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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Alexandria Small Business Development

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 541950928
VA · NTEE S11
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Stephanie Landrum, Executive Director / CEO ($37,953) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 31 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 45th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

31 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 31 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,364 total compensation of comparable organizations → $184,514 $37,953
$5,41910th
$22,80725th
$54,061Median
$82,04775th
$108,76590th
$37,953This org · 45th
p10$5,419
p25$22,807
p50$54,061
p75$82,047
p90$108,765
$37,953

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
Lynx Foundation CA$413,007 President & Ceo $60,449 $54,061 2023
Partnership Grand Strand SC$411,342 Director $98,673 $100,886 2025
The College For Behavorial Health Leadership AZ$431,829 Executive Director $108,917 $105,373 2024
Greater Wilkes-barre Growth Partnership PA$385,463 President/ceo $11,279 $11,315 2024
Park Side 104 Housing Development Fund NY$453,120 Vice President $4,935 $4,371 2025
Gp Lens Institute NE$454,646 President $50,000 $55,697 2023
Chamber Of Commerce For Greater PA$455,601 Treasurer, Ccgprf & Coo, C $141,346 $141,797 2024
Towerside Innovation District MN$457,064 Executive Director $83,000 $82,503 2024
Schuyler County Human Services NY$378,917 President $1,500 $1,364 2024
Sports Event Development Fund OH$460,447 President $168,206 $184,514 2023
Kansas City Regional Destination Develop MO$369,744 President And Ceo $5,086 $5,419 2024
Cdfi Friendly Bloomington Inc IN$473,448 Executive Director $106,154 $112,614 2024
Charlestown Benevolent Care MD$355,905 President $22,889 $21,527 2024
National Association Of Elementary VA$353,924 President $51,268 $51,268 2023
Franklin Hill Revitalization Corporation MA$484,000 President Until 8/4/2023 $27,754 $25,089 2024
World Tang Soo Do Foundation NC$351,447 Coo/chief Of Staff $4,150 $4,314 2024
Fund For The Center For Community Change DC$488,664 President $39,184 $34,591 2024
Highland Community Associationinc MD$341,244 Executive Di $71,470 $67,217 2024
Ujf Holdings Corp CA$325,986 Ceo (Current) $18,548 $16,588 2023
Karl Perl Charitable Trust IL$314,900 Trustee $80,133 $81,591 2023
Roebuck Ymca Collaborative Qalicb Inc AL$308,925 President $27,602 $29,997 2024
The Foundation Of The Women NY$294,080 President & $18,278 $16,616 2024
Nareit Foundation DC$290,348 President $68,663 $60,614 2024
One Arroyo Foundation CA$549,119 Executive Director (Former) $83,718 $70,848 2025
Two Harbors Area Food Shelf MN$286,289 Executive Director $69,927 $71,561 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA cost of living and 2023 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 default45th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)42nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (Stephanie Landrum) 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 31 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $37,953 is reasonable (approximately the 45th 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.