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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The School Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 571092759
SC · NTEE T30
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Debbie Hyler, Executive Director / CEO ($76,331) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 223 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

223 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 223 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$742 total compensation of comparable organizations → $291,746 $76,331
$12,96010th
$24,80825th
$48,250Median
$75,25175th
$107,27090th
$76,331This org · 77th
p10$12,960
p25$24,808
p50$48,250
p75$75,251
p90$107,270
$76,331

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 SC 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
Gay For Good CA$348,240 Executive Director $88,535 $71,392 2025
Community Foundation Of The Klamath OR$347,880 Executive Director $35,000 $31,156 2024
United Way Of Oxford & MS$347,526 Executive Di $77,330 $80,429 2025
South Wood County Recreation Center Inc WI$346,935 Treasurer $1,000 $1,001 2024
Punks With Lunch Lansing MI$351,688 Executive Director $51,600 $51,052 2024
School Of Choice Education Organization IL$345,648 Executive Director $125,000 $117,796 2024
Breast Reconstruction Org Inc NY$352,975 Executive Director $27,875 $24,145 2024
Aqume Foundation MI$353,531 President $117,642 $116,393 2024
Kurt Warner First Things MO$343,174 Executive Director/secreta $69,914 $70,980 2024
The Park People Of Milwaukee County Inc WI$355,037 Executive Dir. $37,188 $37,228 2024
National School Climate Center NY$355,465 Co-executive Director $39,570 $34,274 2024
Explore Ministries Inc AR$340,878 Executive Director $256,058 $284,040 2023
Hunt Of A Lifetime PA$357,048 President & $4,327 $4,136 2024
Jarrard Burch Foundationinc GA$357,896 Executive Di $38,812 $38,512 2023
Water From Wine WA$358,236 Executive Director $6,458 $5,706 2023
Down Syndrome Society Of Wichita Inc KS$359,239 Executive Director $70,760 $73,276 2024
Moebius Syndrome Foundation CO$338,157 Executive Director $90,018 $82,738 2024
Freedom From Hunger DC$359,267 Sub. Officer/ceo Grameen Fndt Usa $3,321 $2,876 2023
Residential Properties Inc MD$360,000 President $12,277 $11,327 2023
Foundation For Community Empowerment TX$360,485 Treasurer $31,000 $29,724 2024
Home Health Care Foundation PA$334,192 President $11,250 $10,754 2024
Auxiliary To Greenville Health System SC$332,699 Board Member/gift Shop Manager (Until Aug 2024) $83,378 $83,378 2024
Maji Safi Group CO$331,801 President $36,000 $34,066 2023
Hine Corporation ME$365,989 President $69,000 $66,229 2024
Youth Business Alliance Inc CA$366,781 Executive Dir. $102,092 $84,502 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)74th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted79th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted55th

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 (Debbie Hyler) 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 223 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,331 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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.