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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Denver Bar Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 742554415
CO · NTEE I128
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Amy Larson, Executive Director / CEO ($31,872) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 342 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 20th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Amy Larson — reported title “FORMER EXEC. DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

342 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 342 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10 total compensation of comparable organizations → $424,277 $31,872
$14,49510th
$37,57525th
$57,388Median
$80,06075th
$101,27290th
$31,872This org · 20th
p10$14,495
p25$37,575
p50$57,388
p75$80,060
p90$101,272
$31,872

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 CO 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
Open Immigration Legal Services Inc CA$208,729 President $59,013 $53,143 2024
A Child Is Missing Inc FL$208,762 Executive Di $62,292 $61,028 2024
Inner Banks Stem Center NC$208,896 President $6,625 $7,350 2023
District Of Columbia Access To Justice DC$209,062 Executive Dir. $125,655 $114,995 2024
Center For Integrity In Forensic WI$208,031 Executive Director $122,813 $137,713 2023
Disability Legal Services Of Indiana IN$209,446 Executive Director $79,163 $87,062 2024
Unite Greensboro Jail Ministry NC$209,528 Chaplain $34,314 $36,976 2024
Community Lawyers Inc CA$207,595 Executive Dir. $28,600 $25,755 2024
Reaching Out From Within Inc KS$209,688 Executive Director $68,125 $79,021 2023
Dayonenotdaytwo PA$207,532 Executive Director $10,565 $10,988 2024
Friends Of Western Pa Cares For Kids Inc PA$207,155 Executive Director $48,377 $51,798 2023
Race Matters For Juvenile Justice NC$210,192 Executive Director $96,000 $103,447 2024
Take Action Mon Valley PA$210,446 President & Ceo $70,250 $73,060 2024
Bold Solutions WA$210,452 Director $41,387 $41,415 2022
Lasalle County Childrens Advocacy Center IL$206,603 Director $57,100 $60,273 2023
Prison Impact Ministries MT$210,665 President $126,000 $141,645 2024
Casa Of The 5th Judicial District WY$206,544 Executive Director $71,809 $78,125 2025
She's Somebody's Daughter PA$210,773 Program Director $36,050 $37,492 2024
Mediation Center Of Greater Gb Inc WI$206,166 Executive Di $54,786 $59,670 2024
Lived Experiences Inc CA$205,975 Founder $42,000 $37,822 2024
Southern Grit Advocacy TX$205,526 President $53,917 $56,247 2024
Open Hearts Open Minds OR$205,384 Executive Director $50,580 $48,986 2024
Education Law Association PA$212,035 Executive Di $77,610 $83,098 2023
Casa 3rd Judicial District Inc AR$205,202 Former Executive Director $44,943 $51,327 2025
Getpaid Inc PA$204,940 Executive Vice President $45,523 $47,344 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default20th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)20th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted98th

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 (Amy Larson) 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 342 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (I), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,872 is reasonable (approximately the 20th 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.