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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Edenacres Environmental Education

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 473491528
OR · NTEE C30
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Fallon Harris, Executive Director / CEO ($52,768) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 145 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Fallon Harris — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

145 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 145 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,761 total compensation of comparable organizations → $158,585 $52,768
$24,55110th
$50,33725th
$70,838Median
$88,26875th
$104,76590th
$52,768This org · 26th
p10$24,551
p25$50,337
p50$70,838
p75$88,268
p90$104,765
$52,768

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
Rendezvous Lands Conservancy WY$334,011 Coo/cfo $20,104 $22,584 2025
Coalition For Susitna Dam Alternatives AK$334,038 Executive Director 1/1/24-7/31/24 $96,688 $99,540 2024
Collective Oyster Recycling & CT$332,167 Director $35,962 $36,309 2024
Mahwah Environmental Volunteers NJ$335,230 Executive Dir. $61,660 $59,282 2024
Alaska Whale Foundation AK$331,469 Executive Director $92,083 $94,799 2024
Calhoun County Resource Watch TX$336,943 President $8,700 $9,371 2024
Wildlife Ecology Institute MT$327,259 Executive Dir. $100,039 $116,121 2024
Oahu Agriculture And Conservation Assoc HI$325,224 Executive Dir. $95,881 $92,438 2024
Healthy Flint Research Coordinating Cent MI$343,199 Co-director $75,005 $83,365 2024
The Go Green Initiative Association CA$343,699 Founder And Ceo $85,000 $79,036 2024
Middlesex Land Trust CT$322,665 Executive Di $66,111 $68,720 2023
Santa Barbara Audubon Society CA$322,002 Executive Dir. $67,866 $61,478 2025
The Susquehanna Greenway Partnershp PA$320,810 Executive Di $76,336 $84,395 2023
Species Survival Network MD$346,428 Executive Director $65,232 $65,671 2024
Pangeaseed Foundation HI$319,879 Executive Director $77,227 $76,653 2023
Friends Of Arches&canyonlands Parks UT$346,985 Executive Di $69,823 $76,952 2024
Southwest Iowa Nature Trails IA$352,427 Executive Di $18,920 $22,308 2024
City Grazing CA$353,251 Executive Director $11,721 $10,899 2024
Sustainability Matters Inc VA$311,002 Executive Di $59,155 $63,321 2023
Mountain Valleys Resource Conservation & Development Council NC$310,347 Executive Director $44,122 $49,092 2024
Bucks County Audubon Society PA$309,340 Executive Dir. $67,336 $72,309 2024
Grow Native Massachusetts Inc MA$359,550 Executive Di $111,000 $107,409 2024
E Inc MA$359,622 Executive Di $58,556 $55,202 2025
Vibe Tribe Adventures CO$360,098 Ceo $57,791 $61,434 2023
The Crest OR$360,557 Executive Director $66,333 $66,333 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 2024 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)25th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted26th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (Fallon Harris) 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 145 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $52,768 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.