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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

South Carolina District Data Governance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 884288219
SC · NTEE B02
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Hubbard Lindler, Executive Director / CEO ($20,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 37 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 19th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Hubbard Lindler — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

37 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 37 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$501 total compensation of comparable organizations → $394,262 $20,000
$9,60610th
$45,73825th
$77,539Median
$128,95075th
$163,14090th
$20,000This org · 19th
p10$9,606
p25$45,738
p50$77,539
p75$128,950
p90$163,140
$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 SC 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
Uaeyc UT$400,554 Executive Di $47,472 $47,948 2023
Vermont Learning Collaborative Inc VT$384,730 Executive Dir. $65,983 $62,019 2025
Seeds & Water Foundation Inc FL$377,711 President & Treasurer $13,112 $11,807 2024
Montessori Elementary Teacher Training Collaborative Inc MA$376,148 President $23,925 $20,608 2024
Military Cyber Professionals Assn Inc VA$371,615 Chief Operating Officer $175,002 $161,968 2024
Zworks IN$368,977 Executive Director $70,000 $70,759 2024
Edwell Inc TX$443,748 Executive Dir. $128,333 $123,052 2024
Community Support Services Organization CA$447,037 Ceo $77,075 $65,680 2023
Choice Charter School Services Inc FL$448,050 Director $117,500 $105,807 2024
Arts & Sciences Center Inc HI$450,293 President $13,425 $11,862 2023
Christian School Management Association OH$453,320 Executive Director $128,498 $134,311 2023
Electrify Dc DC$456,187 President/ex $54,375 $45,738 2024
Open Syllabus Inc NY$348,291 President And Treasurer $173,819 $150,557 2024
Gradient Learning CA$342,635 Executive Director $462,663 $394,262 2023
Auburn University Real Estate AL$341,851 President $350,949 $363,427 2024
Wisconsin Skyward User Group Inc WI$341,678 President $500 $501 2024
Register Of Professional IN$471,174 Executive Di $136,500 $137,980 2024
Arc Upper Valley Inc ND$333,086 Executive Director $83,159 $90,060 2023
Drma Foundation OH$477,170 Secretary/treas $1,074 $1,090 2024
Center For Science Technology And Leadership Development Inc NC$477,267 Executive Director $79,500 $78,740 2024
Good2know Partners CA$327,327 Ceo $10,000 $8,277 2024
Fueled Schools Inc TX$498,686 Director Ceo And Founder $123,426 $118,347 2024
The Center For Bioethics And Culture CA$307,398 Executive Director $88,200 $71,123 2025
Muflehun DC$502,870 Executive Director And Member, Board Of Directors $64,348 $54,127 2024
Charter System Foundation Inc GA$512,407 Executive Dir. $178,060 $176,684 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to SC 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 SC 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 default19th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)19th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted19th
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 (Hubbard Lindler) 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 37 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B02), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $20,000 is reasonable (approximately the 19th 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.