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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Crawford Stewardship Project Ltd

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261210395
WI · NTEE C99
FY ending 2023-09-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Janes, Executive Director / CEO ($7,358) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 27 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 11th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: David Janes — reported title “Treasurer”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

27 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 27 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$909 total compensation of comparable organizations → $210,087 $7,358
$8,99110th
$31,40925th
$40,980Median
$69,51975th
$105,01590th
$7,358This org · 11th
p10$8,991
p25$31,409
p50$40,980
p75$69,519
p90$105,015
$7,358

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 WI 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 The Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge OR$177,564 Executive Director $62,820 $54,258 2024
Coastal Bend Air Quality Partnership TX$174,000 Executive Director $118,429 $110,179 2024
Cape Coral Remade Inc FL$167,283 Board Secretary $1,041 $909 2024
Friends Of Wilmington Parks DE$194,460 Executive Director $45,000 $40,980 2024
Fair Future Movement Inc WI$199,436 Executive Director $30,291 $30,291 2023
Ballard Family Nature Center Inc IL$204,991 Co-director $34,670 $32,637 2023
American Environmental Health Studies Pr VT$206,502 Director $75,000 $70,209 2024
Gorge Rebuild-it Community Project OR$209,834 Vice Chairexecutive Director $76,500 $64,370 2025
The Firefly Gathering Inc NC$211,169 Executive Director $24,805 $24,541 2023
Source Of Synergy Foundation Inc NY$145,796 President $44,996 $37,815 2024
Assoc Of Us Delegates To The Gulf Of ME$216,510 Executive Director & Counc $73,905 $68,828 2024
Cyclists Of Gitchee Gumee Shores MN$141,113 Executive Director $52,500 $48,247 2024
Rewild Long Island Inc NY$220,764 Director $5,536 $4,652 2024
Mississippis Lower Delta Partnership MS$222,010 Coordinator $66,790 $71,227 2023
Apis Arborea CA$223,552 President $67,670 $55,951 2023
Cultiva International Inc UT$225,527 President $36,000 $35,280 2023
Crooks Conservation & Gun Club Inc SD$130,966 Director $2,345 $2,345 2025
Mo Hives Kc MO$230,471 Executive Director $34,900 $34,379 2024
The Ike Foundation NJ$235,402 Trustee $253,000 $210,087 2024
Sovereign Energy NM$238,491 Executive Director $11,538 $11,883 2023
Eastrail Partners WA$240,542 Executive Director $118,483 $101,572 2023
Natural Streams Foundation Inc PA$242,875 President And Ceo $35,069 $32,526 2024
Otsego County Economic Alliance Inc MI$243,519 Executive Director $90,060 $89,008 2023
Ecological Options Network CA$244,731 President $22,934 $18,418 2024
Ohio River Way OH$248,751 Executive Dir. $38,262 $37,690 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI cost of living and 2023 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 WI 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 default11th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)11th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted15th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted11th

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 (David Janes) 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 27 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $7,358 is reasonable (approximately the 11th 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.