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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Columbia Future Forge

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 814252073
WA · NTEE O50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Julie Mauer, Executive Director / CEO ($4,665) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 15 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 0th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Julie Mauer — reported title “Director Secretary”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

15 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 15 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$11,416 total compensation of comparable organizations → $105,652 $4,665
$13,98710th
$27,83625th
$72,945Median
$89,85775th
$93,81890th
$4,665This org · 0th
p10$13,987
p25$27,836
p50$72,945
p75$89,857
p90$93,818
$4,665

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
Odyssey World Internationaleducation Services WA$369,402 President $11,753 $11,416 2024
Rainier Volleyball Club WA$377,757 Director $12,000 $11,656 2024
Girls On The Run Of Westsound WA$391,554 Executive Director $75,100 $72,945 2024
90 Plus Project WA$392,534 Executive Dir. $35,742 $34,717 2024
Clark County Latino Youth Conference WA$397,545 Executive Director $23,019 $22,359 2024
Z Girls Foundation WA$409,026 Executive Director $90,881 $90,881 2023
Clergy Community Children Youth Coalition WA$332,750 Executive Director $105,652 $105,652 2023
Shape Nw Inc WA$324,380 President $32,000 $33,312 2022
Teens In Public Service WA$437,109 Interim Exec. Dir. $63,462 $61,641 2024
The Prodigy Project WA$295,991 President $18,000 $17,484 2024
Minds Matter Of Seattle Inc WA$289,212 Executive Dir. $94,765 $92,046 2024
Seattle Cares Circle Of The National Cares Mentoring Movement WA$286,955 Executive Director $88,833 $88,833 2023
Washington Student Cycling League WA$286,348 Executive Director $95,000 $95,000 2023
Camp Beausite Northwest WA$482,722 Executive Dir. $86,844 $84,352 2024
Girls On The Run Of Snohomish County WA$502,993 Executive Director $78,288 $74,082 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 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 default0th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)0th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted0th

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 (Julie Mauer) 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 15 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50) + WA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $4,665 is reasonable (approximately the 0th 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.