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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Maunalua Fishpond Heritage Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 261349087
HI · NTEE C60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Chris Cramer, Executive Director / CEO ($72,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 95 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 55th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Chris Cramer — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

95 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 95 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$576 total compensation of comparable organizations → $461,234 $72,500
$19,32510th
$43,58325th
$68,473Median
$87,67175th
$117,37990th
$72,500This org · 55th
p10$19,325
p25$43,583
p50$68,473
p75$87,671
p90$117,379
$72,500

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 HI 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
The Greenhouse Project NV$336,362 Executive Di $36,907 $41,321 2024
Sustainable San Mateo County CA$335,463 Executive Director $61,271 $60,840 2023
Biodiversity For A Livable Climate MA$337,077 Executive Di $53,333 $53,530 2024
Friends Of San Damiano Inc WI$337,155 Director $11,760 $13,718 2024
The Outside Foundation SC$338,141 Executive Di $45,833 $53,406 2024
Education Economics Environmental Climate And Heal MS$332,687 Board Member $463 $576 2024
Oklahoma Energy Education Foundation OK$341,930 Executive Director $17,282 $21,882 2023
Global Inheritance Inc CA$342,197 Executive Di $30,508 $30,293 2023
Perennial MO$345,969 Executive Director $54,900 $64,947 2024
Parking Reform Network OR$347,252 President $30,000 $31,117 2024
Life Frames Inc CA$322,566 Executive Dir. $46,170 $45,845 2023
Always Choose Adventures CO$350,083 Executive Di $8,100 $8,675 2024
The Kiva Center CO$351,466 Treasurer $59,750 $63,993 2024
Families In Nature TX$319,367 Executive Dir. $88,838 $99,257 2024
Health Professionals For A Healthy MN$317,816 Executive Director $72,359 $79,860 2024
Crowe's Nest Farm Inc TX$317,182 Vice Pres $42,000 $48,312 2023
High Desert Horticultural Center OR$358,304 Nursery Manager $31,603 $32,780 2024
Craters Of The Moon Natural History Asso ID$360,693 Executive Director $62,538 $74,307 2024
Harvest Of All First Nations CO$311,307 Chair $60,489 $64,784 2024
Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center MT$309,188 Trustee And $53,045 $65,752 2023
Pilsen Enviromental Rights And Reform Organization IL$363,375 President $1,950 $2,141 2024
Eastern Region Association Of Forest And Nature Schools MD$364,438 Executive Director $76,916 $82,691 2023
Olympic Nature Experience WA$307,779 Exec Director $28,628 $28,628 2024
Friends Of The Owyhee OR$305,136 Executive Director $88,859 $94,892 2023
Ivy Creek Foundation Inc VA$304,497 Executive Di $42,419 $47,098 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to HI 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 HI 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 default55th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)66th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted56th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted54th

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 (Chris Cramer) 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 95 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $72,500 is reasonable (approximately the 55th 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.