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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Seashore Gardens Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 562424727
NJ · NTEE E99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Martin H Klein, Executive Director / CEO ($253,529) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 47 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 100th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

Benchmarked executive: Martin H Klein — reported title “TREASURER”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

47 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 47 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$820 total compensation of comparable organizations → $167,139 $253,529
$14,86710th
$31,46925th
$47,769Median
$89,55975th
$127,11090th
$253,529This org · 100th
p10$14,867
p25$31,469
p50$47,769
p75$89,559
p90$127,110
$253,529

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 NJ 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
Climatework Maine ME$268,900 Director $117,335 $127,819 2024
Harbor Emergency Medical Education Foundation CA$277,634 Research Assistant $8,980 $8,435 2024
Inteleos Foundation Inc MD$267,449 Ceo/executive Director $40,758 $41,454 2024
What To Expect Project DC$280,090 President & E.d $132,652 $126,637 2024
The Medical Center Auxiliary PA$265,169 President & Ceo $42,768 $47,769 2023
Northwest Medical Center Foundation Inc MO$280,795 President/ceo $28,195 $33,447 2023
Epiphany Project Inc AZ$281,911 Co-president $47,333 $49,522 2024
Giving Health Inc GA$263,218 Chief Medical Dir $750 $820 2024
Healthy Hearts Institute CA$262,570 Board Chair $42,857 $41,449 2023
C-line Counseling Center NJ$260,477 Executive Director $16,500 $16,027 2024
Upper Midlands Rural Health Network SC$258,850 Executive Dir. $94,561 $110,490 2023
Life Resources Of Georgia Inc GA$255,952 Executive Di $44,098 $48,237 2024
Forbes Medical Staff Fund PA$253,879 President $20,000 $21,697 2024
Messengers For Health MT$292,200 Executive Director $88,626 $107,000 2023
Hooves Of Hope Equestrian Center Inc KY$292,364 President $48,001 $56,103 2024
Region Ii Emergency Medical Services NM$297,078 Employee $36,400 $43,849 2023
Pontifex Inc OH$248,028 President $52,000 $61,686 2023
Minnesota Masonic Children's Clinic For MN$299,202 President/ceo - Charities $34,208 $37,858 2023
Mountainside Hospital Medical Staff NJ$300,341 President $35,000 $33,996 2024
From Fatherless To Fearless OH$303,056 Ceo $118,125 $140,129 2023
Trellis Horticultural Therapy GA$239,062 Treasurer $36,000 $39,379 2024
Amery Regional Medical Center Foundation MN$307,461 President $67,666 $72,738 2024
Massachusetts Health Council Inc MA$308,333 Ceo $147,950 $144,635 2024
Growing Up Together SD$233,422 Executive Director $25,032 $29,279 2025
West Oakland Health Facilities CA$315,643 Ceo $2,481 $2,331 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to NJ 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 NJ 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 default100th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)100th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted100th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted87th

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 (Martin H Klein) 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 47 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (E99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $253,529 is reasonable (approximately the 100th 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.