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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Activate School Fundraising Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 822194696
GA · NTEE B12
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Matt Nolan, Executive Director / CEO ($34,075) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 88 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: Matt Nolan — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

88 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 88 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$983 total compensation of comparable organizations → $425,019 $34,075
$9,21710th
$20,14925th
$45,553Median
$70,02175th
$98,45590th
$34,075This org · 39th
p10$9,217
p25$20,149
p50$45,553
p75$70,021
p90$98,455
$34,075

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 GA 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
Goddard Education Foundation KS$292,521 Executive Di $64,841 $69,668 2023
Public School Funding Alliance WA$297,734 Executive Director $7,698 $6,658 2024
Cg Jung Foundation For Analytical NY$297,880 Executive Di $101,331 $86,174 2025
South Carolina Virtual Education SC$286,962 Executive Di $30,800 $31,957 2023
Inclusive Education Project CA$302,917 Executive Dir. $86,584 $72,224 2024
Eudora Schools Foundation Inc KS$305,600 Executive Dir. $41,359 $42,051 2025
Solar Toledo Neighborhood Foundation OH$282,862 Secretary/treasurer $60,259 $63,475 2023
The Parents' Campaign MS$307,104 Sec/treas/exec Director $117,673 $130,343 2023
Shriners International Education FL$282,452 Assistant Secretary $47,371 $42,989 2024
Advanced Home School Education Inc CA$309,375 Treasurer $96,750 $80,704 2024
Party In The Pines Foundation TX$279,964 Secretary $10,000 $9,663 2024
Friends Of The Scarsdale Library NY$279,836 Treasurer $4,830 $4,108 2025
Cong Yeshivas Bais Yitzchok Inc NJ$278,574 President $14,400 $12,420 2024
Elements Montessori School Inc MA$277,304 President, Treasurer & Clerk $54,000 $46,876 2024
Sempere Quaere Verum Inc MN$276,254 President $5,300 $5,208 2023
Germantown Education Foundation TN$274,516 Executive Director $70,000 $71,079 2024
Daring Girls CO$273,741 Executive Di $108,460 $103,433 2023
Native Nations Education Foundation HI$268,809 Executive/project Director $72,100 $62,357 2024
Boston Renaissance Charter Public School MA$267,607 President $32,238 $28,812 2023
African Conservation Centre Us CO$325,707 Scrty/execut $39,600 $36,681 2024
Learning In Color Corporation GA$262,411 Executive Dir. $77,280 $75,063 2024
San Joaquin County Office Of Education CA$328,568 President $76,113 $61,854 2025
Friends Of Guadalupe UT$261,050 President $34,977 $35,603 2023
Delaware County By5 Early Childhood IN$330,791 Executive Di $95,568 $97,357 2024
Link To Libraries Inc MA$258,547 President Ceo $75,000 $67,029 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted51st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Matt Nolan) 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 88 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B12), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $34,075 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.