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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Watershed Associates Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 331070623
NY · NTEE P192
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Terry Troia, Executive Director / CEO ($23,171) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 322 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

322 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 322 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2 total compensation of comparable organizations → $283,299 $23,171
$5,53810th
$12,63825th
$24,484Median
$44,44375th
$67,00890th
$23,171This org · 47th
p10$5,538
p25$12,638
p50$24,484
p75$44,443
p90$67,008
$23,171

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
Valley Care Community Consortium Inc CA$58,785 Interim Executive Director $49,833 $46,254 2024
Veterans Support Brigade MN$58,911 Directorgambling Manager $114,050 $121,135 2024
Neighbors Who Care Inc MA$58,913 Secretary & Executive Dire $2,000 $1,989 2023
Orlando Police Foundation Inc FL$59,146 Executive Director $26,073 $26,328 2024
Utah Pet Partners UT$59,153 Executive Director $24,989 $28,303 2023
The Yakutat Tlingit Tribe Nonprofit AK$59,173 Cfo $9,456 $9,718 2024
The Bridge Of Central Massachusetts MA$59,173 President & Ceo $29,151 $28,989 2023
Dark Horse Futures Foundation NC$59,210 Incorporator $3,000 $3,332 2024
Neighbor 2 Neighbor TN$59,224 Executive Di $70,521 $77,626 2025
Rainbow Wellness Collective Inc MN$59,260 Executive Dir. $25,962 $27,575 2024
Restoration Community Development Corporation TX$59,303 Executive Director $13,000 $13,978 2024
The Carolinas Foundation For Hospice And NC$58,047 Executive Director $27,901 $31,904 2023
The Abbey Inc CO$57,930 Secr/exec Dir $25,200 $25,304 2025
Passavant Memorial Homes Housing PA$59,553 Ceo & President $36,502 $39,128 2024
Hospice Of The Highland Rim TN$57,876 Secretary/tr $16,468 $19,156 2023
Paraplegics On Independent TX$59,596 Exec. Direct $45,400 $50,258 2023
Garrison House CA$57,717 Executive Director $14,220 $13,589 2023
Htedc Arts And Education Association AZ$57,667 Chief Executive Officer $400 $426 2023
Passavant Memorial Homes I Inc PA$57,554 Ceo & President $36,502 $39,128 2024
Vera French Commons Inc IA$59,957 Executive Dir. $14,735 $18,586 2022
Help By Phone Ltd MD$57,470 Treasurer $10,800 $11,174 2023
Ex-muslims Of North America VA$57,311 President/secretary $484 $502 2024
Irish Meadows Inc MD$60,373 President $20,272 $20,974 2023
Independent Living Horizons Three Inc GA$60,566 President/ceo $21,151 $23,535 2023
Indian American Impact Project DC$60,623 Former Executive Director $29,829 $28,136 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NY 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 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted76th

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 (Terry Troia) 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 322 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (P), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $23,171 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.