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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Hampton Roads Chess Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 813121854
VA · NTEE B90
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christina Schweiss, Executive Director / CEO ($40,598) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 307 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 39th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

307 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 307 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11 total compensation of comparable organizations → $239,407 $40,598
$10,63110th
$22,98225th
$49,534Median
$73,32075th
$98,82690th
$40,598This org · 39th
p10$10,631
p25$22,982
p50$49,534
p75$73,320
p90$98,826
$40,598

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
Gethsemane Ranch Inc FL$204,030 Secretary $20,244 $19,696 2024
Amplify Arts NE$205,050 Executive Co-director $67,688 $77,627 2023
Teacher Apprenticeship Network NJ$203,250 Executive Director $13,847 $12,804 2024
K12c Solutions MI$203,124 Chief Executive Officer $32,974 $36,290 2023
Family Child Care Providers Association Of San Francisco Inc CA$202,970 Executive Director $45,637 $42,019 2023
Nicaphoto Inc CT$205,786 President $26,000 $25,248 2024
Nami Of Fairbanks Alaska Inc AK$206,276 Executive Director $62,400 $63,611 2023
Grace Education & Business FL$201,797 Director $45,757 $45,835 2023
The Early Learning Partnership Of SC$201,777 Executive Di $45,788 $48,198 2025
Educational Leadership Foundation Of New Jersey Inc NJ$201,523 Executive Director $18,500 $16,666 2025
Quality Champions For Life OH$206,795 Executive Director $22,000 $24,133 2024
Merivis Foundation Inc TX$206,797 Executive Di $124,800 $133,113 2023
Communities In Schools Of Rome-floyd County Inc GA$206,910 Executive Director $64,827 $65,768 2025
Eagle Wings Motorcycle Association AZ$206,938 Coo $48,000 $47,810 2024
Changing Expectations Corp TX$201,110 Founder And Ceo $113,206 $117,282 2024
Culper VA$207,252 Coo $53,667 $53,667 2024
Educational Advisory Foundation Inc GA$201,000 President $16,000 $17,154 2023
Colorado Learning Connections CO$207,456 Executive Director $63,359 $61,300 2025
Bridge Christian Academy CA$207,544 President $15,000 $13,415 2024
Love We Dont See CA$200,612 Ceo $47,294 $41,206 2025
Eg Prep Education Inc NY$200,407 Executive Di $6,321 $5,916 2024
North County Philanthropy Council CA$208,005 Past Managing Director $52,739 $47,165 2024
Doctors Of Academics Learning Academy FL$208,034 Ceo & President $30,186 $29,369 2024
Culture Restoration Project In DE$208,117 Exec Director $76,800 $75,875 2025
Seminary For The Third Millennium FL$200,165 President $14,765 $14,790 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 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 default39th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)40th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted42nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Christina Schweiss) 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 307 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $40,598 is reasonable (approximately the 39th 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.