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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Pax Learning Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 825043697
WA · NTEE P80
FY ending 2024-07-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alex Herrboldt, Executive Director / CEO ($30,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 242 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 22nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Alex Herrboldt — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

242 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 242 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$677 total compensation of comparable organizations → $423,275 $30,000
$15,34910th
$33,53425th
$58,135Median
$78,19575th
$92,56890th
$30,000This org · 22nd
p10$15,349
p25$33,534
p50$58,135
p75$78,195
p90$92,568
$30,000

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 WA 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
Women's Initiatives That Strengthen And CA$261,621 Director $36,000 $34,721 2024
Camp Patriot Corp MT$263,273 President $56,000 $67,424 2024
Lynne Cohen Foundation CA$260,469 President And Executive Di $76,665 $76,125 2023
Bridging Relationships In Diverse Groups CA$260,330 Former President $24,411 $24,239 2023
The Human-animal Bond Inc WV$264,174 Manager $12,000 $14,512 2024
Lifeforce In Later Years Inc NY$264,919 Executive Director $67,960 $70,617 2023
Coastal Therapeutic Riding Program NC$259,005 Executive Director $9,150 $10,872 2023
Esther Single Mother Outreach FL$265,496 President $32,300 $33,892 2024
Asd Solutions Inc NJ$258,704 President $52,000 $50,520 2025
Acts 4 Ministry Inc CT$258,603 Executive Director $95,000 $99,489 2024
Bridges Training Foundation TX$258,583 President $52,000 $59,815 2023
K9's 4 Mobility Inc WY$257,874 Executive Director $55,958 $68,905 2023
The Camp Koinonia Foundation Inc TN$266,596 Past Executive Director $87,125 $102,289 2024
Educate Ya Inc OR$267,011 Executive Dir. $61,944 $64,251 2024
Ladies In Power CA$267,435 Ceo/director $13,333 $13,239 2023
Beyond Survival WA$268,091 Executive Di $46,304 $45,110 2025
Community Counts AZ$269,205 Executive Director $34,380 $38,021 2023
Family Promise Of Greater New Braunfels TX$254,832 Executive Director $12,000 $13,062 2025
Front Step Inc PA$254,541 Executive Director $42,000 $46,782 2024
Matsu Council On Aging AK$253,496 Executive Director $92,963 $99,270 2024
Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation OK$253,446 Executive Director $65,604 $83,070 2023
At Home In Darieninc CT$271,208 Executive Di $96,827 $101,402 2024
Deafinitely Dogs IA$252,979 Director $68,694 $86,492 2023
Edtogether Inc MA$252,762 Pres/treas/clerk/dir/exec $82,565 $85,318 2023
Learning 4 Life Farm OH$272,001 Co-director $6,010 $7,320 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default22nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted28th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 (Alex Herrboldt) 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 242 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,000 is reasonable (approximately the 22nd 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.