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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

World Affairs Council Of New Hampshire

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 020239519
NH · NTEE Q050
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Tim Horgan, Executive Director / CEO ($97,060) 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 41st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Tim Horgan — 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

$11,218 total compensation of comparable organizations → $153,279 $97,060
$23,10710th
$68,34725th
$119,935Median
$131,62575th
$150,93590th
$97,060This org · 41st
p10$23,107
p25$68,347
p50$119,935
p75$131,625
p90$150,935
$97,060

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 NH 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
Reinventing Bretton Woods Foundation NY$322,194 President & Executive Director $158,000 $150,187 2024
The World Affairs Council Of San Antonio TX$330,189 Executive Director $113,979 $119,935 2024
Amazon Center For Environmental PA$304,861 President $12,000 $12,588 2024
Middle East Policy Council DC$286,336 Executive Director $160,000 $152,058 2023
Global Development Network Inc VA$285,999 President Until December 2022 $10,728 $11,218 2023
Development Data Lab Inc DC$360,545 Executive Director $138,500 $131,625 2023
Institute For Food And Development Policy Inc CA$269,887 Executive Director - Until 05/22/2023 $146,731 $137,218 2023
The 1990 Institute CA$374,677 Executive Director $73,365 $66,640 2024
Womens Foreign Policy Group Inc DC$379,621 Executive Director $137,770 $130,931 2023
Armenian National Institute Inc DC$255,188 Director $31,693 $30,120 2023
Nautilus Of America Inc CA$250,590 Executive Dir. $133,007 $124,384 2023
Women Forward International CA$394,405 President & Executive Dire $168,746 $153,279 2024
World Affairs Council Of Arizona Inc AZ$238,456 Executive Director $81,003 $84,368 2023
Policy And Economic Research NC$230,371 President $66,875 $74,835 2023
Center For Transnational Environmental Accountability Inc MD$426,160 President $113,600 $115,020 2023
Global Interdependence Center PA$472,061 Executive Di $120,000 $125,882 2024
The Association Of Professional Schools DC$477,720 Executive Dir. $76,000 $68,347 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NH 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 NH 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 default41st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)41st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted41st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted29th

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 (Tim Horgan) 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 (Q05), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $97,060 is reasonable (approximately the 41st 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.