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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Kansas Head Start Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 481195593
KS · NTEE B030
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Heather Schrotberger, Executive Director / CEO ($75,750) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 47 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

47 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 47 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$256 total compensation of comparable organizations → $174,176 $75,750
$5,28810th
$16,59925th
$32,940Median
$54,96475th
$98,45090th
$75,750This org · 79th
p10$5,288
p25$16,599
p50$32,940
p75$54,964
p90$98,450
$75,750

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
Southern Ohio-kentucky Regional OH$186,931 Labor Truste $44,247 $42,261 2025
Society For The Advancement Of Biology Education Research WA$189,221 Managing Director $39,747 $32,940 2024
Society For Collegiate Travel & WA$191,182 Executive Di $12,000 $10,238 2023
Santa Clara County Construction Careers Association CA$177,107 Childress $66,000 $51,394 2025
National Assn For Career Tech Ed Info TX$168,215 Executive Dir. $5,950 $5,509 2024
Women In 3d Printing CO$207,677 Chairwoman $17,000 $15,534 2023
Cpcoalition CO$209,017 Executive Director $60,000 $53,254 2024
Ohio Allergy And Immunology Society OH$160,525 Past President $1,849 $1,813 2024
American Society Of Evidence CA$210,744 Director $39,682 $31,717 2024
Orange County Ny Arts Council Inc NY$211,122 Executive Di $103,907 $86,911 2024
Virginia Council Of Adm Special VA$213,689 Executive Di $30,863 $27,584 2024
Society For The Neurobiology Of Language CA$217,553 Executive Director $675 $540 2024
San Francisco Rock Project CA$217,592 President $45,000 $35,968 2024
Rabiej Litigation Law Center SC$226,766 President & $100,000 $96,567 2024
Johnnetta Betsch Cole Legacy Institute Inc DE$227,748 Executive Director $31,886 $28,900 2024
South Carolina Alliance Of Black School Educators SC$228,061 Executive Director $15,000 $14,913 2023
Aatseel Of The Us Inc CO$228,447 Executive Di $24,000 $21,302 2024
Ucgpc CA$228,995 President $7,881 $6,299 2024
Pacific Tax Policy Institute CA$230,100 Executive Di $35,000 $27,975 2024
Research Triangle Chapter Of The NC$230,904 Executive Director $39,050 $37,349 2024
New Orleans Regional Leadership LA$232,933 Executive Director $91,800 $96,332 2023
Pennsyvania Association For Supervision & Curriculum Development PA$233,394 Executive Director $62,946 $59,820 2023
Nevada Association Of School Superintendents NV$233,539 Executive Director $54,726 $50,777 2024
Entrepreneurs Organization Of Iowa IA$239,142 Chapter Admi $56,060 $55,353 2025
College Of The Redwoods Faculty CA$129,517 Vice President $3,350 $2,609 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Heather Schrotberger) 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 47 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B03), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,750 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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.