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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Gnar Education Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 680521209
TN · NTEE S02
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jarron Springer, Executive Director / CEO ($40,725) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 18th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Jarron Springer — reported title “CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$590 total compensation of comparable organizations → $165,904 $40,725
$34,56610th
$49,29025th
$75,874Median
$91,12475th
$120,33390th
$40,725This org · 18th
p10$34,566
p25$49,290
p50$75,874
p75$91,124
p90$120,333
$40,725

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 TN 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
Karat School Project CA$313,871 President $95,131 $78,149 2024
Philadelphia Shipyard Development Corporation PA$298,040 Exec Dir $138,136 $131,052 2024
Global Initiatives MO$332,260 $76,160 $79,008 2023
Mom Your Business PA$335,238 Board President $43,519 $42,506 2023
Center For Community Resources MN$338,049 Executive Director $71,000 $66,743 2024
Downtown West Orange Alliance Inc NJ$281,093 Executive Director $61,128 $51,922 2024
Central Area Collaborative WA$348,132 Executive Director $103,916 $91,124 2023
Medical Staff Of Emanate Health CA$278,175 Chief Of Staff $60,000 $49,290 2024
El Centro Inc LA$354,818 Executive Director $49,406 $53,284 2023
First Tech Fund Inc NY$268,303 President $90,625 $75,899 2025
Join Prometheus Partners Inc NY$264,442 Director And Executive Director $88,260 $75,874 2024
Svp Austin Inc TX$263,643 Executive Director $118,938 $113,187 2024
Leadership Tyler Inc TX$371,965 Executive Director $636 $590 2025
The Urban Development Center Inc FL$375,245 President $35,970 $32,147 2024
National Center For Resource Development WV$246,366 President $90,040 $92,747 2024
Community Synergy Inc NY$211,800 President $40,878 $36,179 2023
Austin Together Fund TX$462,232 Executive Director $174,334 $165,904 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TN 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 TN 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 default18th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)12th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Jarron Springer) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S02), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,725 is reasonable (approximately the 18th 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.