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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Silver State Education Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 921235018
NV · NTEE B82
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jeffrey Geihs, Executive Director / CEO ($55,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 211 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 61st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Jeffrey Geihs — reported title “CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

211 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 211 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $187,911 $55,500
$7,07810th
$21,11825th
$44,918Median
$74,83575th
$106,02490th
$55,500This org · 61st
p10$7,078
p25$21,118
p50$44,918
p75$74,835
p90$106,024
$55,500

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 NV 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
Don Diego Scholarship Foundation CA$302,102 Executive Dir. $58,467 $50,367 2024
School District Of Raytown Ed Foundation MO$302,850 Executive Director $44,000 $47,866 2023
University Club Foundation Inc DC$303,280 Executive Director $47,573 $41,648 2024
Mason Isd Scholarship Foundation TX$300,662 Director $2,320 $2,315 2024
Maine School Of Science And ME$304,316 Executive Di $112,142 $112,027 2024
Wisconsin Troopers' Benevolent WI$300,169 Secretary/treasurer $540 $563 2024
Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation WA$304,532 President $24,000 $21,436 2024
American College Of Surgeons Foundation IL$304,707 Foundation Execut. Dir (As Of 6/23) $8,867 $8,697 2024
Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc WI$299,368 Director $44,784 $46,660 2024
Kids Unlimited Inc FL$298,632 President $70,000 $65,604 2024
American Public Transportation DC$298,069 President And Ceo, Apta $68,023 $61,310 2023
Habele Outer Island Education Fund SC$307,215 Executive Di $135,000 $144,655 2023
Florida Bankers Educational Foundation FL$307,325 Executive Director $24,193 $22,089 2025
Dartmouth Dragon Foundation Inc NH$297,223 Exec Directo $96,000 $91,046 2023
Myintuition Corp MA$307,731 Chief Tech O $73,250 $63,975 2025
Barnes-jewish St Peters & Progress MO$295,910 Director/president $69,196 $75,275 2023
Project Read UT$309,463 Executive Director $51,450 $52,533 2024
Florida Transportation Builders FL$309,821 Director $92,956 $89,692 2023
Connecticut Association Of Realtors CT$310,981 Ex-officio Member $26,686 $25,699 2023
Rey Feo Scholarship Foundation TX$311,155 Executive Director $43,680 $44,877 2023
Joseph L Wolcott Scholarship Fund OH$292,973 Treasurer $6,563 $6,756 2025
Frank Chapman Memorial Institute Inc NY$312,374 Founder $27,500 $24,791 2024
Central Valley Scholars CA$312,387 Director $36,040 $31,047 2024
Eagle Foundation PA$290,481 Executive Di $53,988 $55,298 2023
Navy League Foundation VA$290,370 Nlus Ceo $30,248 $29,137 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NV 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 NV 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 default61st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)61st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted68th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted40th

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 (Jeffrey Geihs) 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 211 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $55,500 is reasonable (approximately the 61st 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.