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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Covation Center Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 811771632
PA · NTEE J02
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Stephan Brady, Executive Director / CEO ($102,675) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 474 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Stephan Brady — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

474 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 474 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$181 total compensation of comparable organizations → $380,616 $102,675
$6,66210th
$25,03425th
$65,986Median
$91,98075th
$131,07290th
$102,675This org · 79th
p10$6,662
p25$25,034
p50$65,986
p75$91,980
p90$131,072
$102,675

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 PA 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
Homeaid Austin Inc TX$454,432 Executive Director $90,017 $90,295 2024
Aurora Economic Opportunity Coalition CO$455,269 Executive Dir. $72,000 $74,198 2022
Dress For Success Charity New Orleans LA$453,371 Executive Director $64,901 $73,780 2023
American Federation Of Local Government AL$456,182 President $20,400 $22,100 2024
American Federation Of Govt Employees Local 933 MI$451,682 President $8,725 $9,298 2023
International Federation Of Professional NJ$457,558 President $22,355 $20,606 2023
Booms Beans Llc KY$457,707 President $105,293 $113,437 2024
Plumbers & Pipefitters Apprenticeship WY$450,707 Training Director $195,160 $209,561 2024
Ur Chicago Alliance IL$458,467 Executive Director $74,293 $75,404 2023
Mass Afl-cio Workforce Development MA$458,934 President $79,037 $71,221 2024
United Brotherhood Of Carpenters AL$458,952 President $748 $810 2024
Transitional Supported Employ Of Mn MN$459,164 Coordinator $60,960 $62,187 2023
Pathways To Independence Of Central Ohio OH$459,742 President & Ceo $108,033 $118,130 2023
Suits For Seniors Inc FL$449,120 Executive Director $84,950 $80,025 2024
Certification Institute For Research DC$460,522 Managing Director $110,290 $97,051 2024
Working Today Inc NY$460,826 Exec. Director $24,152 $21,885 2024
United Plant & Production Workers NY$448,179 Fund Admin $92,072 $85,894 2023
Logosworks PA$448,075 Ceo $106,648 $109,798 2023
The Fountain Of Youth Program IA$447,294 Executive Dir. $68,575 $75,293 2024
Building And Construction Trades Council NV$446,827 President $300 $294 2025
College And Career Plaza NM$446,450 Executive Di $98,747 $103,758 2025
Jobs Of Hope Inc CO$446,303 Executive Director $65,849 $65,187 2023
Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Assc L04 IL$462,848 President $2,781 $2,742 2024
Salt Lake Police Association UT$445,852 President $18,600 $19,089 2024
Chaverim Israel Family Services Inc NJ$445,755 President $26,631 $23,843 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)78th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted70th

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 (Stephan Brady) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 474 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (J), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $102,675 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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 13, 2026.