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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Clarke County Education Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541606545
VA · NTEE B28Z
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Beth Williams, Executive Director / CEO ($40,040) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 82 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 35th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

82 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 82 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,592 total compensation of comparable organizations → $151,816 $40,040
$16,06810th
$30,67125th
$55,790Median
$74,80575th
$104,01690th
$40,040This org · 35th
p10$16,068
p25$30,671
p50$55,790
p75$74,805
p90$104,016
$40,040

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 VA 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
Snowdrop Montessori School Inc MA$396,087 President $60,000 $55,841 2024
Exceptional Education Outreach Inc FL$402,749 President & Ceo $26,606 $26,651 2023
Blazing Stars Montessori School Inc FL$403,928 Officer $57,876 $56,310 2024
Roxbury Roots Montessori Inc MA$404,189 President & Ceo $70,705 $67,747 2023
The Italian American Club Foundation MN$391,509 President $9,000 $9,210 2024
Huaxia Chinese School At Bergen Inc NJ$390,653 Principal $8,713 $8,057 2024
The Social Engineering Project CA$405,321 Director $92,308 $82,553 2024
Alexsander Academy Inc GA$390,034 Executive Di $100,130 $104,272 2024
Spectrum Of Joy Inc AZ$407,281 President $10,854 $10,532 2025
No More Sidelines MI$408,828 Ceo $26,000 $27,794 2024
Mission Empower PA$386,847 Executive Dir. $33,877 $34,989 2024
Clover Montessori School PA$383,799 Board President, Founding Teacher Leader $67,000 $71,243 2023
Hope Springs Christian Learning Center Inc GA$413,039 Ceo $39,930 $41,582 2024
New Castle Learning Advantage CO$382,113 Executive Di $14,834 $14,732 2024
Inspiring Minds ND$380,097 President $74,778 $84,990 2024
Azalea Montessori Elementary Nature School OH$378,989 Executive Director $60,000 $65,817 2024
Take Note Studio Inc WI$378,193 Executive Director $98,083 $106,090 2024
Kingsport Christian Academy TN$376,169 Director/administrator $25,603 $27,154 2025
The Exceptional Way Inc GA$421,142 Executive Di $59,908 $62,386 2024
Flor De Loto Montessori Corp PR$364,110 Employee $36,321 $36,321 2024
Matthew 19 14 KS$432,166 Executive Director $44,871 $51,688 2023
New Vision Aviation CA$361,981 President $33,040 $30,421 2023
Shenandoah Autism Center VA$436,300 Executive Di $69,357 $69,357 2024
Disability Independence Group Inc FL$357,596 Executive Director $101,538 $101,709 2023
Arizona Spellers Academy AZ$439,070 Ceo $13,846 $13,436 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default35th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)35th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Beth Williams) 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 82 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B28), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,040 is reasonable (approximately the 35th 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.