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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Crosswinds Foundation For

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 262409078
AL · NTEE V30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert H Waldrep, Executive Director / CEO ($48,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 63 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 32nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

63 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 63 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,275 total compensation of comparable organizations → $436,145 $48,000
$25,49610th
$40,90425th
$80,644Median
$120,69475th
$157,30290th
$48,000This org · 32nd
p10$25,496
p25$40,904
p50$80,644
p75$120,694
p90$157,302
$48,000

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 AL 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
Democratic Socialists Of America Fund NY$399,886 Director $57,048 $47,717 2024
New Netherland Institute NY$399,797 Director $65,000 $54,368 2024
Institute For Economics And Peace NY$395,562 Executive Director $179,179 $149,871 2024
Nebraska Council On Economic Education NE$394,922 President, Ncee $55,499 $53,829 2025
Leverage Research Inc FL$392,590 Ceo & Chair & Treasurer $21,533 $18,724 2024
California Women Lead CA$421,172 Executive Director $62,792 $50,189 2024
Tuscarawas County Economic Development OH$385,045 Acting Secretary / Execdir $143,794 $145,138 2023
Un Mundo Sin Mordaza DC$427,380 President $48,000 $40,141 2023
The Institute For New Economic Thinking NY$429,626 President $521,435 $436,145 2024
Project Real NV$377,889 Executive Director $47,775 $44,327 2024
Institute For Holotropics Inc CA$430,350 President $100,894 $80,644 2024
Louisiana Family Forum Inc LA$433,568 President $117,494 $123,293 2023
Living City Project Inc NY$372,760 President $94,072 $78,685 2024
Delaware Council On Economic Education DE$368,572 President And Secretary $32,500 $28,697 2025
Maya Exploration Center TX$367,484 Chairman $45,000 $41,667 2024
Methods Innovation Inc WY$445,252 President $86,988 $86,222 2024
Project Invest VA$360,770 Executive Director $145,973 $130,462 2024
Center For Supportive Communities Inc KS$448,990 Executive Director $80,000 $80,000 2024
Prosecutors' Center For Excellence NY$452,575 Executive Di $100,000 $83,643 2024
Global Game Jam Inc CA$455,813 Executive Dir. $31,529 $24,551 2025
American Center For Mongolian Studies PA$349,252 Executive Director (Former) $41,670 $38,465 2024
Human Engineering Laboratory Inc MA$459,399 Director Of Finance $120,189 $99,972 2024
Economic Club Of Minnesota MN$345,658 Executive Director $150,512 $137,663 2024
Institute For Ecumenical & Cultural MN$463,152 Acting Executive Director $67,490 $61,729 2024
Social Program Evaluators MI$472,286 Chief Exec O $89,416 $85,429 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to AL 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 AL 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 default32nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)25th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted35th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted30th

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 H Waldrep) 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 63 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (V), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,000 is reasonable (approximately the 32nd 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.