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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Im From Driftwood

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 272876484
NY · NTEE R30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nathan Manske, Executive Director / CEO ($95,825) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 28 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Nathan Manske — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

28 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 28 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,310 total compensation of comparable organizations → $241,792 $95,825
$32,84610th
$78,44925th
$96,817Median
$116,82775th
$166,91990th
$95,825This org · 50th
p10$32,846
p25$78,449
p50$96,817
p75$116,827
p90$166,919
$95,825

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 NY 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
Patrol Stories Inc TX$339,693 President $116,654 $129,135 2024
Mccj Inc FL$333,608 Executive Director $112,000 $116,437 2024
The Network For Social Justice Inc MA$360,734 Executive Director $86,248 $88,304 2023
White Awake MD$325,386 Executive Di $147,824 $152,941 2024
American Arab Civil Rights League MI$323,637 Exective Dir $100,000 $114,225 2024
Flourish Collective CA$363,704 Ceo $158,990 $151,930 2024
Richmonders Involved To Strengthen Our Communities VA$320,782 Lead Organizer $80,000 $88,007 2023
The Witness Institute MD$316,052 Executive Director $192,859 $199,535 2024
Arab Film And Media Institute CA$307,253 Executive Director $50,000 $47,780 2024
100 Black Men Of West Georgia Inc GA$301,440 Coo $47,593 $54,522 2023
Safety & Health Council Of Greater Weste MO$386,625 Secretary $84,011 $98,470 2024
Mancos Valley Resources CO$294,061 Administrator $35,544 $37,717 2024
American Cntr For Religious Liberty & Tolerance Inc NJ$393,348 Director $237,692 $241,792 2023
Dimensions Educational Consulting MA$404,449 Ceo And Executive Director $200,000 $204,765 2023
Utah Center For Legal Inclusion UT$281,041 Executive Director $93,692 $106,119 2024
Intercommunity Justice & Peace Cent OH$278,990 Executive Di $75,000 $87,908 2024
Ohio Immigrant Alliance OH$276,851 President $8,820 $10,338 2024
Community Mediation Center TN$411,118 Executive Di $54,013 $61,211 2025
Louisville Youth Group Inc KY$417,596 Executive Director $77,783 $92,480 2024
Be Present Inc GA$268,392 Co-leader Of Transformative Action/ceo $18,750 $21,480 2023
Main Street Hanover Inc PA$261,517 Executive Di $4,008 $4,310 2025
Southern Jewish GA$259,492 Executive Di $103,000 $117,995 2023
Communities United For People OR$445,780 Co-director $79,576 $84,195 2023
Dais Partners PA$240,750 President $96,154 $113,728 2022
Coming Together Virginia VA$235,100 Chief Executive Officer $98,577 $108,443 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 NY 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)57th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted50th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted50th

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 (Nathan Manske) 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 28 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $95,825 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.