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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Northern Research Technical Assistance Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 464028996
CO · NTEE U02
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Priscilla Wohl, Executive Director / CEO ($15,019) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 101 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 14th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Priscilla Wohl — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

101 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 101 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,539 total compensation of comparable organizations → $297,193 $15,019
$10,89510th
$28,01125th
$52,647Median
$98,19875th
$128,81190th
$15,019This org · 14th
p10$10,895
p25$28,011
p50$52,647
p75$98,198
p90$128,811
$15,019

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
The Plastic Ocean Project Inc NC$237,608 Executive Director $7,666 $8,024 2024
Mississippi Engineering Society MS$237,479 Executive Director $48,126 $54,295 2024
Advanced Heliophysics CA$235,524 President Ceo $122,018 $109,881 2023
Fresh Pond Research Institute Inc MA$234,990 President $57,000 $51,885 2024
Riseup Labs WA$231,709 Treasurer $13,202 $12,327 2023
Klamath Outdoor Science School OR$230,487 Assistant Executive Director $56,293 $54,519 2023
Sarah Mack Scicomm Inc PA$227,239 Executive Director $118,065 $119,265 2024
The Micropaleontology Press NY$247,984 Exe. Editor $52,000 $47,598 2024
Cultural Heritage Imaging CA$249,370 President $48,750 $42,641 2024
Cyberdrone Challenge MD$250,002 Treasurer $10,000 $9,470 2024
Transparency Coalition Action Fund WA$250,168 Chair $30,000 $28,011 2023
American Technical Education Association MN$224,689 Executive Dir. $98,108 $98,198 2024
Engineering Change Lab - Usa NE$251,213 President Executive Director $62,400 $69,993 2023
The Soul Phone Foundation OH$251,286 President, Director $48,000 $53,020 2023
At The Epicenter CO$223,582 Diretor $4,500 $4,500 2023
The Lawn Institute Foundation IL$223,122 Executive Director $10,775 $11,047 2023
Rocky Mtn Mathematics Consortium I AZ$222,354 President $105,194 $102,479 2024
Assoc Of Computer Science Leagues Inc RI$253,725 Preszident $56,000 $52,991 2025
Median Foundation CA$221,309 Director, Secretary $31,950 $28,772 2023
Owner-operator Independent Drivers MO$254,002 Director Of Op. $103,395 $114,208 2023
Tek Collaborative Inc MA$221,205 President $95,250 $89,264 2023
Rocks Build America Foundation VA$254,249 Int. Pres. & Ceo (From 10/2024) $59,384 $58,081 2024
Metaverse Standards Forum Inc OR$220,420 Executive Director $54,360 $52,647 2023
Bluechip Ratings Inc DE$255,635 Director, Secretary And Treasurer $25,000 $25,529 2023
Washington State Academy Of Sciences WA$218,480 Executive Director $9,962 $9,034 2024

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 default14th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted9th

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 (Priscilla Wohl) 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 101 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (U), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $15,019 is reasonable (approximately the 14th 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.