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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The More Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 731373231
OK · NTEE B82J
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Scott Ownbey, Executive Director / CEO ($71,200) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 218 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

218 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 218 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $303,119 $71,200
$7,44310th
$18,77925th
$40,295Median
$70,00675th
$95,39690th
$71,200This org · 76th
p10$7,443
p25$18,779
p50$40,295
p75$70,006
p90$95,396
$71,200

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 OK 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
Investments & Wealth Foundation CO$327,522 Iwi Ceo/executive Director $135,157 $117,696 2023
Aami Foundation Inc VA$326,972 Aami Ceo $111,508 $94,972 2024
Police Association Of Virginia VA$326,505 Treasurer $3,491 $3,061 2023
Pennsylvania Restaurant And Lodging PA$325,442 Secretary $22,411 $20,296 2023
College Access Partnership Inc CA$330,136 Dir/secty-treas $90,100 $68,629 2024
Entrepeneurship Award Corp NY$325,210 Executive Director $112,598 $89,751 2024
Able Flight Inc NC$330,657 Executive Director $92,000 $83,853 2024
Life Light Educational Foundation CA$324,418 President $20,400 $15,998 2023
Mesa Public Schools Foundation AZ$332,764 Treas/int Ed $36,668 $31,107 2024
Ranger Pride Education Foundation OR$322,238 Trustee $1 $1 2024
See Ya Later Foundation Inc OR$336,005 Executive Dir. $64,896 $53,160 2024
Chuck Cooper Foundation PA$318,904 President $70,700 $64,029 2023
Miramar College Foundation Inc CA$316,779 College Pres $26,256 $19,999 2024
South Sudanese Enrichment For Families MA$315,794 Executive Director & Presi $65,000 $51,523 2024
Sheboygan Public Education Foundation WI$315,310 Co-executive Director $29,696 $28,165 2023
Sisters Graduate Resource Organization OR$341,327 Program Director $17,280 $14,155 2024
Circle De Luz Inc NC$342,777 Executive Director $81,000 $73,827 2024
Roever Foundation Inc TX$342,987 President/di $60,120 $54,615 2023
Central Valley Scholars CA$312,387 Director $36,040 $27,451 2024
Frank Chapman Memorial Institute Inc NY$312,374 Founder $27,500 $21,920 2024
Rey Feo Scholarship Foundation TX$311,155 Executive Director $43,680 $39,680 2023
Connecticut Association Of Realtors CT$310,981 Ex-officio Member $26,686 $22,723 2023
Florida Transportation Builders FL$309,821 Director $92,956 $79,304 2023
Project Read UT$309,463 Executive Director $51,450 $46,450 2024
Education For Tomorrow Alliance TX$346,227 President $116,473 $102,772 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OK 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 OK 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)72nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted79th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted53rd

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 (Scott Ownbey) 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 218 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B82), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $71,200 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.