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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Northwest Consumer Law Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 452407686
WA · NTEE I51
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amanda Martin, Executive Director / CEO ($124,364) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 31 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

31 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 31 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,790 total compensation of comparable organizations → $108,384 $124,364
$44,34210th
$57,02425th
$73,433Median
$82,67875th
$97,24590th
$124,364This org · 100th
p10$44,342
p25$57,024
p50$73,433
p75$82,678
p90$97,245
$124,364

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 WA 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
Piedmont Mediation Center Inc NC$373,596 Executive Di $56,372 $65,058 2024
Wenatchee Valley Dispute Resolution WA$365,647 Executive Director $89,211 $89,211 2024
Court Referral Services AL$383,578 Director $47,535 $57,359 2024
Fort Bend County Dispute TX$358,183 Executive Di $76,034 $82,762 2025
St Louis Mediation Project Inc MO$344,806 President/treasurer $1,470 $1,790 2023
Triad Restorative Justice NC$403,331 Executive Director $49,420 $57,035 2024
Kuikahi Mediation Center Inc HI$408,892 Executive Di $84,779 $82,594 2025
Tri Community Mediation Inc MD$335,301 Executive Di $38,010 $39,691 2024
Dispute Resolution Center MN$414,096 Executive Di $90,389 $102,705 2023
Northwest Mediation Center WA$420,213 Executive Dir. $67,725 $67,725 2024
Center For Dispute Resolution MI$420,565 Executive Director (Current) $37,359 $44,342 2023
Utah Dispute Resolution UT$313,746 Executive Director $69,783 $77,716 2025
Resolution Center Of Jefferson And NY$312,427 Executive Di $56,488 $57,013 2024
Conflict Resolution Center Of Montgomery MD$439,875 Executive Dir. $95,542 $102,715 2023
Dispute Resolution Center Of MI$453,541 Executive Director $81,931 $97,245 2023
Benton Franklin Dispute Resolution Ctr WA$459,789 Executive Director $75,059 $77,276 2023
Conflict Resolution Center Inc NC$285,387 Executive Director $44,101 $49,584 2025
Restorative Arlington VA$280,733 Executive Director $68,091 $73,433 2024
Northern Virginia Mediation VA$468,491 Executive Director $100,500 $108,384 2024
Accord A Center For Dispute NY$473,999 Executive Director $78,729 $77,413 2025
Mediation Services Of Maui Inc HI$474,303 Executive Di $86,330 $88,880 2023
St Croix Valley Restorative WI$264,006 Executive Di $71,784 $86,208 2023
Yolo Conflict Resolution Center CA$263,331 Executive Director $78,134 $77,584 2023
San Joaquin Fair Housing Foundation Inc CA$261,677 Executive Dir. $60,375 $59,950 2023
Center For Creative Justice IA$260,473 Executive Dir. $67,053 $82,004 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted100th

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 (Amanda Martin) 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 31 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (I51), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $124,364 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.