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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Columbia Gorge Casa

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 208443275
OR · NTEE I80
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Christopher Janetzko, Executive Director / CEO ($59,267) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 77 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

77 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 77 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,654 total compensation of comparable organizations → $438,085 $59,267
$35,28810th
$52,60525th
$77,674Median
$98,74675th
$128,96490th
$59,267This org · 32nd
p10$35,288
p25$52,605
p50$77,674
p75$98,746
p90$128,964
$59,267

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 OR 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
Lex Rex Institute CA$281,879 Ceo And Attorney $471,140 $438,085 2024
Peoples Law Center WI$281,834 Executive Director $138,000 $159,778 2023
Washington Wage Claim Project WA$281,506 Staff Attorney $183,961 $177,355 2024
Montgomery County Bar Foundation AL$283,016 Executive Director $90,360 $105,119 2024
South Lake Tahoe Family Resource Center CA$288,622 Executive Dir. $50,002 $47,867 2023
Columbia Basin Dispute Resolution Center WA$288,772 Executive Dir. $53,000 $52,605 2023
Legal Assistance Of Dakota County MN$293,191 Executive Di $88,625 $97,085 2023
Justice For Our Neighbors Of The PA$294,362 Executive Dir. $32,917 $36,392 2023
Benton Franklin Legal Aid Society WA$294,679 Executive Dir. $63,815 $61,523 2024
Equal Citizens Foundation DC$269,229 Treasurer $36,000 $34,018 2024
Frontline Legal Services LA$268,828 Co-executive Director $75,000 $88,930 2024
Allegany Law Foundation Inc MD$268,405 Executive Director $57,073 $59,154 2023
Community Mediation Dc DC$296,363 Former Executive Director $59,701 $56,414 2024
Wyoming County - Attica Legal Aid NY$267,246 Vice Preside $31,756 $30,103 2025
Wyoming Childrens Law Center WY$298,593 Executive Director And Ex Officio Board Member $113,980 $135,311 2023
El Centro Hispanoamericano NJ$264,706 Executive Director $49,660 $47,745 2024
Oregon Health Justice Center OR$263,336 Attorney/partner $105,769 $105,769 2024
Arizona Crime Victim Rights Law Group AZ$301,434 Executive Dir. $78,125 $80,907 2024
Phoenix Legal Action Network AZ$261,916 Executive Director $81,222 $86,599 2023
Great Lakes Expungement Network MI$258,107 Executive Director $40,516 $45,032 2024
Connect Immigration CO$306,327 Executive Director $87,000 $89,831 2024
Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation DC$257,339 Managing Dir $132,000 $124,733 2024
New Covenant Legal Services MO$256,169 Executive Di $60,000 $68,431 2024
Pikes Peak Justice & Pro Bono Center CO$255,069 Executive Director $74,255 $76,672 2024
Servicios Legales Comunitarios Inc PR$309,343 Chief Operating Officer $68,151 $68,151 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default32nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)34th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted32nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 (Christopher Janetzko) 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 77 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $59,267 is reasonable (approximately the 32nd 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.