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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Worth & Dot Howard Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 860984133
AZ · NTEE B82
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alexandra Anderson, Executive Director / CEO ($55,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 168 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 70th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

168 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 168 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$390 total compensation of comparable organizations → $199,035 $55,000
$6,29310th
$15,27425th
$38,477Median
$62,53575th
$90,59990th
$55,000This org · 70th
p10$6,293
p25$15,274
p50$38,477
p75$62,535
p90$90,599
$55,000

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 AZ 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
Montana State Elks Association MT$190,394 Treasurer $2,000 $2,122 2025
Truckload Carriers Association VA$190,313 President $44,277 $43,178 2024
Police Athletic League Of Philadelphia PA$189,686 Executive Director Thru 11/23 $2,185 $2,200 2024
Pratyush Sinha Foundation PA$192,024 Co-executive Director $24,418 $24,593 2024
Advancing Students Forward CA$189,082 Executive Dir. $78,500 $68,461 2024
Loan Repayment Assistance Program Of MN$192,896 Executive Director $67,508 $69,360 2023
Joey's Dream Builders TX$193,597 Executive Director $40,000 $40,411 2024
Students Without Mothers Inc GA$194,123 Executive Dir. $66,600 $67,632 2024
The Spaulding High School Scholarship Trust VT$187,214 Vice Chair $2,300 $2,338 2024
Friends Of Monte Vista Choir CA$187,110 Fin'l Secretary $9,180 $8,006 2024
Farther Foundation IL$187,088 President $7,500 $7,447 2024
New South Foundation Inc GA$196,161 President $32,970 $33,481 2024
Union City Education Foundation Inc IN$185,146 President $12,200 $12,994 2024
Plumbers Local Union No 690 PA$196,672 Co-chairman $151,390 $152,476 2024
Ballet Yuma AZ$184,694 Company Manager $12,500 $12,141 2024
Carh Scholarship Fund VA$196,988 Secretary/ Executive Director $25,652 $25,015 2024
Minnesota Grocers Education Foundation MN$184,300 President $22,480 $23,097 2023
Baton Rouge Epicurean Society LA$184,278 Executive Dir. $45,247 $50,320 2024
Clifford H Ted Rees Jr Scholarship VA$184,100 Chief Operating Officer $38,351 $38,503 2023
Arizona Food & Drug Industry Founda AZ$197,743 President $11,716 $11,380 2024
Livingston Arts Council Inc MI$182,835 Vp Programmi $56,704 $60,857 2023
Building Baja's Future $181,985 Managing Director $48,000 $46,623 2024
City Of Fairfax Band Association Inc VA$199,958 Managing Director $30,000 $28,501 2025
Maryland Association Of Certified Public MD$180,557 Ceo $24,437 $23,074 2024
Jacquie Hirsch For All Foundation NY$201,312 Treasurer $6,968 $6,547 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AZ 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 AZ 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 default70th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)70th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted74th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted44th

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 (Alexandra Anderson) 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 168 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $55,000 is reasonable (approximately the 70th 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.