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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Leap Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 260206557
MI · NTEE S11
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert L Trezise Jr, Executive Director / CEO ($54,838) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 68th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,285 total compensation of comparable organizations → $104,749 $54,838
$5,52210th
$16,03125th
$24,441Median
$61,07075th
$82,46690th
$54,838This org · 68th
p10$5,522
p25$16,031
p50$24,441
p75$61,070
p90$82,466
$54,838

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 MI 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
Huntingburg Event & Community Center Inc IN$194,942 Executive Director $23,716 $24,230 2024
Community Foundation Of The Ozarks Stock Trust MO$203,994 Director/president & Ceo End 02/24 $37,216 $38,189 2024
Remre Inc OK$189,567 Ceo (Beginning 8/2024) $5,586 $5,959 2024
Gleaners Distribution Corporation MI$189,024 President $3,191 $3,285 2023
Acvb Foundation Inc GA$222,034 President & Ceo $46,147 $44,954 2024
Kaps Foundation OK$173,783 Tcf Cl Director $82,930 $88,471 2024
Decoursey Properties TX$166,306 President & Ceo $47,205 $47,099 2023
Nickel City Foundation Inc NY$164,595 Board Member $10,220 $8,947 2024
Austin Community Growth Ventures MN$151,725 Executive Director - Dca $3,941 $3,773 2024
Sme Preservation Fund TN$247,816 Secretary $24,000 $24,441 2024
1231-1235 Good Hope Road Inc DC$135,004 Chief Executive Officer $23,544 $20,017 2024
Community Property Inc WI$134,760 Director/treasurer $15,872 $16,060 2024
Bbb Of Central Arizona Foundation AZ$282,163 Secretary $112,422 $104,749 2024
Tulsa Town Hall Endowment Inc OK$283,132 Executive Dir. $61,350 $63,763 2025
Fort Worth Chamber Development TX$283,720 Chamber President & Ceo, P $23,937 $23,198 2024
Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area PA$284,671 Executive Di $81,397 $80,965 2023
Two Harbors Area Food Shelf MN$286,289 Executive Director $69,927 $68,919 2023
Nareit Foundation DC$290,348 President $68,663 $58,376 2024
The Foundation Of The Women NY$294,080 President & $18,278 $16,002 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default68th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)68th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted79th

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 L Trezise Jr) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $54,838 is reasonable (approximately the 68th 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.