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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Environmental Resource Center

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 820456383
ID · NTEE Z99Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ashton Wilson, Executive Director / CEO ($68,428) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 205 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 70th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

205 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 205 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$39 total compensation of comparable organizations → $450,291 $68,428
$11,49710th
$24,93525th
$52,729Median
$74,16875th
$98,87190th
$68,428This org · 70th
p10$11,497
p25$24,935
p50$52,729
p75$74,168
p90$98,871
$68,428

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 ID 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
Bend Ice OR$315,372 Director $1,386 $1,210 2024
The Master's Mission WA$312,909 President $96,808 $81,476 2024
San Leandro Education Foundation CA$317,348 Executive Director $75,000 $59,310 2025
Lakefront Senior Residences Inc KS$312,721 President $2,639 $2,680 2024
Packard Group Ii MI$311,555 President $18,593 $18,040 2024
Salem Arms Community Housing WA$310,832 Executive Director $71,600 $60,260 2024
Baltimore Zionist District Inc MD$310,449 Executive Di $109,000 $95,794 2024
Citizen Outreach Foundation Inc NV$320,232 Vice President $14,000 $13,192 2024
Ocean Beach School District Foundation WA$320,849 Administrator $10,200 $8,838 2023
Educational Divide Reform Inc MA$321,178 President $20,000 $16,895 2024
Affiliated Council-center For OH$321,336 Pres/ceo $24,470 $24,363 2024
Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Center CA$307,891 Executive Dir. $93,222 $75,670 2024
Mariposa Housing Inc CA$307,819 Executive Dir. $3,602 $2,924 2024
New York State Recreation & NY$306,420 Executive Dir. $55,000 $46,719 2024
Bluebonnet Casa Inc TX$323,846 Executive Director $64,300 $60,463 2024
Orange County Bar Association Charitable CA$306,363 Ceo / Executive Director $17,519 $14,221 2024
Colorado Park Housing Corporation CA$306,194 President & Ceo $65,738 $54,937 2023
Westchester Putnam Health Management Systems Inc NY$305,000 Director/president $116,415 $98,888 2024
Wyandot Health Foundation OH$326,027 Treasurer $38,648 $38,480 2024
Padre Pio Academy CA$302,702 Principal $20,700 $17,299 2023
Nassans Place NJ$328,006 Executive Director $92,280 $79,739 2023
Autism Connection Of Pa PA$301,785 President And Ceo $29,280 $28,259 2023
Poway Valley Water Polo Club Inc CA$301,640 President $3,749 $3,043 2024
Delaware Laborers'-employers' NJ$328,663 Assistant Director $171,201 $147,934 2023
Grand Island Regency Retirement NE$328,741 Executive Di $96,741 $97,811 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to ID 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 ID 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 default70th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)62nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted69th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted57th

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 (Ashton Wilson) 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 205 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Z99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $68,428 is reasonable (approximately the 70th 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.