145,417 | Secretary/tr | $12,566 | $13,454 | 2023 |
| The Grandville Education Foundation | MI | $145,647 | Exec Directo | $15,250 | $15,993 | 2025 |
| Olentangy Education Foundation | OH | $141,530 | Executive Di | $41,730 | $46,094 | 2024 |
| National Guard Youth Foundation | DC | $146,358 | President | $10,000 | $8,916 | 2025 |
| Educate Lanka Foundation Inc | MD | $141,292 | Executive Director | $126,000 | $122,850 | 2024 |
| Lincoln County Rotary Student | NC | $147,759 | Director | $36,846 | $39,704 | 2024 |
| Camden County Hero Scholarship Fund Inc | NJ | $149,181 | Executive Dir. | $69,572 | $64,781 | 2024 |
| Oregon Education Assoc Foundation | OR | $138,017 | Oea President | $33,341 | $32,290 | 2024 |
| Centennial Education Foundation | PA | $137,344 | Executive Director | $16,154 | $16,800 | 2024 |
| Faces Of Valor Usa Inc | MD | $150,492 | President & Ceo | $50,000 | $48,750 | 2024 |
| Yuda Bands | UT | $136,783 | Secretary | $28,500 | $30,420 | 2024 |
| Monster Education Foundation Nfp | IL | $136,651 | Executive Director- President | $7,200 | $7,382 | 2024 |
| Laborers' Local 300 Scholarship Fund | CA | $136,560 | Chairman/trustee | $163,840 | $147,543 | 2024 |
| The Derby Johnson Banks Foundation Inc | GA | $151,265 | Secretary | $48,890 | $51,266 | 2024 |
| Baptist Medical Dental Fellowship | AL | $134,845 | Executive Dir. | $54,000 | $62,637 | 2023 |
| Police Benevolent Associaton | FL | $134,541 | President | $11,611 | $11,711 | 2023 |
| Committee For Excellence In | VA | $153,577 | Executive Di | $24,000 | $24,167 | 2024 |
| St Ursula Academy Scholarship Granting | OH | $134,005 | President | $16,697 | $18,443 | 2024 |
| Florida Home Builders Foundation Inc | FL | $154,228 | Ceo Of Fhba | $49,839 | $48,828 | 2024 |
| Forever 49 Foundation | OH | $154,499 | Vice President | $3,000 | $3,314 | 2024 |
| Girls On The Run Central Kentucky | KY | $155,532 | Guckenberger | $63,523 | $69,340 | 2025 |
| Entrepreneurs Scholarship Program | TX | $132,075 | Director | $375 | $403 | 2023 |
| Academic Coaching Services Acs Foundation | NV | $156,000 | Executive Director | $79,500 | $83,106 | 2024 |
| Namic Mutual Insurance Foundation | IN | $131,399 | Executive Di | $41,231 | $45,345 | 2024 |
Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.
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 CO 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.
Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:
| Basis | Subject percentile |
|---|---|
| Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default | 5th |
| Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments) | 6th |
| Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted | 43rd |
| All sources (D + E + F), adjusted | 3rd |
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.
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
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.