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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 264823944
WA · NTEE P29
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Gavin Wuttken, Executive Director / CEO ($24,010) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 60 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 13th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

60 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 60 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,159 total compensation of comparable organizations → $102,973 $24,010
$22,97010th
$32,05825th
$44,075Median
$63,23775th
$79,86190th
$24,010This org · 13th
p10$22,970
p25$32,058
p50$44,075
p75$63,237
p90$79,861
$24,010

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 WA 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
Traded Treasures Thrift Store And WI$305,314 Exec Dir, Pr $83,533 $102,973 2023
Dividing Bread Ministry Inc OK$293,737 President $30,600 $39,771 2023
Harvest House Inc FL$290,251 Executive Director $62,683 $67,511 2024
Bridging The Gap Together Incorporated OK$289,148 President $35,760 $45,145 2024
Highway City Community Development Inc CA$284,727 Executive Director $62,500 $63,703 2023
Church Street Ministries Inc OH$317,165 Executive Director $48,000 $60,008 2023
The Treasure House PA$280,626 Executive Di $50,718 $59,700 2023
Pray 1 Inc FL$319,897 Vice President $39,300 $43,577 2023
Welcome Home Inc MA$320,776 Executive Di $25,000 $26,517 2023
Brysonns Closet TN$277,665 President $22,851 $27,539 2024
Twice Blessed Inc VT$321,863 Secretary $25,803 $29,776 2024
Castle Thrift Store & Health Food Inc CA$275,610 President $41,284 $40,871 2024
The Fringe Thrift Closet OH$328,067 President $37,500 $45,536 2024
Volunteers Serving The Need TX$261,528 Ceo $83,200 $95,417 2024
Holding Hands Resale Shop MS$340,782 Executive Di $38,271 $50,312 2023
Duxbury Thrift And Consignment Shop Inc MA$342,898 Former Director $27,846 $28,689 2024
Bull City Fair Trade NC$255,049 Executive Director $55,089 $65,260 2024
Treasures In Heaven WA$344,571 President $75,000 $79,258 2023
St Edwards Conference Of St Vincent ID$350,321 President $35,360 $43,126 2024
The Open Door Christian Center SC$247,984 Executive Di $16,231 $19,413 2024
Matthew 25 Thrift Shop PA$351,273 Store Managertreasurerboard $30,981 $36,467 2023
Capstone Ministries Inc IN$247,501 Parish $28,634 $34,620 2024
Youth Ability Inc CA$352,030 Program Directo $63,718 $63,081 2024
Garner Area Ministries Inc NC$352,118 Director $20,612 $24,417 2024
Princeton Nearly New Shop Corp NJ$246,648 Trustee $68,464 $72,152 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA cost of living and 2025 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 WA 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 default13th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted15th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

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 (Gavin Wuttken) 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 60 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P29), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,010 is reasonable (approximately the 13th 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.