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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Aspire Difference Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 920444647
GA · NTEE B90
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amanda Weiser, Executive Director / CEO ($15,892) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 99 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

99 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 99 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$202 total compensation of comparable organizations → $438,410 $15,892
$5,21110th
$10,51625th
$18,202Median
$45,59175th
$105,03290th
$15,892This org · 43rd
p10$5,211
p25$10,516
p50$18,202
p75$45,591
p90$105,032
$15,892

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 GA 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
Yeshiva Toras Chaim Of Greater FL$30,000 Director $66,080 $61,739 2023
Alliance Aft Education Center Inc TX$30,267 Coordinator $10,100 $10,048 2023
Actschools Incorporated KY$30,472 Headmaster $10,440 $10,556 2025
Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition FL$29,472 President $15,581 $14,140 2024
Wave Enterprises Inc CA$30,717 President $49,666 $41,429 2024
Oea Educational Foundation OH$29,165 Oea Executive Director, Ex Officio $72,639 $74,321 2024
State Of Maryland Literacy Association Inc MD$28,978 Treasurer $5,508 $5,121 2023
Casper College Education Trust WY$28,887 Executive Director $43,990 $45,504 2024
Ntra Charities Inc KY$31,126 Ceo $15,681 $16,274 2024
Colorado Association For The Education Of Young Children CO$31,460 Executive Director $7,843 $7,787 2022
Penfield Montessori Academy Inc WI$31,509 Chair $10,076 $10,165 2024
Slover Library Foundation VA$28,481 Chairman & President $145,000 $139,240 2023
New Mexico Tech University Research Park NM$31,646 Vice President $30,919 $32,125 2024
Books From Birth TX$31,847 Board Member - President And Treasurer $6,300 $6,088 2024
Topass Foundation CA$31,984 President $3,632 $3,030 2024
Hedin-hartnagel Memorial Fund MN$32,205 Executive Secretary $9,996 $9,823 2023
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 104 Scholarship Fund MA$27,060 President $90,715 $81,073 2023
Maryland Theological College And Seminary MD$32,984 Officer $1,299 $1,208 2023
Sheffield Township Library PA$26,715 Librarian $15,152 $14,596 2024
Berlin Free Library Association CT$26,698 Head Librarian $15,068 $13,648 2024
American Chiropractic Foundation VA$26,437 Executive Vice President $17,826 $17,118 2023
The Freidenrich Support Foundation CA$26,259 Director/secretary/treasurer $31,436 $26,222 2024
Advertising Education Foundation Of TX$33,851 Secretary $5,500 $5,178 2025
Tidioute Library Association Inc PA$25,967 Executive Director $20,873 $20,702 2023
The Kinkaid Investments Foundation TX$25,940 Cfo $42,194 $41,977 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted78th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted33rd

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 (Amanda Weiser) 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 99 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (B), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $15,892 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd 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.