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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Open Source Hardware Association

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 455524560
CO · NTEE P20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alicia Seidle, Executive Director / CEO ($77,692) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 197 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: Alicia Seidle — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

197 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 197 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4 total compensation of comparable organizations → $257,816 $77,692
$8,25710th
$21,01125th
$35,014Median
$56,22475th
$80,19090th
$77,692This org · 89th
p10$8,257
p25$21,011
p50$35,014
p75$56,224
p90$80,190
$77,692

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 CO 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
Hope On The Hill Inc OR$104,768 Executive Dir. $48,500 $45,624 2024
Milagros Foundation TX$104,007 Executive Director $71,036 $71,979 2024
Gems Development Foundation VA$105,693 Executive Director $22,000 $22,153 2023
Encore Park Dallas TX$103,472 Interim Executive Director $30,000 $31,296 2023
Arts Foundation For Seniors Inc FL$106,144 Exec Dir & S $67,000 $63,758 2024
Women In Revenue Inc CA$106,627 Executive Dir. $49,862 $44,902 2023
Ocl Properties Vi Inc NY$102,405 Chief Financial Officer $73,290 $67,085 2024
Life House Ministries WA$102,353 Executive Director $37,500 $35,014 2023
Mother-wise CA$102,303 Executive Di $44,375 $39,961 2023
Transitional Remedies Solutions MA$102,108 President $17,200 $16,119 2023
The New Citizens Press Community Action Network MI$101,898 Director $9,989 $10,444 2024
Virtuemedia Inc GA$107,745 President & Founder $83,197 $87,241 2023
Seasons Village Inc NC$107,869 Program Director $52,000 $56,034 2023
Servants Heart Outreach AR$101,374 Executive Director $25,962 $29,561 2024
Greater Louisville Intergroup Inc KY$109,188 Coo $35,700 $38,852 2024
Mcsy Qalicb Ymca (6859-so1) WA$109,368 Director/president $42,956 $38,958 2024
Dimock Support Corporation MA$100,000 President/ceo $23,674 $22,186 2023
The Williamsburg Institute VA$100,000 Ceo $68,000 $68,473 2023
Helping Hands Ministry TN$109,695 President $9,070 $9,943 2023
Jackson In Action 83 Foundation Inc FL$110,156 Executive Director $54,000 $51,387 2024
Rural Housing Partnership VA$111,091 Executive Director $7,190 $7,033 2024
This Star Won't Go Out Inc MA$111,130 Executive Director $24,000 $21,846 2024
Girls Health Period OH$98,357 President $42,058 $46,456 2023
Globalfest Inc NY$111,384 President $13,440 $12,666 2023
Central Avenue Center Of Hope Inc KS$111,517 Execuitive Director $35,150 $39,602 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO cost of living and 2023 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 CO 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)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted91st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted75th

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 (Alicia Seidle) 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 197 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $77,692 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.