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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Virginia Learns

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 853978793
VA · NTEE R01
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert Nomberg, Executive Director / CEO ($205,997) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 55 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Robert Nomberg — reported title “PRESIDENT AN”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

55 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 55 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$568 total compensation of comparable organizations → $183,258 $205,997
$16,22110th
$39,76525th
$75,780Median
$104,73475th
$125,78990th
$205,997This org · 100th
p10$16,221
p25$39,765
p50$75,780
p75$104,734
p90$125,789
$205,997

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
Shock The System Foundation CA$444,916 Ceo, Cfo, Secretary $18,600 $16,157 2024
Eternal Vigilance Action Inc GA$472,017 Ceo Director Key Employee $121,200 $126,213 2023
Death Penalty Action NY$478,459 Executive Director $87,800 $79,812 2024
Voices For A Safer Tennessee Coalit TN$480,086 Executive Di $35,754 $37,807 2024
North Carolina For The People NC$481,336 Executive Director And Board Chair $104,960 $109,100 2024
Youth Outright Wnc Inc NC$489,293 Coexecutive $58,293 $60,592 2024
Farm-to-consumer Legal Defense Fund VA$419,440 Executive Director $81,314 $81,314 2023
Street Democracy MI$419,050 President $32,200 $33,434 2024
Progressnow New Mexico NM$411,737 Executive Di $8,177 $9,109 2023
Womens Diversity Network Inc NY$411,630 Founder/board Member $83,987 $78,601 2023
The Philonise And Keeta TX$500,000 Executive Dir. $98,000 $98,616 2024
Clean Slate Now Inc FL$500,000 Director & Ceo $33,995 $32,127 2024
Show Me Integrity Education Fund MO$500,140 Chief Executive Officer $92,908 $101,915 2023
Race Forward Action Inc NY$408,044 Secretary $35,568 $32,333 2024
True Texas Project Inc TX$506,308 Ceo $37,500 $37,736 2024
Denver Metro Fair Housing Center CO$507,805 Executive Di $76,480 $73,773 2024
Just Transition Nwi Inc IN$519,227 Executive Director $58,391 $61,945 2024
Eries Black Wall Street PA$390,139 President Director $45,374 $46,863 2023
Inclusion Nextwork Inc DC$387,840 Executive Director $92,808 $81,928 2024
Miami Dade Transit Alliance Inc FL$522,360 Executive Director $90,000 $85,053 2024
Southwest Washington Equity Coalition WA$522,488 Executive Director $88,692 $79,880 2024
Progress Mo MO$380,637 Executive Di $55,254 $58,872 2024
Abortion Survivors Network Inc MO$379,252 Ceo Non-voting Board Member $77,000 $82,042 2024
Citizen Action Illinois IL$532,804 Executive Dir. $93,538 $92,508 2024
New York Jewish Agenda Inc NY$375,561 Executive Director $137,680 $125,154 2024

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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (Robert Nomberg) 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 55 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $205,997 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.