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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Urbanist

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 473528251
WA · NTEE S01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Doug Trumm, Executive Director / CEO ($76,487) 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 67th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Doug Trumm — reported title “Publisher”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable 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

$2,235 total compensation of comparable organizations → $250,771 $76,487
$14,69910th
$18,57025th
$50,974Median
$80,18475th
$93,72190th
$76,487This org · 67th
p10$14,699
p25$18,570
p50$50,974
p75$80,184
p90$93,721
$76,487

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
Spokane Alliance WA$240,872 Senior Organizer & Executive Director $86,534 $84,303 2025
Visiones Collaborativas Collaborative Visions NM$246,616 Executive Director $11,970 $15,412 2022
Connectree CA$233,490 President $83,700 $80,727 2024
Drive Forward WA$230,000 Executive Director $100,000 $100,000 2024
Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network PA$228,204 Board Member $17,240 $19,203 2024
Action Network Fund DC$211,711 Board Member $52,007 $50,974 2024
Relationship Unleashed TN$210,313 Chief Executive Officer $11,767 $14,224 2023
American Movement VA$206,049 President $225,858 $250,771 2023
Mancos United CO$204,630 Executive Director $20,250 $22,328 2023
Texas Values Action TX$199,470 President $69,235 $79,640 2023
Coalition Of African Communities - Philadelphia Africom PA$302,432 Director Of Programs $26,451 $29,462 2024
Maine Jobs Council ME$328,750 Chairman/treasurer $60,000 $67,106 2024
Bienvenido In Action TX$345,101 President $2,000 $2,235 2024
San Francisco Transit Riders CA$356,416 Executive Director $18,598 $17,937 2024
Ruby M Sisson Memorial Library CO$360,662 Executive Di $52,655 $56,394 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 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 default67th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)73rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted60th

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 (Doug Trumm) 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 (S01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,487 is reasonable (approximately the 67th 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.