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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Severn Leadership Group Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 821721118
MD · NTEE W70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julie Campbell, Executive Director / CEO ($116,192) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 48 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 81st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

48 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 48 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,341 total compensation of comparable organizations → $152,764 $116,192
$12,04910th
$38,47325th
$86,988Median
$108,21775th
$126,27290th
$116,192This org · 81st
p10$12,049
p25$38,473
p50$86,988
p75$108,217
p90$126,272
$116,192

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 MD 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
Center For Democracy And Development In The Americas Inc DC$289,679 President (Ceo) $54,167 $52,344 2023
Lead Dsm IA$301,859 Executive Director $96,689 $116,584 2023
Barbara Jean Brown Foundation WA$286,334 Secretary $1,400 $1,341 2024
The Michiana Leadership Center Inc IN$281,067 Executive Director $75,542 $87,727 2023
Leadership Lincoln Inc NE$307,779 Executive Director $87,388 $103,504 2023
Leadership Geauga County OH$308,035 Executive Director $79,845 $90,456 2024
Leadership Lake County Inc OH$308,970 President/ceo $83,000 $91,607 2025
Leadership Seminole Inc FL$310,996 President $108,659 $106,369 2025
Wyoming Congressional Award WY$311,093 Executive Director $102,771 $117,711 2024
Economic Justice Alliance Of Michigan MI$316,749 Executive Director $98,367 $108,601 2024
Board Development Systems Inc TX$267,973 President/ce $87,729 $93,866 2024
Skills Usa Council PA$320,725 Executive Director $87,883 $93,742 2024
Leadership New Hampshire NH$325,615 Executive Director $91,640 $90,509 2024
Leadership Oakland MI$260,741 Executive Director $82,000 $90,531 2024
Ventura County Leadership Academy CA$258,726 Executive Director $136,277 $122,624 2025
The Jackson Institute Inc GA$256,657 Chairman $142,041 $152,764 2024
Black Leadership & Legacies Inc IN$256,064 President $61,500 $69,371 2024
Center For Compassionate Leadership Inc NY$333,753 Chair $41,000 $39,628 2024
Leadership Ashtabula County Inc OH$252,148 Executive Director $63,059 $73,550 2023
Women Of Color Roar Media CA$249,608 President $65,000 $60,036 2024
Public Health Fund Inc MO$340,221 Administrator $15,817 $17,919 2024
Leadership Training International VA$247,977 President/ce $81,292 $83,956 2024
Purposequest International Inc PA$242,579 President/chairman $10,428 $11,452 2023
The Serving Way PA$240,190 President $10,667 $11,714 2023
Greater Missouri Leadership MO$235,713 Executive Di $95,000 $110,804 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD 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 MD 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 default81st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)90th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted90th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Julie Campbell) 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 48 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $116,192 is reasonable (approximately the 81st 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.