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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Wisconsin Woodland Owners

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 391344158
WI · NTEE C600
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nancy Bozek, Executive Director / CEO ($82,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 56 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 89th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Nancy Bozek — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

56 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 56 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,819 total compensation of comparable organizations → $395,404 $82,400
$26,44310th
$34,05425th
$50,955Median
$68,33275th
$83,22090th
$82,400This org · 89th
p10$26,443
p25$34,054
p50$50,955
p75$68,332
p90$83,220
$82,400

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 WI 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
Patagonia Area Resource Alliance AZ$217,200 Co Chair And Mission Coordinator $29,466 $27,936 2023
Delray Beach Children's Garden Inc FL$215,927 President $39,996 $37,039 2023
Champions Kids Camp Inc TX$215,477 President $41,460 $39,711 2024
Between The Rivers Nature Center ME$222,910 President $11,720 $11,237 2024
Kittitas Environmental Education Network WA$213,581 Environmental Education Director $33,804 $28,979 2024
Outdoor Inclusion Coalition PA$212,979 President & $80,000 $76,390 2024
Sjvwater CA$225,385 Ceo/editor $50,638 $43,105 2023
The Nature Of Cities NY$226,579 Exective Director $28,850 $25,699 2023
Native Lands Restoration Collaborative KS$208,857 Executive Director $51,875 $53,662 2024
Earthreports Inc MD$228,798 Ceo $15,461 $14,250 2023
Environmental Education Council Of Oh In OH$205,932 Executive Director $56,255 $58,737 2023
The Charles Koiner Center For Urban Farming Incorporated MD$204,075 Executive Director $34,992 $31,325 2024
Barnacles And Bees WA$232,671 Executive Director $40,784 $34,963 2024
Huneebee Project Inc CT$202,026 Executive Director $59,616 $55,103 2023
Empire Discovery Institute Inc NY$234,954 Interim Ceo $443,876 $395,404 2023
Agramonte Ranch Research And CA$198,920 Ceo $82,591 $68,288 2024
Willow Bend Environmental Education Center AZ$238,896 Ceo $56,991 $51,129 2025
Shinnecock Kelp Farmers Incorporated NY$239,935 Board Member $70,868 $61,318 2024
Scraplanta Inc GA$193,209 Executive Director $32,902 $30,861 2025
Gari Group Inc NY$250,000 President $9,900 $8,819 2023
We Are Neutral Inc FL$251,714 Executive Director $62,400 $56,130 2024
Hawaii Seafood Council HI$251,749 Executive Director $51,000 $43,721 2024
Justme For Justus ME$252,348 Director $49,244 $47,215 2024
Riverside Nature Center Association TX$184,301 Executive Director $50,000 $49,306 2023
Triple Bottom Line Institute Incorporated FL$252,750 President $78,517 $72,713 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WI 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 WI 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 default89th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)84th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted86th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted86th

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 (Nancy Bozek) 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 56 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C60), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $82,400 is reasonable (approximately the 89th 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.