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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Association Of Women In Water Energy And Envir

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 711036805
CA · NTEE R240
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Meghan Roberts, Executive Director / CEO ($89,368) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 417 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 58th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

417 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 417 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$653 total compensation of comparable organizations → $368,711 $89,368
$22,09810th
$50,00025th
$83,493Median
$117,15575th
$153,47390th
$89,368This org · 58th
p10$22,098
p25$50,000
p50$83,493
p75$117,155
p90$153,473
$89,368

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
Florida Impact Inc FL$414,959 President/ce $92,240 $103,315 2023
Fair Districts Fund DC$414,100 Director/president $36,162 $37,835 2023
The Coalition For Sensible Safeguards Inc DC$416,414 Executive Director $152,891 $159,964 2023
Louisville Youth Group Inc KY$417,596 Executive Director $77,783 $96,778 2024
Progressnow New Mexico NM$411,737 Executive Di $8,177 $10,486 2023
Dubuque County Right To Life Inc IA$418,078 Executive Director $91,527 $116,058 2024
Womens Diversity Network Inc NY$411,630 Founder/board Member $83,987 $90,486 2023
Directorio Legislativo For The Americas FL$418,316 President $140,656 $157,543 2023
Raven Association TX$418,447 Ceo $183,992 $213,143 2024
Community Mediation Center TN$411,118 Executive Di $54,013 $64,055 2025
Street Democracy MI$419,050 President $32,200 $38,490 2024
Farm-to-consumer Legal Defense Fund VA$419,440 Executive Director $81,314 $93,609 2023
Bring Our Troops Home Inc ID$419,583 Director $42,616 $54,052 2023
California Forward Action Fund CA$410,000 President & Ceo (Term 6/14/23) $30,482 $31,382 2023
Northern Hills Area Casa Program SD$420,049 Executive Dir. $69,667 $89,041 2024
West Virginia Pregnancy Center Coalition Inc WV$408,099 Executive Director $7,826 $10,103 2023
Race Forward Action Inc NY$408,044 Secretary $35,568 $37,221 2024
Dayton Right To Life Foundation OH$422,168 Executive Di $28,926 $35,480 2024
Fpc Action Foundation NV$407,462 Vp/gc Thru 3/24, President From 3/24 $200,380 $232,606 2024
Asian American Women's Political Initiative Inc MA$424,597 Secretary $57,000 $59,318 2024
Advocates For Trans Equality NY$424,852 Executive Director $21,038 $22,016 2024
Dimensions Educational Consulting MA$404,449 Ceo And Executive Director $200,000 $214,280 2023
Unity Coalition Coalicion Unida Inc FL$425,800 Director $50,000 $54,396 2024
The Frederick Center Inc MD$426,086 Executive Director $56,406 $61,070 2024
Brave House Inc NY$426,440 Executive Director $60,000 $62,788 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 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 default58th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)66th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted60th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted50th

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 (Meghan Roberts) 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 417 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (R), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $89,368 is reasonable (approximately the 58th 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.