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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Fsa Scholarship Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 911864067
TX · NTEE B82
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of April Fuchs, Executive Director / CEO ($17,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 48 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 48th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

48 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 48 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,076 total compensation of comparable organizations → $246,896 $17,400
$3,53310th
$6,80425th
$18,509Median
$47,85275th
$69,66990th
$17,400This org · 48th
p10$3,533
p25$6,804
p50$18,509
p75$47,852
p90$69,669
$17,400

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 TX 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
Hepburn Bootstrap Foundation Inc WI$52,463 Assistant Secretary $57,748 $60,291 2023
Wireless Infrastructure Association VA$53,833 President $42,749 $40,080 2024
Otho Davis Scholarship Foundat NJ$52,243 Exec Director $20,000 $17,339 2024
Ohio Contractors Association Advancement OH$51,788 Treasurer/secretary $49,422 $50,828 2024
Yau High School Sciences Awards MA$51,477 Treasurer/director $9,416 $8,459 2023
Airmen Memorial Foundation Inc MD$51,291 Treasurer $8,743 $7,937 2024
Ilpa Scholarships Forever Inc IA$50,432 Executive Di $5,764 $6,309 2023
Independent Sports Club Of Central IL$55,835 Treasurer $3,200 $2,976 2025
C J Francis Iii Foundation OH$49,811 Director; Treasurer $1,950 $2,005 2024
Nbs Classical Music Institute Inc PA$49,539 Consultant $5,500 $5,483 2023
Kll Memorial Scholarship Foundation KS$49,336 Treasurer $1,025 $1,076 2024
Project Zawadi Inc MN$49,152 Executive Direc $5,417 $5,198 2024
The John R Mott Scholarship VA$49,049 Director $2,000 $1,875 2024
Harrison County Educational Foundat KY$48,958 Secretary/tr $6,000 $6,259 2024
Bricklayers And Allied Craft Workers NY$58,095 Director/presid $144,276 $126,592 2024
Annie J Maccoll Charitable Trust FL$47,878 Trustee $22,519 $21,148 2023
Aci-na Educational Foundation DC$58,619 President & Ceo $75,017 $63,921 2024
Illinois Retail Merchants Association IL$47,132 Treasurer $43,138 $41,180 2024
Ibew Local 8 Scholarship Fund OH$46,880 Trustee $55,355 $58,611 2023
Cahp Foundation Trust CA$46,539 Trustee $41,152 $34,504 2024
Clean Slate E3 Inc PA$46,304 President $45,261 $43,827 2024
Printing Industry Assoc Of Ga GA$45,988 Ex-officio $6,933 $6,969 2023
Pine Cone Foundation CA$45,312 President/cfo $50,000 $41,924 2024
Wsna Scholarship And Research WA$61,216 Secretary $2,065 $1,795 2024
High Plains Mental Health Center KS$62,337 Executive Director $48,469 $50,844 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default48th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted83rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted31st

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 (April Fuchs) 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 48 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $17,400 is reasonable (approximately the 48th 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.