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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Outdoor Recreation Coalition

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 813483157
CO · NTEE S01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Chandler Smith, Executive Director / CEO ($70,045) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 401 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Chandler Smith — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

401 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 401 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $217,296 $70,045
$6,46610th
$17,37125th
$39,233Median
$62,24175th
$88,53490th
$70,045This org · 79th
p10$6,466
p25$17,371
p50$39,233
p75$62,241
p90$88,534
$70,045

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
Dudley Economic Empowerment MA$105,750 Executive Director $23,723 $22,232 2024
Mwh Holdings Inc CT$105,060 President $63,653 $62,241 2024
Argentine Betterment Corporation KS$106,067 Executive Dir. $70,868 $82,203 2023
Tec Centro Foundation PA$106,068 President $40,586 $43,456 2023
Urbandale Community Action Network IA$106,206 Executive Director $40,357 $47,444 2023
Sip Inc IL$104,870 Chief Executive Officer $27,845 $28,549 2024
Aberdeen Main Street Inc MS$106,433 Coordinator $17,450 $20,268 2024
R&r Partners Foundation Inc NV$106,438 President $17,902 $19,267 2023
New Energy Nexus Enventure CA$106,494 Executive Director End: 7/2024 $28,332 $25,514 2024
Littlemore Properties Corporation NE$104,407 President $8,298 $9,308 2024
Friends Of Honolulu City Lights HI$104,371 Executive Director $16,754 $15,643 2024
Kane County Farm Bureau Foundation IL$104,203 Manager $14,168 $14,526 2024
Tehachapi Area Association Of Realtors CA$106,909 Ceo $13,875 $12,495 2024
Forrest And Doris Sensenich Foundation MO$103,999 Director, President & Trea $1,000 $1,138 2023
Group Of 50 Foundation Inc DC$107,129 Executive Director Until September 2024 $91,819 $84,029 2024
Ua Local No 62 Building Corporation CA$107,262 Treasurer/business Manager $125,808 $113,294 2024
Progress Mo Education Fund MO$103,629 Executive Di $61,293 $67,703 2024
Mid Atlantic Construction Safety Co PA$107,614 Executive Di $60,503 $62,923 2024
Home Builders Assoc Of Central VA$107,659 Executive Di $57,924 $58,327 2024
New York Passive House Inc NY$107,782 Executive Di $32,610 $30,731 2024
Town Square Inc NY$107,852 Executive Director $30,000 $28,271 2024
Black Chamber Of Commerce Of Greater Kansas City MO$103,214 Executive Director $29,794 $32,910 2024
Loving Library AZ$107,908 Ceo $30,000 $30,089 2024
Greater Chicago Advanced Manufacturing IL$103,136 Executive Dir. $46,872 $48,057 2024
145 Hudson Realty Corp CA$108,000 Executive Dir. $33,861 $31,393 2023

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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)81st
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted84th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted59th

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 (Chandler Smith) 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 401 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (S), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $70,045 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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.