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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

River Deep Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 814540959
CO · NTEE P11
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bob Adwar, Executive Director / CEO ($36,663) 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 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Bob Adwar — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, 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

$3,197 total compensation of comparable organizations → $91,539 $36,663
$9,38410th
$12,20525th
$16,215Median
$36,57975th
$52,03290th
$36,663This org · 76th
p10$9,384
p25$12,205
p50$16,215
p75$36,579
p90$52,032
$36,663

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
Community Action Trust Inc MA$110,500 Executive Director $22,999 $21,554 2024
Crossroads Foundation Inc IA$109,437 Executive Director $8,379 $9,850 2023
Fcs New Market Landlord Inc TN$120,019 Ceo $13,308 $14,588 2024
Ihs Ministries Inc AZ$122,194 Ex Officio - Non-voting $3,801 $3,812 2024
Lutheran Child And Family Services IL$106,035 Ceo $12,380 $13,068 2023
Children & Families First Endowment Inc DE$105,984 Chief Executive Officer $15,963 $16,301 2024
Seniors First Foundation Inc FL$122,983 President/ceo $21,126 $21,309 2023
Wheeler East Street Holdings Inc IN$103,650 Board Member $13,814 $15,192 2024
Wellroot Family Services Foundation Inc GA$101,804 Treasurer $47,684 $51,478 2023
Beaver County Ymca Endowment Foundation PA$99,966 Director $31,015 $33,208 2023
Atlanta Ymca Young Qalicb Inc GA$97,792 Chief Executive Officer $36,068 $38,938 2023
Rainbows United Charitable Foundation KS$97,754 Interim President $15,365 $17,823 2023
Friends Of The Hocking Hills State Park OH$131,891 Program Director, Astronomy Park $15,000 $16,569 2024
The Office For Aging Foundation Of NY$133,728 Executive Di $13,341 $12,248 2025
Harc Foundationinc CT$133,954 President/ce $37,368 $36,539 2024
Halsey Center OR$94,257 Executive Director (Through 06/2024) $6,286 $6,088 2024
Odd Fellows Faith Hope And Charity CT$136,335 Ceo $9,546 $9,334 2024
Safe Alliance Foundation TX$136,896 Chief Executive Officer $9,108 $9,502 2024
Florence Fuller Child Development FL$140,875 Chief Executive Officer $10,498 $10,589 2023
Bixby Knolls Towers Inc CA$143,906 President/ceo $68,128 $61,352 2024
Tanager Place Endowment Foundation IA$145,595 Assistant Treasurer $33,888 $39,839 2023
Community Bridges Development Foundation AZ$81,911 Director $44,616 $44,748 2024
Funds For Friends TX$147,336 Executive Director $12,900 $13,457 2024
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Miami FL$81,446 President & Ceo $12,086 $12,191 2023
Arcadia Improvement Association CA$147,732 Executive Director $101,650 $91,539 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)79th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted97th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted9th

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 (Bob Adwar) 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 (P11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $36,663 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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.