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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Springfield Education Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 931147979
OR · NTEE B90
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of San Filippo Christina, Executive Director / CEO ($77,250) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 464 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 59th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: San Filippo Christina — reported title “Exec. Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

464 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 464 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$828 total compensation of comparable organizations → $496,833 $77,250
$16,81910th
$41,77025th
$67,952Median
$98,33475th
$123,40790th
$77,250This org · 59th
p10$16,819
p25$41,770
p50$67,952
p75$98,334
p90$123,407
$77,250

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 OR 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
Bay Area Teacher Training Institute CA$390,714 Executive Director $7,899 $7,539 2024
United Sound Inc AZ$389,375 Executive Director $78,300 $81,088 2025
Ceic Corp IL$388,548 President $34,755 $36,793 2025
Mentor Tutor Connection CA$392,348 Executive Director $39,568 $37,765 2024
Let God Help Resources Inc DE$387,505 President $49,628 $53,711 2024
A 1 Learning Connections TN$387,481 Executive Director $258,142 $308,779 2023
Nashville Technology Council Foundation TN$387,450 Chair, Ntc Pres. & Ceo $12,472 $14,490 2024
True North Parent Partnership TX$392,816 Executive Director $37,470 $42,652 2023
Knowledge Builders Of Florida Inc FL$387,241 Executive Director $102,312 $109,375 2023
Multinational Exchange For Sustainable A CA$386,952 Ceo $84,538 $80,687 2024
Emmaus Academy Inc IL$393,287 Secretary $17,152 $19,189 2023
Tuscarawas County Child Advocacy OH$393,999 Executive Di $68,745 $82,857 2023
Thrive Today MI$394,385 Vice Chair $96,000 $112,759 2023
One Spark Foundation Inc CA$385,208 Executive Dir $17,640 $16,837 2024
Careers Clic NH$384,562 Executive Director $72,942 $74,445 2024
Christ Together Greater Austin TX$395,587 Executive Di $51,083 $55,025 2025
Steam Engine Inc OK$395,604 Executive Director $71,197 $89,213 2023
Virginia Beach Fellows Inc VA$384,280 President/co $76,175 $79,201 2025
Young Musicians Of Virginia VA$395,934 Executive Director $14,477 $15,052 2025
Caha AR$396,729 Executive Director $52,000 $62,941 2025
Create A Loop MO$396,759 Executive Director $84,000 $98,339 2024
Carver Project MO$382,734 Managing Director $109,995 $132,574 2023
Caps Network Inc KS$397,483 Treasurer $9,150 $11,249 2023
Watermark Homeschool Enrichment Inc FL$382,427 Director - President $35,000 $36,343 2024
Homeownership Oc CA$398,009 Executive Director $94,060 $89,775 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR cost of living and 2025 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 OR 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 default59th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)64th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted61st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 (San Filippo Christina) 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 464 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B90), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $77,250 is reasonable (approximately the 59th 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.