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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Impact Players

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202674061
WA · NTEE B99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Warren Mainard, Executive Director / CEO ($237,818) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 298 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

298 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 298 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$206 total compensation of comparable organizations → $301,966 $237,818
$12,08910th
$29,28525th
$52,909Median
$78,13975th
$103,15290th
$237,818This org · 100th
p10$12,089
p25$29,285
p50$52,909
p75$78,139
p90$103,152
$237,818

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 WA 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
Off-grid Retreats CA$208,253 Executive Director $28,646 $26,836 2024
Wisconsin Pharmacy Foundation Inc WI$207,784 Secretary-treasurer $35,620 $40,358 2024
Millennium Research Inc TX$207,758 President $16,474 $17,878 2024
Core Essentials Inc GA$207,677 Founder And Ceo $143,106 $160,717 2023
Logos Homeschool Academy Inc FL$207,287 Administrator $20,958 $20,809 2025
Ascension 33 Inc FL$208,942 Director $53,480 $54,506 2024
Stories On Stage CO$207,046 Executive Director $71,338 $72,298 2025
Religious Coalition For A Nonviolent Durham Inc NC$207,000 Executive Director $39,800 $44,615 2024
Whittier Friends School CA$209,474 Financial Manager $16,926 $15,856 2024
Continuing Professional Education NJ$206,413 President $11,000 $10,970 2023
E3 Educate Empower Elevate SC$206,364 Executive Director $49,359 $55,865 2024
We Are Moving The Needle Inc CT$206,034 Executive Dir. $59,856 $62,684 2023
Triangle Bikeworks Inc NC$205,262 Executive Di $34,000 $38,114 2024
Central Pennsylvania July 4th Inc PA$211,052 Executive Director $39,000 $42,194 2024
Annunciation Austin TX$205,036 Director Of Education $48,105 $52,205 2024
Groundworks New Mexico NM$211,520 Executive Di $115,786 $139,097 2023
Boosted Diplomas NV$204,559 Executive Di $69,692 $75,788 2024
Carefirst Community Health Services MI$211,704 Chief Executive Officer $78,928 $94,724 2022
The Learning Center Of Key West Inc FL$211,729 Ceo $60,000 $62,957 2023
Women Leading Kentucky Inc KY$203,065 Executive Director $47,712 $55,612 2024
High Way Education Inc NY$202,698 Executive Director $46,176 $45,268 2024
Alaska Prehospital Education Consortium Inc AK$202,369 Program Director $23,150 $24,012 2024
Faa Child Development Center DC$214,087 Board $27,461 $26,916 2023
Alabama Afl-cio Labor Institute For AL$214,965 President $40,744 $47,754 2024
You Decide Kentucky Inc KY$215,128 Executive Director $73,846 $88,615 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted94th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted95th

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 (Warren Mainard) 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 298 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $237,818 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.