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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Educational Media Company At

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541852890
VA · NTEE B12
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amy Ostroth, Executive Director / CEO ($15,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 78 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Amy Ostroth — reported title “GENERAL MANA”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

78 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 78 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$784 total compensation of comparable organizations → $467,730 $15,000
$8,62110th
$19,01325th
$40,647Median
$73,26875th
$93,52390th
$15,000This org · 18th
p10$8,621
p25$19,013
p50$40,647
p75$73,268
p90$93,523
$15,000

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 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
Link To Libraries Inc MA$258,547 President Ceo $75,000 $73,764 2023
Friends Of Guadalupe UT$261,050 President $34,977 $39,181 2023
Learning In Color Corporation GA$262,411 Executive Dir. $77,280 $82,606 2024
The Wildcat Foundation PA$250,909 Frmr Exec Di $50,219 $54,812 2023
The Manufacturers Education Foundation Inc GA$249,192 President & Ceo $44,044 $47,079 2024
Boston Renaissance Charter Public School MA$267,607 President $32,238 $31,707 2023
Education Foundation Of Stanislaus CA$248,279 Ceo $11,500 $10,557 2024
Native Nations Education Foundation HI$268,809 Executive/project Director $72,100 $68,624 2024
The Fleischer Foundation IL$246,611 President $16,533 $17,279 2024
Greater Atlanta Christian Foundation Inc GA$246,608 President Of Gacs $81,293 $89,463 2023
Afghanistan Peacebuilding Initiative IN$245,775 President/director $5,500 $6,167 2024
Katie Weingartner Foundation NV$245,727 Executive Director $37,596 $40,063 2024
Friends Of The Portland Community Free Clinic ME$244,572 Ex-officio $12,360 $13,546 2023
Safer Diy Spaces Inc CA$243,732 Executive Director $95,388 $90,151 2023
Daring Girls CO$273,741 Executive Di $108,460 $113,827 2023
Germantown Education Foundation TN$274,516 Executive Director $70,000 $78,222 2024
State College Area School District PA$240,559 Executive Director $72,159 $76,499 2024
Sempere Quaere Verum Inc MN$276,254 President $5,300 $5,732 2023
Elements Montessori School Inc MA$277,304 President, Treasurer & Clerk $54,000 $51,587 2024
Cong Yeshivas Bais Yitzchok Inc NJ$278,574 President $14,400 $13,668 2024
Friends Of The Scarsdale Library NY$279,836 Treasurer $4,830 $4,520 2025
Party In The Pines Foundation TX$279,964 Secretary $10,000 $10,635 2024
South Dade Education Fund Inc FL$235,957 President $114,247 $114,097 2024
William S Hart Education Foundation CA$235,818 Executive Director $61,832 $58,437 2023
Shriners International Education FL$282,452 Assistant Secretary $47,371 $47,309 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 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 default18th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted15th

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 (Amy Ostroth) 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 78 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $15,000 is reasonable (approximately the 18th 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.