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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Adventure Travel Conservation Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 814195520
WA · NTEE Q30
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Soraya Shattuck, Executive Director / CEO ($91,539) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 147 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Soraya Shattuck — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

147 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 147 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,064 total compensation of comparable organizations → $257,315 $91,539
$9,85610th
$28,13525th
$48,586Median
$78,53275th
$100,77990th
$91,539This org · 83rd
p10$9,856
p25$28,135
p50$48,586
p75$78,532
p90$100,779
$91,539

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 WA 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
Equitarian Initiative MN$290,595 Executive Director $78,600 $86,748 2024
West African Mercy Ministries Inc WI$291,476 Executive Director $76,579 $89,328 2024
Vera Aqua Vera Vita TX$286,608 Executive Director $90,500 $101,114 2024
Hope On A String MA$295,811 Executive Director $71,135 $73,507 2023
Film School Africa Inc OH$283,633 Executive Di $48,000 $55,321 2025
Present Hope Ministry Inc GA$283,117 President $25,310 $28,425 2024
Yspaniola Incorporated MA$282,956 Executive Director $40,384 $40,533 2024
Catalyst Ministries TX$297,395 Executive Dir. $56,261 $62,860 2024
Ecf International CA$297,935 President/ceo $94,143 $90,799 2024
Center For Global Strategies Ltd SC$298,414 Executive Director $60,000 $69,914 2024
Foundation For A Civil Society Ltd NY$280,153 President $60,000 $60,558 2024
Big Picture Soccer PA$299,633 Executive Director $70,000 $80,273 2023
Tent Schools International MI$279,835 President $12,283 $14,579 2023
Bridge Builders International Inc OK$300,378 President $39,520 $50,041 2023
Casa De La Esperanza Homes Of Hope AZ$278,274 Executive Dir. $90,186 $96,876 2024
Village Cooperative Inc IN$276,973 Executive Di $25,000 $30,316 2023
Christian Relief Of Supplies And Service IA$303,596 Key Employee $28,462 $34,808 2024
Hope And Grace International WA$275,831 President $2,132 $2,195 2023
Christian Hands In Action TX$275,812 Executive Di $98,212 $112,972 2023
Haiti Project Inc NY$305,548 Pres./exec. $63,250 $65,723 2023
Growth Teams Inc DE$305,982 President And Secretary $68,450 $74,861 2024
Global Learning Exchange Initiative MO$269,255 Executive Director $60,000 $73,077 2023
Face Africa International Inc MA$269,111 Founder Ceo $37,000 $38,234 2023
Violet Organization NJ$268,628 President $35,500 $35,402 2024
World Federation Of Free Latvians MD$266,852 Secretary General $38,256 $39,948 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)90th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Soraya Shattuck) 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 147 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Q30), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $91,539 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.