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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Virginia Beach Fellows Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 830961927
VA · NTEE B90
FY ending 2025-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sarah Schultz, Executive Director / CEO ($76,175) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 16 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 75th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Sarah Schultz — reported title “PRESIDENT/CO”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

16 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 16 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$7,929 total compensation of comparable organizations → $313,460 $76,175
$15,89410th
$36,21925th
$57,843Median
$74,08775th
$110,34490th
$76,175This org · 75th
p10$15,894
p25$36,219
p50$57,843
p75$74,087
p90$110,344
$76,175

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
Young Musicians Of Virginia VA$395,934 Executive Director $14,477 $14,477 2025
Rosie Riveters VA$371,870 Secretary Executive Director $90,000 $92,381 2024
Piano & More VA$370,083 President $78,792 $80,877 2024
Our Community Place VA$367,290 Executive Di $60,000 $60,000 2025
Read Early And Daily Read VA$340,582 Executive Director $16,380 $17,310 2023
Express Association Of America VA$339,000 Executive Director $296,619 $313,460 2023
Abukloi Foundation VA$317,014 Vice President $37,500 $39,629 2023
Partners In Academics & Therapeutic VA$452,399 President $7,725 $7,929 2024
Erudite Russian Language Educational And Cultural Center Inc VA$457,817 President, Director $40,500 $42,799 2023
Podium Rva VA$279,368 Executive Director $62,320 $63,969 2024
Center For Redemptive Education Inc VA$496,876 President $68,580 $70,395 2024
Emerging Scholars Program Inc VA$266,999 Executive Director $54,250 $55,685 2024
Children Of War Inc VA$525,049 President $69,973 $71,824 2024
Mobiles For Education Alliance VA$542,554 Executive Director/president $36,923 $37,900 2024
College Orientation Workshop Inc VA$546,381 President/chairman $125,000 $128,307 2024
Boolean Girl Inc VA$568,908 Executive Dir. $29,500 $31,175 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 2025 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 default75th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)75th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted75th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted75th

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 (Sarah Schultz) 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 16 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90) + VA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,175 is reasonable (approximately the 75th 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.