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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

St Louis Audubon Society

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 436052063
MO · NTEE C300
FY ending 2025-04-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amy Weeks, Executive Director / CEO ($68,726) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 127 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 63rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

127 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 127 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,585 total compensation of comparable organizations → $123,023 $68,726
$17,07810th
$38,14825th
$59,134Median
$78,30575th
$89,60790th
$68,726This org · 63rd
p10$17,078
p25$38,148
p50$59,134
p75$78,305
p90$89,607
$68,726

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 MO 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
Salmon Defense WA$275,565 Executive Director $68,690 $61,361 2023
Nebraska Association Of Resources NE$275,886 Executive Director $43,069 $43,736 2025
Outdoor New Mexico NM$276,415 Executive Director $70,640 $73,632 2024
Center For Sustainable Economy WA$277,153 President $98,400 $85,379 2024
Regenerative Earth CO$278,331 Exec Director, Board Chair $67,562 $64,638 2023
Project Regeneration CA$279,043 Executive Director $131,250 $109,836 2024
Lake Erie Islands Nature And Wildlife OH$271,495 Director $38,767 $40,968 2023
Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light PA$271,190 Executive Director $77,767 $75,158 2024
Friends Of Black Rock High Rock Inc NV$269,445 Former Director $10,500 $10,200 2024
Madison-morgan Conservancy Inc GA$269,398 Executive Dir $110,315 $110,671 2023
Phoenix Conservancy WA$269,220 Madagascar Project Manager $42,068 $37,580 2023
Blue Scholars Initiative FL$284,046 Program Director $30,468 $27,739 2024
Four Winds Nature Institute Inc VT$285,418 Executive Dir. $63,811 $62,244 2024
The Greenwich Tree Conservancy Inc CT$264,196 Executive Director $54,590 $51,069 2023
Greater Oregon City Watershed Council OR$263,413 Executive Dir. $78,680 $70,811 2024
People & Plants International Inc VT$261,027 Co-director $93,000 $90,718 2024
Friends Of Huddart & Wunderlich Parks CA$260,144 Program Director $75,000 $61,146 2025
Nashville Tree Conservation Corps TN$290,930 Former Exec $82,558 $84,101 2024
Bear Lake Watch UT$259,252 Past Exec. Dir. $37,912 $38,715 2023
Coastal Connections Inc FL$291,704 Executive Director $42,000 $39,368 2023
Coast Ridge Community Forest CA$258,775 Executive Dir. $16,465 $14,186 2023
Water Climate Trust CA$256,351 Executive Director $81,000 $69,787 2023
Harris Ranch Wildlife Mitigation Association Inc ID$256,059 Conservation Director $53,856 $55,523 2024
Lake Erie Islands Conservancy OH$255,106 Chair $16,000 $16,423 2024
People And Pollinators Action CO$253,840 Executive Di $63,585 $59,088 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MO cost of living and 2025 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 MO 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 default63rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)57th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted58th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted61st

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 (Amy Weeks) 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 127 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $68,726 is reasonable (approximately the 63rd 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.