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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Conservative Agenda Project

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 264029303
CT · NTEE B60
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniel Oliver, Executive Director / CEO ($268,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 153 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Daniel Oliver — reported title “PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

153 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 153 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,118 total compensation of comparable organizations → $200,027 $268,000
$16,27510th
$32,31525th
$60,308Median
$83,27275th
$98,96590th
$268,000This org · 100th
p10$16,275
p25$32,315
p50$60,308
p75$83,272
p90$98,965
$268,000

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 CT 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
Florida Council On Crime And Deliqu FL$302,882 Executive Se $15,000 $14,598 2024
Nevada Water Resources Association NV$298,632 Executive Co $75,529 $78,429 2024
Harrison Co Alternative Educ Center IN$304,887 Director $78,750 $88,572 2023
Instituto Para El Desarrollo Humano PR$297,025 Operations Director $31,925 $31,925 2023
Glw Childrens Council Inc NE$296,492 Director $74,428 $82,929 2024
Epiphany Women In Focus CA$296,387 Ceo $62,000 $57,099 2023
The Boston Society Inc MA$295,315 Executive Di $144,423 $138,416 2023
Stronghold Leadership PA$307,572 Executive Director $93,333 $96,420 2024
Well For The Journey Inc MD$310,084 Executive Di $83,700 $81,064 2024
The Oped Project Public Knowledge Fund Inc NY$310,570 Executive Director $25,000 $23,403 2024
Adagio Institute Inc TX$311,557 Summers $66,464 $70,909 2023
Leadership Greater Mchenry County IL$313,863 Executive Di $89,404 $88,707 2025
Hannahs House NJ$314,646 Executive Director $18,240 $16,871 2024
Progress For Good Inc NY$314,802 Founder $31,333 $30,197 2023
Literacy Volunteers Of Greater Waterbury CT$314,920 Executive Director $90,569 $90,569 2023
Literacy Volunteers Of Morris County NJ$287,427 Executive Director $74,160 $68,592 2024
Leadership Education Mission Alliance Lema Inst MI$315,656 President $70,000 $74,849 2024
Simulation Interoperability Standards FL$286,737 Executive Director $95,004 $95,188 2023
Nowmattersnow Org WA$316,324 President, Treasurer, & Ceo $155,600 $144,317 2024
Vitalhearts CO$285,686 President $87,500 $86,918 2024
New Mexico Adult Education Associat NM$285,508 Executive Di $975 $1,118 2023
Michigan Association Of Community MI$283,400 Former Exec $69,698 $74,525 2024
Ploughshare Institute For Sustainable TX$319,261 Vice President $21,750 $23,204 2023
Day 7 Inc TN$283,094 Executive Director $49,067 $53,430 2024
Masoc Inc MA$282,232 Executive Director $107,113 $97,143 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CT 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 CT 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted97th

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 (Daniel Oliver) 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 153 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $268,000 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.