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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

National Association State Directors Of

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541552617
MD · NTEE B99C
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Patricia Tyler, Executive Director / CEO ($110,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 426 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 78th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Patricia Tyler — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

426 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 426 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$138 total compensation of comparable organizations → $351,117 $110,000
$18,46110th
$44,52425th
$74,968Median
$103,33875th
$142,23890th
$110,000This org · 78th
p10$18,461
p25$44,524
p50$74,968
p75$103,338
p90$142,238
$110,000

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 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
Paramedic Resources Inc CA$474,692 Board Member $13,000 $12,325 2024
Houseccon TX$473,937 Program Director $57,413 $64,918 2023
Lancaster County Academy PA$475,803 Program Director $97,586 $110,002 2023
Vocation Ministry TX$477,577 President $84,167 $95,169 2023
African American Officers Development Network GA$477,826 Ceo $105,310 $116,256 2024
Gulf Coast Education Initiative MS$470,864 Executive Director $96,552 $118,066 2024
Coongie CA$470,846 Treasurer/ed $11,111 $10,845 2023
Prairie Stem NE$480,488 Executive Director $53,846 $63,586 2024
Acpa Research & Education Foundation TX$480,585 Acpa President $33,724 $37,038 2024
American Association Of Bovine OH$466,561 Executive Di $50,248 $60,158 2023
The City Club WA$482,574 Executive Director $135,000 $132,702 2024
Georgia Coalition For Higher GA$466,026 Co-exec Dire $123,476 $132,797 2025
International Alliance For Christian Education Nfp TX$483,589 President $100,000 $113,071 2023
Hawkquest CO$465,359 Executive Di $110,475 $116,306 2024
The Conscious Kid CA$465,081 Executive Dir. $135,000 $127,988 2024
Steamimagine VA$464,600 President $20,000 $21,202 2024
Thousand Waves Foundation Nfp IL$484,789 Executive Di $76,573 $82,652 2024
Una Vida Esta Vida CA$464,152 President $14,500 $13,747 2024
The Teachers Lounge Inc MA$463,525 Executive Director $87,502 $88,881 2023
Willow Oak Montessori Childrens House NC$485,931 Head Of School $26,888 $30,503 2024
New England Preparatory School MA$462,462 Communicatio $22,038 $22,385 2023
High Oaks Inc PA$487,074 Administrator $81,728 $89,483 2024
Dubois Institute For Entrepreneurship Inc AL$487,441 Executive Director & President $21,956 $26,812 2023
Elevate Dallas TX$461,045 Executive Di $22,300 $24,491 2024
Arbutus Folk School WA$460,522 Executive Di $51,093 $50,224 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD cost of living and 2025 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 default78th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)82nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted72nd

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 (Patricia Tyler) 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 426 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $110,000 is reasonable (approximately the 78th 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.