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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Waterhouse Guild Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 465676097
CA · NTEE B80
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of William Bredberg, Executive Director / CEO ($3,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 15 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 13th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

15 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 15 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$936 total compensation of comparable organizations → $245,418 $3,000
$2,58610th
$8,51025th
$17,615Median
$93,54075th
$201,87090th
$3,000This org · 13th
p10$2,586
p25$8,510
p50$17,615
p75$93,540
p90$201,870
$3,000

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 CA 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
Beyond Kids Reading Inc MA$88,220 President/ceo $143,520 $145,071 2024
Maxmath Tutoring Online Inc Florida Branch FL$99,657 Executive Director-ceo $1,072 $1,133 2024
Kanu I Ka Pono Inc HI$100,000 Ceo/chairman $23,650 $23,203 2025
Greater Bloomington Chamber Of Commerce IN$103,448 President $4,041 $4,793 2024
Bucyrus Redmen Athletic Boosters OH$105,936 Vice Preside $4,000 $4,765 2024
National Association For Campus SC$111,135 Executive Director $14,084 $16,101 2025
Building Up Steam Inc GA$64,917 President $15,575 $17,615 2024
Latitude Education CA$64,000 Chief Executive Officer $211,667 $205,594 2024
Assist Academy CA$62,000 Ceo $43,250 $42,009 2024
Sierra Stem CA$120,511 Education Director $21,812 $21,186 2024
Intergenerational Guidance Group LA$124,925 President $9,863 $12,577 2023
Mass Collective Foundation Inc GA$126,832 Board Member $10,810 $12,226 2024
Jump Math Inc IA$130,545 Ceo $159,367 $196,283 2024
Friends Of The Hamilton Schools MT$133,739 Director $750 $936 2023
Stanford University Bookstore CA$135,857 President $245,418 $245,418 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default13th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)13th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted33rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted13th

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 (William Bredberg) 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 15 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $3,000 is reasonable (approximately the 13th 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.