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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Cultiva International Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 811407339
UT · NTEE C99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Greg Jensen, Executive Director / CEO ($36,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 34 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 38th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Greg Jensen — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

34 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 34 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$928 total compensation of comparable organizations → $214,375 $36,000
$8,89310th
$29,54625th
$42,215Median
$71,28975th
$109,79290th
$36,000This org · 38th
p10$8,893
p25$29,546
p50$42,215
p75$71,289
p90$109,792
$36,000

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 UT 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
Apis Arborea CA$223,552 President $67,670 $57,093 2023
Mississippis Lower Delta Partnership MS$222,010 Coordinator $66,790 $72,681 2023
Rewild Long Island Inc NY$220,764 Director $5,536 $4,747 2024
Mo Hives Kc MO$230,471 Executive Director $34,900 $35,081 2024
Assoc Of Us Delegates To The Gulf Of ME$216,510 Executive Director & Counc $73,905 $70,232 2024
The Ike Foundation NJ$235,402 Trustee $253,000 $214,375 2024
Sovereign Energy NM$238,491 Executive Director $11,538 $12,125 2023
The Firefly Gathering Inc NC$211,169 Executive Director $24,805 $25,042 2023
Eastrail Partners WA$240,542 Executive Director $118,483 $103,645 2023
Gorge Rebuild-it Community Project OR$209,834 Vice Chairexecutive Director $76,500 $65,683 2025
Natural Streams Foundation Inc PA$242,875 President And Ceo $35,069 $33,190 2024
Otsego County Economic Alliance Inc MI$243,519 Executive Director $90,060 $90,825 2023
American Environmental Health Studies Pr VT$206,502 Director $75,000 $71,641 2024
Ecological Options Network CA$244,731 President $22,934 $18,794 2024
Ballard Family Nature Center Inc IL$204,991 Co-director $34,670 $33,303 2023
Ohio River Way OH$248,751 Executive Dir. $38,262 $38,459 2024
Fair Future Movement Inc WI$199,436 Executive Director $30,291 $30,909 2023
Friends Of Wilmington Parks DE$194,460 Executive Director $45,000 $41,816 2024
Live Green Connecticut Inc CT$260,833 President $137,500 $125,964 2023
Pacific Beach Coalition CA$265,137 President $52,000 $42,613 2024
Wilderness Volunteers Giving Something Back AZ$269,117 Executive Director $69,457 $63,393 2024
Crawford Stewardship Project Ltd WI$179,146 Treasurer $7,358 $7,508 2023
Friends Of The Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge OR$177,564 Executive Director $62,820 $55,365 2024
Coastal Bend Air Quality Partnership TX$174,000 Executive Director $118,429 $112,427 2024
808 Cleanups HI$278,781 Executive Director $43,200 $36,706 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to UT 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 UT 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 default38th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)38th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted41st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted35th

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 (Greg Jensen) 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 34 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $36,000 is reasonable (approximately the 38th 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.