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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Centerstate Ceo Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 222305294
NY · NTEE W11
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert Simpson, Executive Director / CEO ($141,980) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 380 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 91st percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

380 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 380 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$150 total compensation of comparable organizations → $666,813 $141,980
$11,83810th
$27,52425th
$63,006Median
$100,83775th
$136,07290th
$141,980This org · 91st
p10$11,838
p25$27,524
p50$63,006
p75$100,837
p90$136,072
$141,980

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 NY 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
82d Airborne Division Association Inc NC$310,900 Executive Director $65,500 $74,897 2024
Leadership Seminole Inc FL$310,996 President $108,659 $110,051 2025
Wyoming Congressional Award WY$311,093 Executive Director $102,771 $121,786 2024
Family Guide WA$311,614 President $24,800 $24,572 2024
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Of The Us Dpt Of Virginia VA$311,633 Quartermaster $28,600 $29,772 2025
Operation Rebuild Hope OR$309,385 Coo $37,600 $38,641 2024
Leadership Lake County Inc OH$308,970 President/ceo $83,000 $94,778 2025
Listen First Project Inc NC$308,628 President And Exec Directo $170,000 $194,389 2024
Apcu Foundation Inc GA$308,495 Ceo $39,754 $44,235 2024
Salt & Light Global MI$308,472 President $57,500 $65,679 2024
Leadership Geauga County OH$308,035 Executive Director $79,845 $93,587 2024
Leadership Lincoln Inc NE$307,779 Executive Director $87,388 $107,087 2023
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Post 629 WV$307,683 Manager $29,030 $34,784 2024
Sleepawake Inc CA$313,572 Executive Director $34,277 $32,755 2024
Financial Policy Council Inc NY$307,488 Chairman And President $297,897 $297,897 2024
The Connection Inc MD$307,349 President $62,500 $64,663 2024
Passion And Purpose Ministries CA$307,187 Director $63,545 $60,723 2024
Veterans Of Foreign Wars Dept Vfw Ky KY$314,084 Quartermaster $31,000 $35,907 2025
Ladder To The Moon Network ME$314,514 President $10,802 $12,324 2023
Acme Water Company Inc UT$306,348 President $2,010 $2,277 2024
American Legion Post 159 VA$305,205 Vice Commander $29,608 $32,572 2023
Rio Grande Foundation Inc NM$316,279 President-ex-officio $139,569 $166,124 2024
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse CA$304,404 Executive Director $114,841 $109,741 2024
Economic Justice Alliance Of Michigan MI$316,749 Executive Director $98,367 $112,360 2024
Texas National Guard Family Support Foundation TX$317,202 Executive Director/grant Manager $28,806 $31,888 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default91st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)92nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted18th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted98th

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 (Robert Simpson) 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 380 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (W), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $141,980 is reasonable (approximately the 91st 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.