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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Catawba Valley Leadership Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823066670
NC · NTEE W70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Victoria Schronce, Executive Director / CEO ($42,375) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 38 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Victoria Schronce — reported title “FOUNDATION DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

38 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 38 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,213 total compensation of comparable organizations → $138,222 $42,375
$10,52810th
$21,75325th
$76,151Median
$95,95275th
$105,79290th
$42,375This org · 32nd
p10$10,528
p25$21,753
p50$76,151
p75$95,952
p90$105,792
$42,375

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 NC 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
Georgia Athletic Directors Association GA$214,748 Executive Director $6,000 $5,839 2024
Shannon Leadership Institute MN$208,093 Executive Director (Through July 2024) $12,500 $11,954 2024
Mclaran Leadership Foundation OR$217,633 Executive Director $15,154 $13,620 2024
Bold Leadership Network SC$206,208 Secretary $18,540 $19,272 2023
Move For America MN$220,083 Executive Director $7,500 $7,385 2023
Technical College Directors Association GA$204,001 Executive Dir. $120,000 $116,774 2024
Leadership Lorain County Inc OH$224,812 President & Ceo $75,800 $77,699 2024
American Leadership Forum Tacoma WA$198,320 President $24,700 $20,850 2025
Hope Anchor & Crew Inc IN$226,571 President $38,077 $40,010 2023
Rise Up Woman International IN$226,790 President $10,500 $11,033 2023
Lideramos CO$227,132 Executive Dir. $102,451 $95,075 2024
Leading For Change Inc AZ$231,487 President & Ceo $109,740 $102,142 2024
Greater Missouri Leadership MO$235,713 Executive Di $95,000 $100,256 2023
Community Leadership Development Program NY$185,289 President & Ceo $76,758 $69,110 2023
The Serving Way PA$240,190 President $10,667 $10,599 2023
Heartland Center For Leadership NE$183,296 President $75,275 $76,337 2025
Purposequest International Inc PA$242,579 President/chairman $10,428 $10,362 2023
Leadership Training International VA$247,977 President/ce $81,292 $75,964 2024
Women Of Color Roar Media CA$249,608 President $65,000 $54,321 2024
Leadership Ashtabula County Inc OH$252,148 Executive Director $63,059 $66,549 2023
Black Leadership & Legacies Inc IN$256,064 President $61,500 $62,767 2024
The Jackson Institute Inc GA$256,657 Chairman $142,041 $138,222 2024
Ventura County Leadership Academy CA$258,726 Executive Director $136,277 $110,951 2025
Leadership Oakland MI$260,741 Executive Director $82,000 $81,913 2024
Deep Democracy Institute OR$158,227 President $68,700 $63,568 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NC 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 NC 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 default32nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted26th

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 (Victoria Schronce) 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 38 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $42,375 is reasonable (approximately the 32nd 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.