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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Michigan Ffa Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 921757324
MI · NTEE O52
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alexandria Schnabelrauch, Executive Director / CEO ($21,154) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 17 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 12th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

17 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 17 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$969 total compensation of comparable organizations → $89,525 $21,154
$22,56610th
$42,87725th
$58,413Median
$70,13475th
$85,86990th
$21,154This org · 12th
p10$22,566
p25$42,877
p50$58,413
p75$70,134
p90$85,869
$21,154

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 MI 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
Prairie Loft Center NE$352,001 Executive Di $76,800 $80,028 2024
Indigenous Regeneration CA$384,863 Secretary/interim Treasurer $67,820 $58,413 2023
Montana Ffa Association MT$295,667 State Advisor $82,030 $85,668 2024
Youth Restoration Corps AK$290,500 Executive Director $73,546 $70,134 2023
Smith County Junior Livestock Show TX$277,665 Bookkeeper $1,000 $969 2024
National 4-h Congress Foundation DC$441,321 President And Ceo(as Of 08/23) $63,802 $54,243 2024
Distinctly His Ministries TX$259,768 President/executive Direct $62,146 $62,007 2023
On-the-rise OH$247,581 Director $60,000 $61,569 2024
Loveland Youth Gardeners CO$245,954 Executive Director $58,537 $54,381 2024
Missouri Farm Bureau Foundation For MO$461,373 Cfo/treasurer $84,741 $89,525 2023
White Oak Farm & Education Center OR$242,034 Director $42,500 $38,238 2024
Soul Food Project Inc IN$473,934 Executive Director $54,308 $55,486 2024
Highwater Farm CO$481,380 Executive Director $46,154 $42,877 2024
Queen Creek Junior Rodeo Association Inc AZ$490,192 Secretary $4,800 $4,472 2024
Turn Back Time Inc MA$498,385 President/tr $39,775 $34,629 2024
Northeast Ohio 4-h Camps Inc OH$508,882 Executive Director $81,566 $86,170 2023
The Wisconsin Ffa Foundation Inc WI$526,075 Executive Director $67,626 $68,425 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default12th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)12th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted24th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted12th

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 (Alexandria Schnabelrauch) 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 17 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O52), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,154 is reasonable (approximately the 12th 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.