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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Madison Village For Advanced

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 854214868
GA · NTEE S43
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Michelle Edwards, Executive Director / CEO ($29,167) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 40 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 15th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Michelle Edwards — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

40 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 40 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$9,065 total compensation of comparable organizations → $255,629 $29,167
$20,85110th
$60,95625th
$92,511Median
$117,86375th
$136,79690th
$29,167This org · 15th
p10$20,851
p25$60,956
p50$92,511
p75$117,863
p90$136,796
$29,167

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
Adventist Health Policy Association FL$381,710 President $16,962 $16,316 2023
Black Wall Street Business Center OK$379,211 President & Ceo $19,500 $21,355 2024
The Biotechnology Incubator At Nymc Inc NY$389,283 President, Ceo & Trustee $268,885 $248,784 2023
The Warehouse Business Accelerator CO$370,791 Executive Dir. $80,032 $78,577 2023
Iowa Center Loan Fund IA$369,185 President $9,756 $10,351 2025
Anti Entropy TX$393,476 President $65,000 $69,305 2022
Growco Columbia Inc SC$367,881 Executive Director $101,778 $105,600 2024
International Union Uaw Local 1284 MI$393,983 President $8,831 $9,065 2024
Womens Venture Fund Inc NY$366,243 President & Ceo $159,200 $143,073 2024
Nonprofit Solutions CA$361,828 Executive Director $89,238 $78,901 2023
Startupaz Foundation AZ$359,966 President Executive Dir Thru 01/2024 $136,843 $130,887 2024
Rockford Area Strategic Initiatives IL$358,096 Director $13,565 $13,263 2024
Eastern American Economic NJ$406,656 President $98,670 $87,616 2024
Ab Community Inc NC$406,875 Executive Director $86,875 $91,912 2023
Danville Boyle County Development KY$349,771 Director $29,583 $32,544 2023
Tolani Lake Enterprises Inc AZ$345,199 Executive Director $53,820 $51,478 2024
Alabama Capital Network Inc AL$430,100 Executive Officer $114,000 $126,104 2023
Kukolu HI$435,911 Executive Dir. $125,462 $111,714 2024
Niche Inc IN$322,461 Executive Director $120,000 $122,613 2025
Piedmont Business Capital NC$446,116 Executive Director Ceo $132,440 $136,099 2024
Commonwise Education Inc NY$314,772 Executive Dir. $30,769 $27,652 2024
Startup Hutch Inc KS$448,635 Program Director $86,659 $93,110 2024
Xlr8x HI$454,613 President/exec Dir $114,357 $104,834 2023
Boomin University TN$455,664 Board Member $36,538 $37,212 2025
Sync Space Entrepreneur Center TN$456,808 President, Ed $124,800 $127,104 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 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 default15th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted18th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted8th

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 (Michelle Edwards) 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 40 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S43), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,167 is reasonable (approximately the 15th 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.