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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Iowa State Bar Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 426055756
IA · NTEE I12
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Dwight Dinkla, Executive Director / CEO ($24,309) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 540 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: Dwight Dinkla — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

540 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 540 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$197 total compensation of comparable organizations → $371,556 $24,309
$24,75610th
$43,37725th
$62,161Median
$82,31275th
$101,10790th
$24,309This org · 10th
p10$24,756
p25$43,377
p50$62,161
p75$82,312
p90$101,107
$24,309

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 IA 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
Fort Bend County Dispute TX$358,183 Executive Di $76,034 $67,673 2025
Harbor Area High Gain Program Inc CA$355,348 Executive Di $46,970 $38,136 2023
Self Help Inc NM$358,462 Executive Dir. $60,320 $61,003 2023
Law Enforcement Drone Association OR$358,601 Executive Di $46,158 $40,304 2023
Tyrrell-washington Partnership For Children Inc NC$353,668 Executive Director $74,595 $72,473 2023
Rebuilding Exoffenders Successfully FL$360,213 Executive Director $72,000 $61,774 2024
Equal Access Legal Services Inc PA$353,409 Executive Director $90,975 $82,857 2024
Joshua's Promise Ministries Inc FL$353,006 President $37,200 $31,917 2024
Mke Urban Stables Inc WI$360,740 Executive Director $91,695 $87,460 2024
Judicial Process Commission Inc NY$352,449 Executive Dir. $55,000 $45,390 2024
Pro Bono Organization For Native HI$362,223 Executive Di $80,000 $65,414 2024
House Where Jesus Shines TX$351,249 Director $42,000 $38,370 2024
Sentencing Alternatives Program Inc CA$362,483 Ceo $73,986 $56,844 2025
Northeastern Indiana Casa Inc IN$350,955 Executive Di $25,881 $24,927 2024
Just A Clean House Inc NC$362,882 Vice President $34,001 $33,033 2023
Monroe County Senior Legal Services MI$363,058 Executive Director $69,884 $65,878 2024
Philemon House IL$363,150 Executive Di $53,406 $47,952 2024
Childrens Advocacy Center Of West Texas Inc TX$363,194 Exec Director $66,458 $60,715 2024
Tennessee Voices For Victims TN$350,346 Secretary Co Founder $74,900 $74,028 2023
Police On Bikes Inc MD$363,501 Executive Di $100,132 $88,023 2023
Randolph County Childrens Advocacy Center Inc WV$350,000 Executive Director $61,685 $59,426 2025
Finding Our Voices ME$363,802 Secretary $1,000 $915 2024
Hope Haven Of Hancock County Inc MS$348,779 Board Member $2,473 $2,590 2023
Cambria County Child Advocacy PA$365,235 Executive Di $74,026 $69,412 2023
Women Against Abuse Legal Center PA$348,150 Executive Director & Presi $12,685 $11,895 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IA 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 IA 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)9th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted98th

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 (Dwight Dinkla) 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 540 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (I), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $24,309 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.