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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Sierra Stem

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 992794285
CA · NTEE B80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Callan Godshalk, Executive Director / CEO ($21,812) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 25 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Callan Godshalk — reported title “EDUCATION DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

25 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 25 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$964 total compensation of comparable organizations → $252,667 $21,812
$3,34510th
$5,50025th
$26,194Median
$51,47775th
$126,22290th
$21,812This org · 44th
p10$3,345
p25$5,500
p50$26,194
p75$51,477
p90$126,222
$21,812

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 CA 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
Intergenerational Guidance Group LA$124,925 President $9,863 $12,948 2023
Mass Collective Foundation Inc GA$126,832 Board Member $10,810 $12,587 2024
National Association For Campus SC$111,135 Executive Director $14,084 $16,577 2025
Jump Math Inc IA$130,545 Ceo $159,367 $202,080 2024
Friends Of The Hamilton Schools MT$133,739 Director $750 $964 2023
Bucyrus Redmen Athletic Boosters OH$105,936 Vice Preside $4,000 $4,906 2024
Stanford University Bookstore CA$135,857 President $245,418 $252,667 2023
Greater Bloomington Chamber Of Commerce IN$103,448 President $4,041 $4,935 2024
The Graduate Student Government ME$138,557 President $3,301 $3,729 2025
Kanu I Ka Pono Inc HI$100,000 Ceo/chairman $23,650 $23,889 2025
Maxmath Tutoring Online Inc Florida Branch FL$99,657 Executive Director-ceo $1,072 $1,166 2024
Scholar Career Coaching Inc FL$144,351 Executive Director $46,720 $52,329 2023
Waterhouse Guild Inc CA$90,644 President $3,000 $3,089 2023
Beyond Kids Reading Inc MA$88,220 President/ceo $143,520 $149,356 2024
The Partnership Inc DE$155,522 President $4,850 $5,500 2024
Streams In The Wasteland Christian UT$157,356 Director $75,000 $91,520 2023
Way Coffee Co MI$157,749 Executive Di $28,221 $32,864 2025
Northwest Suburban Conference MN$159,661 Executive Secretary $25,000 $27,871 2025
Believe It Achieve It CA$166,000 Executive Director $50,000 $51,477 2023
Education With Purpose Foundation For Pacific Islanders WA$171,228 Executive Director $81,504 $87,002 2023
The Fashion Foundation Inc NY$175,871 President $27,500 $28,778 2024
Lives Without Limits Inc GA$176,106 Executive Dir. $23,740 $27,643 2024
Kos Inc GA$176,917 President $21,850 $26,194 2023
Literacy Advocates Usa Inc FL$177,050 President $40,000 $43,517 2024
Virginia Law Review Association VA$177,170 Secretary $18,369 $20,540 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default44th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)44th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted48th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted32nd

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 (Callan Godshalk) 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 25 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $21,812 is reasonable (approximately the 44th 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.