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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Spring Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 475307022
AR · NTEE B82
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Patrick Weaver, Executive Director / CEO ($72,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 220 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 70th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Patrick Weaver — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

220 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 220 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $305,711 $72,000
$9,17610th
$21,03025th
$46,628Median
$81,25875th
$105,97590th
$72,000This org · 70th
p10$9,176
p25$21,030
p50$46,628
p75$81,258
p90$105,975
$72,000

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 AR 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
City Scholars Foundation CA$406,279 Founder & President $128,369 $98,614 2024
Star Sponsorship Program Inc TX$405,073 Executive Director $58,386 $51,959 2024
Georgia Food Industry Education GA$408,034 President $32,108 $28,721 2024
Blue White Scholarship Foundation PA$404,518 Executive Dir. $96,000 $82,973 2025
Nln Foundation For Nursing Education DC$409,067 President / Ceo $13,578 $10,913 2023
Michael James Jackson Foundation For NY$402,852 Director Of Operations $55,000 $44,215 2024
Mid-south Synergy Charitable Foundation TX$401,935 President $147,462 $131,229 2024
Darrelle Revis Foundation Inc FL$411,942 Executive Director $47,000 $40,440 2023
Rexanna's Foundation TX$412,723 Executive Di $15,000 $13,349 2024
5 Strong Scholarship Foundation Inc GA$413,066 Ceo $95,163 $85,125 2024
Internat'l Union Operating Engineer NJ$399,674 President $66,523 $54,400 2023
Appraisal Institute Education And IL$398,546 Treasurer (Start June 2024) $19,797 $17,315 2024
The Rvda Education Foundation VA$398,365 President $39,319 $34,772 2023
Corning Union High School District CA$398,029 Superintende $18,513 $14,642 2023
Penn Manor School District PA$397,015 Executive Di $19,200 $17,034 2024
Foundation For Self Leadership IL$396,141 Executive Director $105,000 $94,547 2023
Minnesota Dental Foundation MN$394,102 Executive Director, Mn Den $14,803 $13,013 2024
Temple Education Foundation Inc TX$393,152 Exec Director/development $33,805 $30,084 2024
Utah Education Fits All UT$420,708 Executive Di $150,000 $136,579 2024
China Folk House Retreat Inc VA$421,753 Ceo $54,026 $46,408 2024
Sullivan Scholars Foundation OH$389,841 Secretary $56,466 $53,206 2024
Edwin J Gregson Foundation CA$389,830 Secretary $25,000 $19,205 2024
Metabrainz Foundation Inc CA$423,273 President/exec Director $120,273 $95,124 2023
Squashbridge Inc CT$424,350 Executive Director $46,154 $38,499 2024
Thrive In Joy Nick Fagnano Foundation CA$388,522 Executive Dir. $54,000 $41,483 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AR 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 AR 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 default70th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)65th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted46th

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 (Patrick Weaver) 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 220 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,000 is reasonable (approximately the 70th 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.