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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Avixa Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832521416
VA · NTEE J22
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Sarah Joyce, Executive Director / CEO ($14,158) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 58 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

58 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 58 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$113 total compensation of comparable organizations → $117,039 $14,158
$2,84810th
$5,40825th
$17,161Median
$48,12175th
$78,22790th
$14,158This org · 47th
p10$2,848
p25$5,408
p50$17,161
p75$48,121
p90$78,227
$14,158

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
Afscme Local 151 MN$88,804 President $2,162 $2,213 2023
International Association Of Firefighters Local 475 IN$89,663 President $1,540 $1,634 2024
B3 Coffee NC$89,992 Executive Dir. $15,750 $16,855 2023
Wayne Westland Education MI$90,142 Exec Director $10,000 $10,383 2024
Occupational Development Center PA$91,544 Secretary $4,036 $4,168 2023
Solon Education Association OH$85,198 President $4,700 $5,008 2024
Probability Management Inc CA$93,319 Executive Director $12,750 $11,075 2024
Imsa Educational Foundation NH$94,686 Secretary/treasurer $126,000 $117,039 2024
International Association Of Machinists & Aerospace Workers CA$95,749 Trustee $4,250 $3,801 2023
Lica Educational Foundation For Veterans IL$81,987 Director $66,000 $67,201 2023
Polk Training Center Inc FL$96,750 Director $40,000 $36,827 2025
Manchester Police Officers Associat CT$97,655 President $5,000 $4,594 2025
Laborer's Local 754 Labor Management NY$97,748 Trustee $55,224 $51,683 2023
Local Union 1713 Umwa WV$98,049 President $4,800 $5,228 2024
Decatur Pbpa Labor Committee IL$79,292 President $2,400 $2,373 2024
Old Pueblo Firefighters Association AZ$98,494 President $9,000 $8,707 2024
Abilities At Crestview Ii Inc FL$79,180 President/ceo $38,173 $37,140 2023
Dallas Christian Women's Job Corps TX$98,664 Executive Di $10,800 $10,868 2024
Dyersville Progress Inc IA$101,258 Director $8,796 $9,438 2025
Associated Calexico Teachers CA$76,165 President $5,000 $4,344 2024
Ability Inc NM$101,702 Executive Director $411 $458 2023
Nonprofit Transformation Inc TX$75,608 President $55,296 $57,287 2023
Local Union 773 Labor Management Fund NY$75,090 Trustee $114,100 $103,719 2024
Rhode Island Association Of School Maintenance Directors RI$72,732 Director $11,250 $11,172 2023
The Bean Factory CO$70,084 Ceo (Thru 06/25) $3,339 $3,138 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)48th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted95th

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 Joyce) 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 58 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (J), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $14,158 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.