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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Seattle 2030 District

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 453586123
WA · NTEE X20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniel Poppe, Executive Director / CEO ($122,323) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 20 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 90th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

20 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 20 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$25,066 total compensation of comparable organizations → $152,159 $122,323
$30,86510th
$43,70525th
$64,580Median
$86,38775th
$117,89290th
$122,323This org · 90th
p10$30,865
p25$43,705
p50$64,580
p75$86,387
p90$117,892
$122,323

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
C3 Leaders WA$471,305 President $137,615 $137,615 2024
Living Compassion WA$483,619 President $28,800 $29,651 2023
Parish Collective WA$485,598 Executive Director $83,333 $83,333 2024
Orcas Island Foundation WA$428,094 General Manager $38,980 $38,980 2024
Mending Wings WA$424,356 President $54,548 $54,548 2024
Menbere Tsebaot Holy Trinity Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church WA$520,309 Chairman $25,066 $25,066 2024
Truth Ministries Of Spokane WA$527,324 President $86,400 $86,400 2024
All People Free WA$533,068 Executive Director $49,500 $50,962 2023
Go On The Mission WA$552,968 Executive Director $86,383 $86,383 2024
Tall Timber Ranch WA$583,314 Interim Executive Director $35,000 $35,000 2024
Renewal Ministries Northwest WA$354,314 Executive Director $55,220 $55,220 2024
Mission Projects International WA$589,749 President $63,612 $65,491 2023
Eagle Wings Ministries WA$344,770 Executive Director $73,080 $73,080 2024
Collide WA$618,055 Executive Director $45,280 $45,280 2024
Angel One Foundation WA$321,029 Vice President $31,000 $31,000 2024
Pastorstays WA$316,409 Secretary/ci $78,011 $78,011 2024
Tyndale Bible Translators WA$632,633 President $98,500 $101,409 2023
Island Time Ministries WA$653,622 President $112,381 $115,700 2023
Missionworks WA$671,486 Ceo $63,669 $63,669 2024
The Emmaus Center WA$684,122 Executive Dir. $152,159 $152,159 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 default90th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)90th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted90th

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 (Daniel Poppe) 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 20 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + WA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $122,323 is reasonable (approximately the 90th 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.