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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Virginia Highland District Association Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853877071
GA · NTEE S99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Katie Voelpel, Executive Director / CEO ($58,334) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 69 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 55th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

69 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 69 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,228 total compensation of comparable organizations → $249,552 $58,334
$6,01810th
$21,15225th
$53,302Median
$75,50475th
$104,02890th
$58,334This org · 55th
p10$6,018
p25$21,152
p50$53,302
p75$75,504
p90$104,028
$58,334

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
Central Midlands Justice Ministry SC$298,950 Executive Dir. $70,833 $71,385 2024
Love In Motion Foundation Inc PR$298,969 Executive Director $35,139 $34,131 2024
California Center For Economic Initiatives CA$300,000 President And Executive Director $30,255 $25,237 2024
Good Grief Network MI$293,628 Executive Director/treasurer $49,047 $50,349 2023
Total Life Community Educ Foundation AR$292,881 President/ceo $79,689 $86,530 2024
Rethink Coalition Inc IN$303,862 Ceo And President $70,000 $71,310 2024
Rf Impact Advisers Inc PA$289,452 Director $78,378 $75,504 2024
Access Laporte County Inc IN$288,233 Director Of Operations $58,014 $60,845 2023
The Chattery TN$286,494 Creative Director $45,000 $47,043 2023
Market Building Foundation Inc VA$285,014 Executive Di $92,221 $88,558 2023
Natives Rising Inc CA$282,373 Ceo $186,839 $155,853 2024
Clinton Cemetery Association CT$282,136 Secretary $17,973 $16,279 2024
Siuslaw Vision OR$313,525 Secretary $8,575 $7,693 2024
Far Away Friends Inc CO$314,306 Co-founder & Board Chair $40,385 $37,408 2024
Mission Realty Advisors MO$279,136 Executive Director $236,907 $249,552 2023
Pioneering With Passion Ministries (Ppm) CT$315,223 Director $11,000 $9,963 2024
Bloomfield Development Corporation PA$275,921 Former Ex. Dir. $61,879 $61,371 2023
The Chamber Foundation OH$318,415 President An $1,200 $1,228 2024
Northeast Michigan Community Partnership Inc Aka Partners In Prevention MI$271,776 Program Director $45,760 $45,627 2024
Queen City Bicycle Collective NH$326,591 Executive Di $64,620 $56,154 2025
Sustainable Opportunity Development OH$265,636 Executive Di $95,577 $100,679 2023
Foundation For Community Driven Innovation Inc FL$264,104 Executive Director $21,750 $19,738 2024
Harvard Townhouse Inc NE$262,230 Executive Director $21,014 $21,833 2024
Friends Of Southern Ohio OH$333,117 Executive Director $80,052 $84,325 2023
Wlam Property Association Ii WA$336,953 Executive Di $10,016 $8,663 2024

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 default55th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)54th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted59th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted49th

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 (Katie Voelpel) 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 69 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $58,334 is reasonable (approximately the 55th 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.