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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Mewater Foundation Incorporated

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 474924647
CA · NTEE O20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Eddie Donnellan, Executive Director / CEO ($96,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 98 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 93rd percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

98 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 98 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,018 total compensation of comparable organizations → $188,825 $96,000
$13,35210th
$31,38725th
$53,847Median
$75,67675th
$89,55490th
$96,000This org · 93rd
p10$13,352
p25$31,387
p50$53,847
p75$75,676
p90$89,554
$96,000

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
Tri-town Youth Services Bureau Inc CT$313,338 Exec. Dir. $77,119 $81,335 2024
Can Do Kids Nfp (An Il Not For Profit Corp) IL$313,088 Executive Director Assistant Secretary $34,500 $39,279 2023
Kamp Hawaii Inc HI$316,243 Executive Di $61,625 $62,062 2024
Chisago Lakes Area Recreation Association MN$312,801 Gaming Manager $890 $1,018 2023
Free Fall Action Sports Inc PA$320,255 Executive Di $19,200 $21,537 2024
The Well Ministries MN$321,715 President $13,375 $14,866 2024
Kingswood Youth Center Inc NH$307,182 Executive Director $76,019 $76,922 2025
Southeastern Indiana Voices For Children Inc IN$322,067 Exec Dir $52,240 $63,799 2023
Bipoc Apostrophe Foundation WA$322,309 Executive Director $83,200 $86,264 2023
Benevolent And Protective Order Of 879 Bpoe NH$306,840 Secretary $12,000 $12,464 2024
Crook County Kids Inc OR$324,981 Executive Director $56,069 $58,569 2024
Community Health Council PA$302,420 Board Member $14,193 $15,921 2024
Boys And Girls Club Of American Samoa AS$301,045 Executive Director $35,006 $34,002 2024
The Vault Community Center IL$328,320 Executive Dir. $40,100 $45,655 2023
Dunedin Stirling Soccer Club FL$330,150 Academy Director $15,000 $16,319 2023
Montana Outfitters And Guides Education Institute MT$295,143 Executive Director $25,000 $31,208 2023
D & N Event Center Inc NE$294,262 Board Member $23,200 $28,068 2024
Box United IL$335,411 Executive Dir. $86,769 $98,789 2023
Imagine That Summer Camp AZ$289,732 Director $30,500 $32,995 2024
Cops N Kids Reading Center Inc WI$341,416 Executive Dir. $45,000 $54,425 2023
Colfax Community Network Inc CO$286,392 Ceo $56,104 $60,513 2024
Valley Friendship Club MN$284,830 Executive Director $66,135 $75,679 2023
Greenmount West Community Center MD$281,100 Executive Director/chair $52,000 $56,300 2023
Hickory Willow Swim Association IL$281,052 Ceo/head Coa $35,988 $39,798 2024
Future Leaders Organization NJ$280,000 Ceo $32,306 $33,404 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 default93rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)95th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted94th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted91st

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 (Eddie Donnellan) 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 98 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $96,000 is reasonable (approximately the 93rd 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.