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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Institute For Affordable Transportation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 352133517
IN · NTEE P80
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Will Austin, Executive Director / CEO ($88,616) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 294 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 82nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Will Austin — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

294 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 294 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,638 total compensation of comparable organizations → $359,355 $88,616
$21,94010th
$42,19825th
$59,791Median
$79,68475th
$101,86290th
$88,616This org · 82nd
p10$21,940
p25$42,198
p50$59,791
p75$79,684
p90$101,862
$88,616

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 IN 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
Xquisite NV$471,984 Executive Di $88,300 $83,931 2024
The Alexander House Apostolate TX$468,758 President And Ceo $88,743 $84,178 2024
Arizona Caregiver Coalition Inc AZ$468,536 Executive Director Until 7/1/24 $35,038 $32,897 2023
Bring On The Spectrum Inc NY$468,382 Ceo $39,192 $33,583 2024
Hearts And Hands Faith In Action NY$474,418 Executive Director $85,397 $73,175 2024
Asi Capitola Inc MN$475,700 President $65,715 $63,393 2023
Touchstone Farm Inc NH$475,750 Executive Director $68,000 $59,540 2024
Southeast Community Development CA$466,328 Executive Di $83,589 $70,467 2023
American Association Of Adapted Sports GA$463,772 Executive Dir. $109,894 $104,780 2024
Childsafe Center - Cac VA$463,134 Executive Director $87,071 $79,721 2024
Single Mothers Outreach Inc CA$463,057 Executive Director $94,269 $77,190 2024
Sowhope Org MI$479,496 Corp President And Ceo $85,000 $85,653 2023
Stone-hayes Center For Independent Living IL$480,688 Executive Director $57,636 $53,731 2024
One Life WA$461,467 Ceo $25,400 $22,201 2023
C & L A Support Service Inc FL$481,042 Executive Director $57,700 $50,076 2025
Mission To El Salvador PA$481,233 Executive Di $42,334 $40,033 2024
Common Ground Outdoor Adventures UT$482,486 Executive Director $125,097 $118,280 2025
Ruth's Gleanings SC$459,119 Executive Director $72,456 $71,679 2024
The Anika Foundation MN$483,946 Executive Director $67,761 $65,366 2023
Senior Care Of Orange County Inc NC$457,599 Executive Director $63,657 $62,372 2024
Nenana Tortella Council On Aging AK$485,329 Activity Director $123,353 $108,947 2025
Bay Area Womens And Childrens Center CA$456,204 Executive Dir. $162,500 $133,060 2024
Rccc Inc TX$455,450 Executive Di $96,709 $91,734 2024
Wayfaring Band Inc CO$455,251 Executive Director $89,786 $81,640 2024
Passages Women's Transitional Living Inc SD$487,200 Executive Director $55,104 $57,668 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default82nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted75th

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 (Will Austin) 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 294 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $88,616 is reasonable (approximately the 82nd 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.