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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Boxes Of Basics

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 811661092
VA · NTEE P30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sarah Tyndall, Executive Director / CEO ($25,731) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 103 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Sarah Tyndall — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

103 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 103 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$700 total compensation of comparable organizations → $192,109 $25,731
$12,65110th
$29,04625th
$49,974Median
$65,16275th
$82,44990th
$25,731This org · 20th
p10$12,651
p25$29,046
p50$49,974
p75$65,162
p90$82,449
$25,731

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
St Joseph's House Ltd MD$186,424 Executive Director $53,917 $50,708 2024
The Bus Stop Club Inc NY$187,923 Executive Director $43,352 $39,408 2024
Tennessee Children's Home TN$174,701 President $26,282 $28,612 2023
134 Collaborative RI$174,661 Executive Director $57,365 $56,969 2023
Life Skills San Diego CA$188,341 Executive Director $34,500 $29,969 2024
Operation North Pole Inc IL$189,550 President & Ceo $37,390 $36,978 2024
Newton County Family Connection GA$189,783 Executive Di $58,000 $60,399 2023
House Of Hope Ministry Inc MI$191,833 Co-executive Director $33,114 $34,383 2024
Crown Heights Youth Collective Inc NY$170,871 Chief Executive Officer $73,720 $68,993 2023
Sam Cac Inc NC$169,969 President/director $81,500 $84,714 2024
Memories For Kids NE$193,666 Executive Director $33,400 $36,138 2024
Minnesota Special Hockey Assoc MN$194,134 Program Coor $10,000 $9,940 2024
Shelby County Casagal Program Inc OH$194,565 Director $56,297 $59,983 2024
Above The Clouds Inc MA$196,306 Incoming Exec. Director $78,678 $73,224 2023
Silence Of Mary Home PA$166,323 Executive Director- N/v $40,950 $40,022 2025
Casa Of Mckean County PA$196,709 Executive Director $54,384 $54,558 2024
Empower Youth OH$165,479 Executive Director $39,513 $42,100 2024
Turner 12 TX$197,803 Executive Dir. $91,000 $94,277 2023
Harbor58 Ministries Inc FL$164,688 Executive Di $28,286 $26,042 2025
Interagency Support Council Of Eastern Williamson County TX$163,630 Executive Director $33,080 $33,288 2024
St James Lutheran Child Care Minist IN$200,528 Treasurer $5,703 $6,229 2023
Grahamtastic Connection ME$201,115 Executive Director $57,723 $59,863 2023
Gates Of Freedom WA$202,481 Secretary $10,000 $9,273 2023
Brave Heart - Children In Need Inc LA$202,660 Exec Director $24,000 $26,585 2024
88 Bikes WA$203,613 Exec Directo $16,239 $14,249 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 2023 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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)22nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted17th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted20th

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 (Sarah Tyndall) 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 103 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,731 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.