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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Suwannee Foundation For Excellence In Education Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 593023133
FL · NTEE T30Z
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Hallie Tillman, Executive Director / CEO ($17,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 84 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 25th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

84 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 84 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$406 total compensation of comparable organizations → $294,665 $17,500
$6,01410th
$17,42925th
$36,711Median
$62,17975th
$118,51290th
$17,500This org · 25th
p10$6,014
p25$17,429
p50$36,711
p75$62,179
p90$118,512
$17,500

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 FL cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Hope Center Foundation IncKY $110,929$36,377 990
Legacy Properties Of The CommunityIN $112,404$8,478 990
Webster Electric FoundationMO $114,101$406 990
Michael & Anita Siegal Family FoundationOH $114,485$64,688 990
Neiu Core FoundationPA $114,665$142,948 990
United Way Of Kaufman CountyTX $107,719$47,236 990
The Kranzberg FoundationMO $106,881$37,045 990
The Ascension Fund IncLA $105,954$51,405 990
Sophia Transformative LeadershipWI $105,927$75,266 990
Capital Manor FoundationOR $118,796$2,002 990
Valeo FoundationKS $119,722$13,107 990
John And Lillian Miles Lewis FoundationGA $119,908$222,062 990
Renaissance InternationalincFL $102,475$20,529 990
Greater New Orleans Hotel & LodgingLA $100,031$29,788 990
Gene Spotlight IncFL $123,316$30,794 990
Foundation For ExcellenceMI $123,351$42,323 990
Masonic Health System OfMA $123,712$66,974 990
Roivant Social Ventures IncNY $123,893$294,665 990
Touchstone FoundationPA $124,491$6,311 990
Liberty Isd Education Foundation IncTX $124,742$16,526 990
Arise Foundation IncNY $98,289$17,596 990
The Arc Of Mercer County FoundationPA $127,084$14,828 990
Global Blood FundOK $127,949$206,040 990
Wetherington Foundation IncFL $128,033$40,053 990
Vinfen Corporation Of Larchmont IncMA $94,515$43,845 990

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 FL 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 default25th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted60th
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 (Hallie Tillman) 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 84 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $17,500 is reasonable (approximately the 25th 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). 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.