Live preview — download the board-ready PDF to attach to your minutes.Download the free PDF
Email yourself a copy:
PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

20 Liters

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 273378656
MI · NTEE Q32
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of David Vanopstall, Executive Director / CEO ($28,087) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 10th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$13,736 total compensation of comparable organizations → $224,079 $28,087
$36,87310th
$56,99325th
$76,720Median
$89,22275th
$105,22890th
$28,087This org · 10th
p10$36,873
p25$56,993
p50$76,720
p75$89,222
p90$105,228
$28,087

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 MI 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
Jungle Ministry WA$284,502 President/ex $80,422 $69,758 2024
Junior Achievement Of The Desert Southwest TX$285,477 President $78,018 $77,843 2023
Native Future ME$286,586 President $62,500 $60,633 2024
Nehemiah Gateway Usa Inc CO$281,973 President $85,000 $78,964 2024
Summit Initiative WA$277,114 Executive Director $120,000 $104,088 2024
Grow Ahead Foundation OR$293,206 Executive Director Board Pre $21,000 $19,452 2023
One World Goods Inc NY$300,498 Store Manager $59,387 $51,991 2024
Hope Border Institute TX$268,242 Executive Director $53,074 $51,436 2024
Junior Achievement Of Southwest VA$302,302 President $82,581 $77,251 2024
Be There Ministries VA$266,817 Founder $40,000 $38,523 2023
Nivas Inc CO$260,322 President/executive Director $82,012 $76,189 2024
Junior Achievement Of The Ocoee Region TN$310,470 President $93,593 $92,857 2025
House On The Hill Inc KY$256,964 President $86,000 $89,516 2024
Farms International Inc MN$253,049 Executive Di $60,985 $56,877 2025
Beyond Capital Fund TX$249,507 Treasurer/se $80,000 $77,531 2024
Ibec Ventures PA$243,259 Managing Director $116,100 $115,483 2023
African Hospitality Institute WA$235,222 Field Director $80,000 $71,442 2023
Center For Growth And Opportunity UT$227,736 President $143,888 $142,676 2024
Aguaclara Reach Inc NY$224,320 Director $86,121 $75,396 2024
Junior Achievement Of Eastern North NC$345,533 President And Ceo $105,074 $102,475 2025
Junior Achievement Of Southern Ma MA$346,789 President & Ceo $90,424 $81,049 2023
Global Leadership Inc GA$205,959 Executive Di $105,600 $102,870 2024
Thomas Jefferson Institute For The Study Of World Politics DC$365,689 President $256,004 $224,079 2023
Soul Foundation Inc MD$372,845 Chair $96,921 $87,788 2024
Georgie Badiel Foundation Inc NY$373,925 Ceo $98,010 $88,339 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MI 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 MI 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 default10th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)10th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted13th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted10th

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 (David Vanopstall) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q32), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $28,087 is reasonable (approximately the 10th 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.