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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Vada Charitable Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 562381970
VA · NTEE B82
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Donald L Hall, Executive Director / CEO ($90,961) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 67 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 85th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

67 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 67 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,966 total compensation of comparable organizations → $353,565 $90,961
$6,81310th
$13,86225th
$38,442Median
$68,66975th
$128,00390th
$90,961This org · 85th
p10$6,813
p25$13,862
p50$38,442
p75$68,669
p90$128,003
$90,961

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
Delores A Sachs Charitable Trust WI$74,789 Trustee $12,929 $14,354 2024
Western Telecommunications Alliance MT$77,444 Executive Vice President $51,810 $59,372 2024
Onnemi International Ministries TX$74,227 Vice President Missionary $30,296 $31,387 2025
Denny Family Foundation VT$74,178 President $46,571 $51,304 2023
Lift Womens Foundation IL$73,534 Executive Director $13,085 $13,675 2024
Oscar & Mildred Larson Scholarship Trust PA$78,461 Provost $60,531 $66,067 2023
National Independent Automobile Dealers TX$78,487 President/ceo $15,238 $16,683 2023
Belafonte Family Foundation Inc NY$79,282 President/exec Director $99,000 $97,912 2023
Mz Foundation TX$72,332 Executive Director $254,189 $270,309 2024
Cma Education Foundation Inc CT$79,678 Executive Director $24,000 $24,629 2023
Maine Children's Scholarship Fund ME$72,109 Program Dire $19,488 $20,746 2024
Wpma Scholarship Foundation UT$72,092 Secretary/treasurer $31,724 $33,627 2025
Texas Food & Fuel Association Scholarship Foundation TX$80,681 President $20,944 $22,272 2024
Michael Sadler Foundation MI$80,801 President $24,000 $27,113 2023
South Dakota Farmers Union Foundati SD$70,679 President $3,995 $4,826 2023
Schroeder Scholarship Fund PA$81,407 Trustee $12,300 $13,039 2024
New York Press Association Scholarship NY$70,106 Secretary $15,600 $14,986 2024
Air Traffic Control Scholarship Fund VA$82,848 President And Ceo (Former) $42,750 $43,881 2024
United Food And Commercial Workers OH$68,518 Trustee $34,141 $38,442 2024
Blackstone Valley Education Foundation Inc MA$84,170 Executive Director $52,400 $48,768 2025
The Buck Scholars Association Inc CA$85,060 Executive Director $42,500 $40,166 2023
United Association Scholarship Trust MD$86,082 Trustee $154,691 $153,746 2024
Sartell-st Stephen Education Foundation MN$86,602 Exec Consultant/pres (Beg 2/2024) $10,800 $11,345 2024
Chris Kolenda Saber Six Foundation WI$87,451 Executive Director $68,908 $78,764 2023
Linda Lorelle Scholarship Fund TX$87,813 Ceo $60,000 $62,160 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 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 default85th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)85th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted94th

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 (Donald L Hall) 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 67 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $90,961 is reasonable (approximately the 85th 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.