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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Pilcrow Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 383921215
OR · NTEE W99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Karren Timmermans, Executive Director / CEO ($56,250) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 61 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 52nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

61 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 61 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$216 total compensation of comparable organizations → $234,370 $56,250
$9,01710th
$16,20525th
$51,373Median
$76,94075th
$118,34790th
$56,250This org · 52nd
p10$9,017
p25$16,205
p50$51,373
p75$76,940
p90$118,347
$56,250

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 OR 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
Rhode Island Coalition For Children & Families Education Fund Inc RI$224,854 Executive Director $96,121 $96,401 2024
Banda Health TX$221,053 President $69,048 $72,242 2024
Nine Muses Foundation NY$220,069 Executive Director $157,199 $152,962 2023
Aranya Solutions MT$230,397 President $12,000 $13,929 2023
Kennett Flash Inc PA$231,488 Executive Di $57,050 $59,505 2024
Crockett Mission TN$218,254 Ceo $8,250 $9,338 2023
Celebrate Me Week MN$217,117 Camp Administrator $10,897 $11,595 2023
People Matter IL$216,495 Co-president $58,880 $58,985 2025
Sandy Springs Arts Foundation Inc GA$212,856 Foundation Mgr. $85,000 $89,391 2024
Arise & Go CA$211,406 President $79,793 $72,066 2024
Values To Action OR$208,951 Trustee $15,593 $15,146 2024
America Scores WA$241,168 Executive Director $80,000 $74,914 2024
The South County News MI$207,769 President $14,245 $15,378 2024
New Americans Initiative KY$207,754 Director Of Operations $99,680 $112,012 2024
Reflex Public Recreation Center Inc NY$243,187 Secretary $7,000 $6,616 2024
The Steel Horse Rally Inc AR$205,571 President $145,333 $170,864 2024
Mashup Nashville TN$205,448 Chief Executive Officer $18,960 $21,461 2023
Driving Successful Lives MI$245,393 Treasurer $200 $216 2024
Pasos For Oak Cliff TX$204,656 Executive Director $1,044 $1,125 2023
Arizonans For Tribal Government Gaming AZ$245,430 Executive Director $21,881 $22,010 2024
Gullotta House Inc NY$245,494 President $10,800 $10,509 2023
The Momentum Network TN$246,930 President/ce $67,830 $76,776 2023
Great Bend Center For Music WA$202,114 Director $56,250 $54,230 2023
Allied Communities Of Tulsa Inspiring OK$201,803 Senior Organizer $71,500 $84,780 2023
Civic Momentum MN$200,628 Director, Ceo, And Coo $70,000 $74,482 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default52nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)51st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted44th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted49th

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 (Karren Timmermans) 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 61 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $56,250 is reasonable (approximately the 52nd 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.