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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Keep Carroll Beautiful

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 202710393
GA · NTEE C20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Martyna Griffin, Executive Director / CEO ($49,920) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 257 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 54th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

257 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 257 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$484 total compensation of comparable organizations → $225,780 $49,920
$7,41310th
$22,58025th
$44,412Median
$65,98675th
$85,54690th
$49,920This org · 54th
p10$7,413
p25$22,580
p50$44,412
p75$65,986
p90$85,546
$49,920

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 GA 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
Play For All Foundation Inc IL$146,122 President $24,656 $23,416 2024
International Society Of Limnology-sil NC$145,957 Editor In Chief-inland Waters $5,000 $4,991 2024
Wentworth Watershed Association NH$145,870 Executive Director $77,861 $69,450 2024
Source Of Synergy Foundation Inc NY$145,796 President $44,996 $39,278 2024
The Downstream Project VA$145,658 Executive Director $65,076 $60,698 2024
Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance PA$145,624 Executive Di $19,200 $18,496 2024
Texas Botanical Gardens And Na TX$147,483 Exec Director $26,400 $26,264 2023
Center For Environmental Law & Policy WA$147,671 Executive Director $89,680 $77,562 2024
Assateague Coastal Trust Inc MD$148,058 Executive Director $59,615 $53,841 2024
The Pennsylvania Pink Zone PA$148,218 Executive Director $50,085 $47,005 2025
Altamaha Riverkeeper Inc GA$148,849 Executive Director $77,920 $75,684 2024
Rosedale Conservancy Inc DC$148,888 Treasurer $5,072 $4,299 2024
Friends Of The Nature Center In Rancocas State Park Inc NJ$144,132 Executive Director $22,056 $19,023 2024
Pelican Lakes Conservation Club MN$149,353 Gamb Mgr/dir $35,375 $32,896 2025
The Friends Of Jupiter Beach Inc FL$143,677 Executive Director $67,308 $61,082 2024
Badlands National Park SD$149,803 Executive Director $76,635 $81,702 2024
The Center For Transformation Inc NJ$150,374 Co-executive Director $72,000 $63,934 2023
Center For Science In Public Participation MT$150,621 President $100,949 $105,119 2024
Texas Garden Clubs Inc TX$142,358 Director $4,753 $4,593 2024
Keep Florida Beautiful Inc FL$141,524 Executive Di $74,235 $69,358 2023
Citizens For A Better South Florida Inc FL$141,301 Executive Director $48,195 $43,736 2024
Cyclists Of Gitchee Gumee Shores MN$141,113 Executive Director $52,500 $50,113 2024
Cullinan Park Conservancy TX$141,012 Executive Director $64,200 $62,037 2024
Fish Reef Project CA$140,925 Executive Director $27,000 $22,522 2024
Alabama's Water Environment Association AL$140,345 Executive Director $9,062 $9,213 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to GA 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 GA 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 default54th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)53rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted55th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted51st

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 (Martyna Griffin) 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 257 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (C), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,920 is reasonable (approximately the 54th 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.