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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Woody Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 204971953
FL · NTEE T30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of William E Beckham Iii, Executive Director / CEO ($28,498) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 201 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 33rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: William E Beckham Iii — reported title “Vice President”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

201 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 201 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$824 total compensation of comparable organizations → $315,431 $28,498
$6,66510th
$23,60225th
$43,363Median
$69,07875th
$100,72790th
$28,498This org · 33rd
p10$6,665
p25$23,602
p50$43,363
p75$69,078
p90$100,727
$28,498

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 FL 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
Tibetan Children's Education Foundation MT$249,530 Executive Director $48,000 $56,705 2023
South Carolina Federal Credit Union SC$246,692 Executive Director $58,801 $67,228 2023
Chatham Education Foundation NC$251,114 Executive Director $48,410 $54,819 2023
Saving Grace K9s NC$245,382 Director $24,000 $27,177 2023
Light Of Life Performing Arts PA$245,294 Board Chair $30,105 $31,958 2024
Biletnikoff Foundation CA$244,689 Executive Direc $73,500 $67,560 2024
Water282 AL$252,689 Ceo $50,833 $58,458 2024
Blaze Credit Union Foundation MN$244,151 Ceo - Credit Union $47,218 $49,665 2024
Edgerton Hospital Capital WI$253,430 President $40,827 $45,388 2024
70x7 Foundation Inc GA$242,895 Executive Dir. $51,667 $55,300 2024
Ted Lindsay Foundation MI$242,028 President $24,000 $26,369 2024
Kansas Children's Service League Foundation KS$255,351 Trustee/administrative Director $14,002 $16,578 2023
The Jadyn Fred Fund MT$240,925 Executive Director $26,532 $31,344 2023
Warm Foundation TX$256,540 Executive Director $16,616 $17,693 2024
The Sumner Station Foundation NJ$240,014 President & Treasurer $135,147 $128,445 2024
Velocity Entrepreneurial Drive CA$239,741 Executive Di $110,000 $104,097 2023
The Adam Wysota Foundation Inc CT$258,306 President $50,000 $49,904 2024
Silver Creek Alliance Inc ID$259,427 Executive Di $18,000 $20,383 2024
Boca Raton Police Foundation Inc FL$259,639 Executive Director $119,878 $123,419 2023
United Way Of Parker County TX$259,941 Former Exec. $65,417 $67,862 2025
Barb Food Mart Nfp IL$259,966 Associate Di $56,328 $57,428 2025
Amphibian Ark MN$236,334 Program Officer $58,711 $61,754 2024
Millers Foundation Inc MA$260,924 Secretary $12,848 $12,290 2024
Illinois Counseling Association Foundation IL$235,273 Executive Director $64,375 $67,369 2024
Sfi Foundation Inc PA$234,767 President/ceo $31,382 $33,313 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to FL 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 FL 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 default33rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)34th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted47th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (William E Beckham Iii) 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 201 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (T30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $28,498 is reasonable (approximately the 33rd 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.