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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Jersey Shore Partnership Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 161759519
NJ · NTEE C32
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Grace Hanlon, Executive Director / CEO ($75,063) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 58 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 64th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Grace Hanlon — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

58 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 58 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,293 total compensation of comparable organizations → $145,385 $75,063
$11,16210th
$45,54825th
$60,776Median
$84,24875th
$113,87090th
$75,063This org · 64th
p10$11,162
p25$45,548
p50$60,776
p75$84,248
p90$113,870
$75,063

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 NJ 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
Pokegama Lake Association MN$218,503 Secretary $2,700 $2,988 2024
Project O CA$216,852 President & Ceo $54,000 $53,768 2023
The Beaver Coalition Inc OR$231,797 Executive Director $83,697 $87,054 2024
Chesapeake Rivers Association Inc MD$232,603 Secretary $120,000 $125,654 2024
The Great Egg Harbor Watershed Association NJ$233,111 Coordinator $51,611 $53,135 2023
Spokane River Forum WA$208,638 Executive Dir. $46,376 $45,306 2025
Jacobs Creek Watershed Association PA$208,570 Executive Director $40,240 $46,273 2023
Friends Of Deckers Creek Inc WV$208,060 Exec. Director $41,273 $50,052 2024
Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Assoc TX$207,231 Executive Dir. $43,500 $48,736 2024
One People One Reef CA$235,610 V Chair&co-dir. $28,000 $27,880 2023
Hui O Koolaupoko HI$236,830 Project Director $36,775 $36,877 2024
Gull Chain Of Lakes Association MN$238,044 Secretary/tr $12,619 $13,966 2024
Lifetides Institute SC$239,327 Vice Chair $26,500 $30,964 2024
Madison River Foundation MT$240,092 Former Executive Director $109,125 $135,640 2023
Save Our Saluda SC$200,079 President $61,170 $71,474 2024
Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper PA$198,212 Executive Di $57,120 $63,799 2024
St Mary's River Watershed Association Inc MD$247,582 Exec. Director $47,400 $49,633 2024
Acton Wakefield Watersheds Alliance NH$248,360 Executive Di $74,862 $77,421 2024
Smithfield Irrigation Company UT$250,811 Trustee $2,000 $2,293 2024
Pudding River Watershed Council OR$250,832 Co-executive Director $62,500 $66,927 2023
Friends Of Palm Beach Inc FL$188,309 President $60,000 $63,130 2024
Carrolls Water Association WA$256,946 Treasurer $8,269 $8,292 2024
Resource Protection Group Inc VA$258,063 Secretary/tr $7,500 $8,111 2024
Pozo De Agua Inc PR$181,070 President $21,020 $21,020 2024
Lake Worth Lagoon Environmental Defense FL$180,852 Executive Direc $15,701 $17,008 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default64th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)71st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted67th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted64th

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 (Grace Hanlon) 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 58 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C32), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $75,063 is reasonable (approximately the 64th 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.