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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Guadalupe-blanco River Trust

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 731628865
TX · NTEE C20
FY ending 2024-08-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Doug Dillow, Executive Director / CEO ($33,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 30 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 30th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

30 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 30 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$2,195 total compensation of comparable organizations → $132,473 $33,000
$14,14810th
$23,26025th
$58,167Median
$81,80875th
$112,58590th
$33,000This org · 30th
p10$14,148
p25$23,260
p50$58,167
p75$81,808
p90$112,585
$33,000

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 TX 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
Santa Fe Watershed Association NM$412,814 Executive Di $50,195 $55,565 2023
Sustainable Learning Inc NY$404,621 Executive Director $44,100 $39,838 2024
Charge Across Town CA$456,411 Executive Dir. $95,833 $82,726 2024
Friends Of The Kaw Inc KS$457,690 Executive Di $78,700 $84,996 2024
Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action CA$396,132 Interim Ed $76,000 $65,606 2024
American Society Of Adaptation MI$464,079 Contracted Exec. Dir (Thru 10/22) $118,463 $125,846 2023
Neighbors For Clean Air OR$372,899 Co-executive Director $67,059 $62,255 2024
Community For Change TX$486,048 Treasurer And Director Of Operations $50,000 $50,000 2024
Austin Youth River Watch TX$486,402 Executive Director $76,151 $78,400 2023
Greater Washington Region Clean Cities DC$495,080 Mananging Director $124,334 $112,294 2023
Oregon Physicians For Social OR$358,036 Executive Dire $61,270 $56,881 2024
New York City And Lower Hudson Valley NY$507,401 Executive Director $85,000 $79,053 2023
Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy MI$344,028 Interim Exec $20,508 $21,161 2024
Babb Creek Watershed Association PA$342,759 Director $14,400 $14,356 2024
Clear The Air Foundation CO$513,946 President/ceo $16,407 $15,727 2024
Utah Physicians For A Healthy Envir UT$514,211 Executive Dir. $95,377 $100,468 2023
Clean Air Coalition Of Western NY$338,710 Executive Dir. $64,223 $58,016 2024
Alliance For Nuclear Responsibility CA$337,058 Executive Director $22,770 $20,237 2023
Pacific Sound Resources Environmental WA$336,662 Trustee $2,382 $2,195 2023
Western Pa Coalition For Abandoned PA$330,871 Executive Di $73,442 $75,378 2023
Santa Cruz Hub For Sustainable Living CA$532,784 Administrative Co-director $2,960 $2,555 2024
Sustainable Woodstock Inc VT$314,084 Executive Director $51,433 $51,752 2024
Champaign County Environmental Stewards IL$313,037 Executive Director $12,490 $12,275 2024
Lake Area Industry Alliance LA$541,655 Executive Director $104,654 $115,202 2024
Orleans Land Restoration Corporation NY$303,646 C.e.o./c.f.o. $23,698 $21,407 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX 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 TX 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 default30th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)30th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted33rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted20th

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 (Doug Dillow) 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 30 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $33,000 is reasonable (approximately the 30th 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.