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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

350org Action Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261181604
MA · NTEE C01
FY ending 2024-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gillian May Boeve, Executive Director / CEO ($34,973) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 44 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 61st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Gillian May Boeve — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

44 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 44 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$178 total compensation of comparable organizations → $124,786 $34,973
$2,97610th
$12,85525th
$27,511Median
$48,13775th
$78,85690th
$34,973This org · 61st
p10$2,976
p25$12,855
p50$27,511
p75$48,137
p90$78,856
$34,973

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 MA 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
Friends Of Merrymeeting Bay ME$58,443 Database Manager $155 $178 2023
Worldopt Institute Inc HI$58,166 Secretary $13,221 $13,172 2024
Islands First Inc NY$58,985 Executive Director $50,317 $52,092 2023
Bristol Virginia Public Schools Education Foundation VA$57,923 Executive Director $28,554 $31,586 2023
Borneo Research Council ME$57,273 Treasurer $18,994 $21,790 2023
Outdoor Intervention Inc IN$57,041 President $39,803 $46,710 2024
Magellan Foundation Inc NY$56,783 President - $7,030 $6,887 2025
Mcgill Rose Garden SC$56,585 Sr Garden Di $23,500 $27,282 2024
School Of Living PA$56,215 Assistant Treasurer $2,138 $2,373 2024
The Sunflower Land Trust Inc KS$55,628 Chief Exec. Officer $32,500 $39,072 2024
First People's Conservation Council LA$61,737 President $3,000 $3,676 2024
Warsaw Biblical Gardens Inc IN$54,425 Board Member $6,200 $7,276 2024
Partnership For Environmental Progress CA$53,220 Executive Dir. $66,000 $65,294 2023
Oakfield Conservation Club WI$65,968 President $500 $599 2023
Solar Austin TX$66,281 Executive Director $26,833 $29,870 2024
Foothill Conservancy CA$66,411 Executive Director $26,926 $25,874 2024
Lake Erie Waterkeeper Inc OH$67,619 Executive Director $6,000 $7,072 2024
Pines And Prairies Land Trust TX$67,739 Executive Director $76,210 $87,340 2023
Community Counts Colorado Inc CO$67,973 Executive Di $23,100 $25,377 2023
Recycling Rules Inc MA$48,970 Founder And Executive Director $22,000 $22,650 2023
National Historic Trails Center WY$68,225 Executive Director $40,000 $47,665 2024
Sportsmens Club Sauk Rapids Inc MN$48,583 President $599 $659 2024
Center For Ecological Living & Learning MD$69,268 President $94,952 $98,787 2024
Go Alliance OR$70,080 Director, President, Executive Director $76,680 $79,243 2024
Meeker Memorial Hospital Foundation MN$70,214 Foundation Director $12,154 $13,364 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MA 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 MA 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 default61st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)66th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted16th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted95th

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 (Gillian May Boeve) 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 44 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (C), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $34,973 is reasonable (approximately the 61st 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.