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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Langford Family Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 597146939
FL · NTEE T20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tamara Langford Bereza, Executive Director / CEO ($5,113) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 16th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Tamara Langford Bereza — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$290 total compensation of comparable organizations → $69,987 $5,113
$3,89710th
$9,67625th
$23,022Median
$41,72875th
$52,92390th
$5,113This org · 16th
p10$3,897
p25$9,676
p50$23,022
p75$41,728
p90$52,923
$5,113

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.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Ancor Foundation Inc VA$109,806 Chief Executive Officer $66,140 $69,987 2023
The Mabel Fire Dept Relief Association MN$101,861 Gambling Manager $5,600 $5,890 2024
The Dove Foundation VA$98,402 President $458 $471 2024
Interfaith Caregivers Inc NY$122,420 Executive Director $57,046 $56,493 2023
Stanley J Bushman Supporting Foundation KS$97,738 President & Ceo $16,608 $19,099 2024
Maxwell And Marjorie Jospey MI$94,989 Treasurer $26,189 $28,775 2024
Pediatric Foundation Of Georgia GA$94,850 Executive Di $21,509 $23,022 2024
Architectural Woodwork Institute VA$128,460 Secretary $45,856 $47,131 2024
Pennsylvania Cable & PA$91,560 Executive Di $47,131 $50,031 2024
Ann Lib And Bernard Kozel NY$91,171 Secretary $30,887 $29,710 2024
Greenwood Heritage Foundation SC$129,555 President/ceo $45,508 $52,030 2023
Eleanor And Henry Jansen Foundation WA$83,352 Executive Director $4,988 $4,754 2024
The Anne K Raikos Charitable MO$79,645 Trustee $250 $290 2023
Friends Of Fmc Foundation Inc MT$141,318 Foundation Director $17,481 $20,059 2024
Frank & Kathleen Blair & Christine MD$141,614 President $7,000 $6,966 2024
Education Foundation Of Greenville MI$142,913 Executive Di $11,273 $12,386 2024
Forte For Children CA$75,706 Executive Director $15,000 $13,788 2024
Renaissance Newark Foundation Inc NJ$145,804 Past Secretary $24,905 $23,670 2024
Bunny And Alan Bernstein Family MD$160,864 Public Director $36,499 $36,324 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 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 default16th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)16th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted74th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Tamara Langford Bereza) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $5,113 is reasonable (approximately the 16th 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.