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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wsna Scholarship And Research

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 911044208
WA · NTEE B82
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Breanne Chavez, Executive Director / CEO ($2,065) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 61 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 2nd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Breanne Chavez — reported title “SECRETARY”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

61 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 61 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,237 total compensation of comparable organizations → $284,001 $2,065
$5,58610th
$11,92025th
$25,877Median
$58,46775th
$82,75490th
$2,065This org · 2nd
p10$5,586
p25$11,920
p50$25,877
p75$58,467
p90$82,754
$2,065

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 WA 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
High Plains Mental Health Center KS$62,337 Executive Director $48,469 $58,486 2024
Golconda Foundation Inc OK$63,611 President $9,750 $11,992 2024
Aci-na Educational Foundation DC$58,619 President & Ceo $75,017 $73,527 2024
Wichita Falls Prca Rodeo Association TX$64,067 President $5,000 $5,586 2024
Bricklayers And Allied Craft Workers NY$58,095 Director/presid $144,276 $145,617 2024
Independent Sports Club Of Central IL$55,835 Treasurer $3,200 $3,424 2025
United Food And Commercial Workers OH$68,518 Trustee $34,141 $40,389 2024
Wireless Infrastructure Association VA$53,833 President $42,749 $46,103 2024
Fsa Scholarship Foundation TX$53,115 Executive Director $17,400 $20,015 2023
Hepburn Bootstrap Foundation Inc WI$52,463 Assistant Secretary $57,748 $69,352 2023
New York Press Association Scholarship NY$70,106 Secretary $15,600 $15,745 2024
Otho Davis Scholarship Foundat NJ$52,243 Exec Director $20,000 $19,945 2024
Ohio Contractors Association Advancement OH$51,788 Treasurer/secretary $49,422 $58,467 2024
South Dakota Farmers Union Foundati SD$70,679 President $3,995 $5,070 2023
Yau High School Sciences Awards MA$51,477 Treasurer/director $9,416 $9,730 2023
Airmen Memorial Foundation Inc MD$51,291 Treasurer $8,743 $9,130 2024
Ilpa Scholarships Forever Inc IA$50,432 Executive Di $5,764 $7,257 2023
Wpma Scholarship Foundation UT$72,092 Secretary/treasurer $31,724 $35,330 2025
Maine Children's Scholarship Fund ME$72,109 Program Dire $19,488 $21,796 2024
Mz Foundation TX$72,332 Executive Director $254,189 $284,001 2024
C J Francis Iii Foundation OH$49,811 Director; Treasurer $1,950 $2,307 2024
Nbs Classical Music Institute Inc PA$49,539 Consultant $5,500 $6,307 2023
Kll Memorial Scholarship Foundation KS$49,336 Treasurer $1,025 $1,237 2024
Project Zawadi Inc MN$49,152 Executive Direc $5,417 $5,979 2024
The John R Mott Scholarship VA$49,049 Director $2,000 $2,157 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default2nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)5th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted48th

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 (Breanne Chavez) 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 61 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $2,065 is reasonable (approximately the 2nd 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.