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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Maitland E Smith Scholarship House

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 480961735
KS · NTEE B84Z
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anneliese Snyder, Executive Director / CEO ($21,300) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 28 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

28 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 28 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$465 total compensation of comparable organizations → $80,644 $21,300
$1,04710th
$10,96525th
$25,722Median
$42,68475th
$60,09890th
$21,300This org · 43rd
p10$1,047
p25$10,965
p50$25,722
p75$42,684
p90$60,098
$21,300

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 KS 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
Alumni Association Of Southern Illinois IL$196,551 Assoc. Vice Chancellor For Adv/ed Of Alumni And Do $40,909 $36,159 2024
Minot Public School Foundation ND$196,246 Executive Director $43,125 $42,550 2024
Farmington Educational MO$202,762 Executive Di $20,000 $18,554 2025
Alumni Association Of Fitchburg MA$203,774 Secretary/tr $575 $465 2024
Omaha South High Alumni Association NE$192,684 Treasurer $14,046 $13,984 2023
District Foxtrot Of The Clemson SC$186,690 Executive Director $9,284 $8,965 2023
Seneca Past And Present Inc KY$182,199 Treasurer $25,354 $24,491 2024
University Of California Santa CA$220,983 Executive Director $29,185 $23,327 2023
The Public Education Partnership FL$223,421 Executive Director/staff $62,981 $54,766 2023
Sigma Phi Lambda Inc TX$225,102 Co Executive $29,969 $26,953 2024
Uc Santa Cruz Alumni Association CA$225,341 Executive Dir. $19,314 $14,995 2024
Novo Collegian Alliance FL$231,337 Coordinator $13,376 $11,631 2023
Universidad Simon Bolivar Alumni Association Of America Inc MA$233,278 Executive Manager Consultant $4,965 $4,130 2023
United States Japan Exchange And Teaching Programme Alumni Association DC$163,133 Executive Director $70,000 $56,859 2023
Shamokin Area Hs Alumni Assoc Ed PA$160,098 Treasurer $725 $650 2024
Aiesec Life Inc PA$148,333 Executive Director $32,810 $29,418 2024
Swapa Scholarship Fund TX$252,688 Executive Director $82,069 $73,809 2024
Bridgewater Alumni Association MA$143,945 Executive Director, Alumni And Development $45,917 $38,193 2023
Alumni Association Of The State NY$257,682 Interim Dir., Alumni Operations $1,363 $1,140 2023
Bernard M Baruch College NY$136,183 Executive Director $53,031 $43,085 2024
Girard College Alumni Association PA$267,792 Director $57,966 $53,507 2023
Oswego Alumni Association Inc NY$272,535 Executive Director/ex Offi $96,414 $80,644 2023
University Of Virginia Law School Alumni VA$274,517 Assistant Secretary-treasu $35,320 $31,567 2023
Fontainebleau Associations NJ$285,721 Secretary $15,000 $12,041 2024
Leo Foundation AZ$287,149 Ceo $76,000 $67,656 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS cost of living and 2023 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 KS 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 default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)43rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted64th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted36th

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 (Anneliese Snyder) 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 28 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B84), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,300 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd 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.