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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Craft3 Future Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 465384846
OR · NTEE S31
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bruce Brooks, Executive Director / CEO ($31,950) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 97 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 21st percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Bruce Brooks — reported title “PRESIDENT”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

97 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 97 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,224 total compensation of comparable organizations → $251,074 $31,950
$10,50010th
$43,22425th
$79,603Median
$109,77375th
$147,18590th
$31,950This org · 21st
p10$10,500
p25$43,224
p50$79,603
p75$109,773
p90$147,185
$31,950

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 OR 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
West Broadway Business And Area Coalition MN$406,331 Executive Director $93,521 $96,654 2024
Yonkers South Broadway District Management Association Inc NY$411,834 Executive Director $81,304 $79,113 2023
Waipahu Community Association HI$411,945 Executive Dir. $50,000 $46,822 2024
The Peoples Place Inc CT$412,013 Executive Director $50,769 $49,788 2024
Rolland Curtis Commercial Qalicb Inc CA$413,513 President $29,689 $26,814 2024
Tacony Community Development Corpor PA$414,614 Interim Executive Director $55,846 $58,250 2024
Burlington Community Development Corp VT$415,198 President $19,449 $21,080 2023
Chico Economic Planning Corporation CA$417,941 Executive Director $104,004 $96,707 2023
Anaconda Local Development Corporation MT$391,121 Former Executive Director $82,500 $93,015 2024
Menomonee Valley Partners Inc WI$420,413 Executive Director $105,614 $118,773 2023
Carrollton Area Convention And GA$389,873 Executive Di $18,162 $19,100 2024
Spoon River Partnership For Economic Development IL$387,684 Executive Director $60,408 $60,514 2025
Downtown Pkb Inc WV$423,548 Executive Di $66,121 $74,880 2024
Building Community Value MI$386,387 Director $100,000 $107,958 2024
Fly Sun Valley Alliance Inc ID$427,621 Executive Di $135,752 $151,044 2024
Black Dollar Days Task Force WA$380,149 Executive Dir. $36,400 $34,086 2024
Boston Farms Community Land Trust Inc MA$374,952 Clerk $89,071 $89,724 2022
Conyers Rockdale Economic Deve GA$436,100 Exec Director $125,750 $136,153 2023
Maya Economic Development Corporation NE$371,950 Ceo/director $1,057 $1,224 2023
Pemiscot County Initiative Network MO$441,365 Director $52,977 $57,176 2025
District 6 Planning Council MN$365,848 Executive Director $92,872 $95,984 2024
Borderplex Bi-national Economic TX$365,089 Ceo $13,770 $14,407 2024
Vibe District Virginia Beach VA$446,533 Executive Director $91,406 $92,311 2024
Certified Development Corporation SC$447,388 Director $1,875 $2,046 2024
Pyramid Community Development Corporatio OH$448,140 Executive Direcotr $38,514 $42,666 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default21st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)21st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted92nd

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 (Bruce Brooks) 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 97 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S31), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,950 is reasonable (approximately the 21st 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.