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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Scholarships For Scholars Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 521349884
MD · NTEE B99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Pamela Vandiver, Executive Director / CEO ($64,392) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 422 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 59th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

422 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 422 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$135 total compensation of comparable organizations → $303,717 $64,392
$15,16410th
$34,17625th
$56,235Median
$82,00175th
$112,76390th
$64,392This org · 59th
p10$15,164
p25$34,176
p50$56,235
p75$82,001
p90$112,763
$64,392

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 MD 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
Foundation For Italian Art And Culture- NY$290,593 Executive Director $70,000 $67,658 2024
Academy Of Finance Nevada NV$291,500 Director $4,500 $4,700 2025
Womens Center For Economic Opportunity OH$291,671 Ceo $44,250 $51,611 2023
Generationnation Inc NC$289,577 Executive Director $60,000 $64,603 2025
Teach Indy Inc IN$289,117 Executive Director $146,591 $165,352 2024
Georgia Council Of Teachers Of GA$288,639 Executive Di $6,500 $6,991 2024
Mapping Your Future TX$293,043 Director $101,280 $111,567 2023
Ulster Literacy Association Inc NY$293,107 Executive Director $67,500 $65,242 2024
Red Salmon Arts TX$293,557 Executive Dir. $62,700 $67,086 2024
Fletcher Park Baptist Youth Foundation Inc WY$294,388 Director, Secretary $48,812 $57,560 2023
Greater Omaha Alliance NE$287,052 Executive Director/ceo $110,000 $130,286 2023
Impact Bay Area CA$294,978 Executive Dir. $62,184 $57,435 2024
Marshallese Youth Of Orange County CA$286,120 Executive Director $48,204 $44,522 2024
Heritage Ranch Inc WA$286,054 Executive Director $49,172 $48,480 2023
Louisiana Pediatric Cardiology LA$285,991 Director Of Operations $63,600 $77,121 2023
Montessori Schools Of Washington WA$285,921 Teacher $84,291 $78,640 2025
National Association Of DC$295,686 Executive Director $6,630 $6,407 2023
Game Meets Game Inc MD$295,966 President & Ceo $58,253 $58,253 2024
Private Schools Interscholastic Assn Inc TX$285,532 Executive Director $75,000 $80,247 2024
Bad Girl Ventures Inc KY$296,082 President & Ceo $109,199 $125,488 2024
Harpswell Neck Fire & Rescue Inc ME$296,538 Fire Chief $6,000 $6,426 2024
Women Of Color Foundation OH$284,642 Chairwoman & Founder $52,034 $60,690 2023
Educare Central Maine ME$296,987 Secretary/treasurer $29,486 $31,581 2024
Gods' Warriors Inc GA$297,298 President $72,000 $77,435 2024
Westminster Afc Inc CO$297,458 Executive Director $15,231 $16,083 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD 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 MD 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 default59th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)60th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted61st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 (Pamela Vandiver) 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 422 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $64,392 is reasonable (approximately the 59th 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.