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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Santa Rosa Plateau Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 710946697
CA · NTEE U50
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ginger Greaves, Executive Director / CEO ($57,242) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 131 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

131 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 131 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$451 total compensation of comparable organizations → $400,082 $57,242
$12,96410th
$33,62425th
$67,665Median
$121,80275th
$153,96990th
$57,242This org · 43rd
p10$12,964
p25$33,624
p50$67,665
p75$121,802
p90$153,969
$57,242

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.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Peyton's ProjectTX $312,255$46,659 990
Forever Family Foundation IncNY $314,593$6,713 990
Landweb IncVT $315,096$67,973 990
North American Associates Of TheNY $309,994$105,625 990
Mid-atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaboratory IncMD $309,847$56,167 990
South Jersey Innovation CenterNJ $318,444$22,946 990
South Dakota Biotechnology CouncilSD $318,563$40,519 990
Paleocultural Research GroupCO $318,728$62,663 990
Psychological Clinical ScienceIN $303,240$158,764 990
Simulation Councils IncCA $324,010$108,848 990
Asian Technology Information ProgramDC $325,103$97,872 990
Open Environmental Data IncDE $325,667$176,835 990
Spark Photonics Foundation IncMA $298,800$33,484 990
Fungal Diversity Survey IncCA $328,447$36,142 990
Research Theory IncTX $330,000$10,201 990
International Society ForCA $332,093$130,360 990
Caf Re IncMT $293,528$10,717 990
Rnd4impact IncCA $333,249$123,175 990
Society Of American Military Engineers FVA $334,012$8,409 990
Cave Research Foundation IncKY $291,053$2,980 990
Less Death IncCA $290,067$34,900 990
Alliance For Working Together FoundationOH $337,514$131,418 990
Akron Fossils And Science CenterOH $288,481$50,942 990
Association Of Space Explorers UsaTX $288,370$129,977 990
Aci Center Of Excellence For CarbonMI $288,265$74,225 990

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 default43rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)50th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted36th

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 (Ginger Greaves) 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 131 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (U), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $57,242 is reasonable (approximately the 43rd 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). 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.