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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Rebound A Building Trades Organization

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 470860125
WA · NTEE B30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Nicole Blackwood, Executive Director / CEO ($154,773) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 50 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Nicole Blackwood — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

50 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 50 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,856 total compensation of comparable organizations → $219,011 $154,773
$13,16710th
$31,73625th
$63,095Median
$105,61975th
$141,29490th
$154,773This org · 94th
p10$13,167
p25$31,736
p50$63,095
p75$105,619
p90$141,294
$154,773

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
Cocal Gracias AZ$253,446 President And Director $46,548 $48,567 2024
Ed3 Galaxy NY$266,626 Vice President $30,006 $30,285 2023
Colorado Bioscience Institute CO$266,856 President $9,942 $10,343 2024
New Horizons Foundation - A Sheet VA$250,660 Director $97,707 $102,349 2024
Ignite Classical School LA$268,464 Head Of School $4,251 $5,078 2024
Pullman Tech Workshop IL$268,572 Officer $24,333 $25,953 2024
Alliance For Technology Education In TX$271,735 Executive Director $72,047 $80,497 2023
Iron Workers Local 33 Apprentice NY$272,440 Coordinator $88,438 $86,699 2024
Puget Sound Boilermakers App & Trn Trust WA$245,030 Trust Coordinator $137,813 $137,813 2023
Hastings Foundation For MS$240,000 President $62,000 $77,127 2023
Wellness Council Of Wisconsin Inc WI$279,775 Executive Director $101,900 $115,455 2024
American Organ Academy OH$279,822 Chairman/dir $185,131 $219,011 2023
Cherry Hill Huaxia Chinese School NJ$280,262 Principal $13,680 $13,251 2024
Judge Dinkins Educational Center TN$281,490 President & Ceo $130,000 $148,248 2024
Association Of Accredited Naturopathic DC$283,366 Executive Director - Non-voting $122,808 $116,917 2024
The Daruby School MO$235,114 Executive Director $21,000 $24,131 2024
Simply Circus Corp MA$231,254 General Manager $60,275 $58,762 2024
Latino Learning Center Inc TX$231,223 President & $57,500 $64,244 2023
Insulators Local Union #89 - Jatc Accoun NJ$288,308 Trustee $109,282 $105,855 2024
Nj Guard Training Academy Inc NJ$228,420 Amaral $37,500 $37,397 2023
Workforce Technician Education Center CA$227,920 Chief Community Officer $31,800 $29,791 2024
Ironworkers Local 6 Training Fund NY$292,083 Administrato $12,656 $12,407 2024
Destinyworks IN$226,555 Executive Director $150,000 $171,613 2024
The Trade School At Sbe Inc CA$223,824 President $64,227 $61,945 2023
Incremental Development Alliance AR$220,700 Executive Director $126,192 $158,433 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)98th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted84th

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 (Nicole Blackwood) 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 50 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $154,773 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.