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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 870511408
UT · NTEE B82Z
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shauna K Brown, Executive Director / CEO ($51,450) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 212 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 59th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Shauna K Brown — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

212 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 212 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $184,037 $51,450
$7,15110th
$20,61925th
$44,124Median
$73,39275th
$104,40890th
$51,450This org · 59th
p10$7,151
p25$20,619
p50$44,124
p75$73,392
p90$104,408
$51,450

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 UT 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
Florida Transportation Builders FL$309,821 Director $92,956 $87,842 2023
Connecticut Association Of Realtors CT$310,981 Ex-officio Member $26,686 $25,169 2023
Rey Feo Scholarship Foundation TX$311,155 Executive Director $43,680 $43,952 2023
Myintuition Corp MA$307,731 Chief Tech O $73,250 $62,656 2025
Florida Bankers Educational Foundation FL$307,325 Executive Director $24,193 $21,633 2025
Habele Outer Island Education Fund SC$307,215 Executive Di $135,000 $141,672 2023
Frank Chapman Memorial Institute Inc NY$312,374 Founder $27,500 $24,280 2024
Central Valley Scholars CA$312,387 Director $36,040 $30,407 2024
American College Of Surgeons Foundation IL$304,707 Foundation Execut. Dir (As Of 6/23) $8,867 $8,517 2024
Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation WA$304,532 President $24,000 $20,994 2024
Maine School Of Science And ME$304,316 Executive Di $112,142 $109,717 2024
Sheboygan Public Education Foundation WI$315,310 Co-executive Director $29,696 $31,197 2023
University Club Foundation Inc DC$303,280 Executive Director $47,573 $40,789 2024
South Sudanese Enrichment For Families MA$315,794 Executive Director & Presi $65,000 $57,070 2024
School District Of Raytown Ed Foundation MO$302,850 Executive Director $44,000 $46,879 2023
Silver State Education Foundation NV$302,277 Chief Executive Officer $55,500 $54,356 2024
Miramar College Foundation Inc CA$316,779 College Pres $26,256 $22,152 2024
Don Diego Scholarship Foundation CA$302,102 Executive Dir. $58,467 $49,328 2024
Mason Isd Scholarship Foundation TX$300,662 Director $2,320 $2,267 2024
Wisconsin Troopers' Benevolent WI$300,169 Secretary/treasurer $540 $551 2024
Chuck Cooper Foundation PA$318,904 President $70,700 $70,922 2023
Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc WI$299,368 Director $44,784 $45,698 2024
Kids Unlimited Inc FL$298,632 President $70,000 $64,251 2024
American Public Transportation DC$298,069 President And Ceo, Apta $68,023 $60,045 2023
Dartmouth Dragon Foundation Inc NH$297,223 Exec Directo $96,000 $89,168 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to UT 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 UT 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 default59th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)56th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted60th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted38th

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 (Shauna K Brown) 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 212 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $51,450 is reasonable (approximately the 59th 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.