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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 871037113
VA · NTEE B99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Belinda Jones, Executive Director / CEO ($20,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 20 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Belinda Jones — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

20 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 20 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$515 total compensation of comparable organizations → $173,021 $20,000
$15,81110th
$20,44425th
$52,655Median
$73,95175th
$141,70890th
$20,000This org · 20th
p10$15,811
p25$20,444
p50$52,655
p75$73,951
p90$141,708
$20,000

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 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
The Consortium For Independent Journalism Inc VA$488,861 Editor In Chief $90,004 $90,004 2024
Aamva Region Iv Inc VA$409,582 Director, Regions Iii & Iv $15,356 $15,810 2023
Judicial Education Institute Inc VA$520,205 Chairman $167,083 $172,018 2023
Sunshine Academy Summer School VA$396,640 President $20,000 $20,591 2023
Aamva Region Ii Inc VA$395,339 Director, Regions I & Ii $15,357 $15,811 2023
Dental Trade Alliance Foundation VA$560,053 Secretary/ceo $20,003 $20,003 2024
Aamva Region I Inc VA$367,811 Director, Regions I & Ii $15,357 $15,811 2023
Foundation For American Christian VA$561,902 President $500 $515 2023
The Growing Tree Learning Center VA$366,924 Administrator $49,885 $51,358 2023
Quality Care Community Service Inc VA$356,347 Supervisor $99,085 $99,085 2024
Headwaters The Rappahannock County Public Education Foundation Inc VA$582,872 Executive Director $57,534 $57,534 2024
The Life Fund VA$339,543 Ceo $28,774 $28,774 2024
Foundation For Mechanical Insulation VA$313,025 Program Manager/lead $44,179 $44,179 2024
Simplify Global Education Inc VA$311,376 President $68,600 $68,600 2024
Center For Bridging Cultures Inc VA$619,905 Executive Director $173,021 $173,021 2024
Edututor Of Virginia Inc VA$628,698 Executive Director $142,000 $138,340 2025
Nutrients For Life Foundation VA$644,835 President $52,404 $53,952 2023
For The Nations Dc VA$669,907 Executive Dir. $48,000 $46,763 2025
Virginia Beach Theological Seminary VA$676,493 President $65,949 $65,949 2024
Center For Educational Improvement Inc VA$685,835 Executive Director $68,900 $67,124 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted5th

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 (Belinda Jones) 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 20 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99) + VA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,000 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.