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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Spokane Fatherhood Initiative

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 822419661
WA · NTEE P20
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Fred Dent, Executive Director / CEO ($19,900) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 28 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 7th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Fred Dent — reported title “Vice President”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

28 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 28 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$4,121 total compensation of comparable organizations → $238,658 $19,900
$24,62610th
$30,15825th
$63,162Median
$90,35275th
$121,73990th
$19,900This org · 7th
p10$24,626
p25$30,158
p50$63,162
p75$90,352
p90$121,739
$19,900

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
Grow Further Club WA$469,921 Chief Of Sta $120,754 $127,610 2023
A Supportive Community For All WA$428,374 Executive Director $87,136 $92,083 2023
Fairvote Washington Foundation WA$477,853 Executive Director $4,396 $4,646 2023
Foster Hearts WA$484,927 President $21,631 $22,203 2024
Restoration Counseling Services WA$485,040 President $225,836 $238,658 2023
Aging In Pace Washington WA$411,837 President $30,263 $31,064 2024
Unbridled Spirit 7 WA$411,014 Executive Director $72,002 $73,907 2024
Essentials First WA$406,291 Ceo $77,500 $79,551 2024
The Cove WA$397,998 Executive Director $25,967 $27,441 2023
Fairvote Washington WA$396,056 Executive Director $64,271 $67,920 2023
Pizza Klatch WA$506,216 Executive Di $62,444 $65,989 2023
Queer Power Alliance WA$524,633 Executive Director $84,952 $89,775 2023
Spring Of Hope International WA$374,624 Executive Di $48,000 $49,270 2024
Unity Center WA$373,579 Executive Director $57,600 $60,870 2023
Deconstructing The Mental Health System WA$365,640 President & Ceo $24,562 $25,957 2023
Wind Of God WA$534,521 Executive Dir. $50,000 $51,323 2024
Ampowering WA$540,663 Chief Executive Officer $60,000 $63,407 2023
Olympia Family Theater WA$356,395 Executive Director $47,500 $48,757 2024
Pybus Market Charitable Foundation WA$355,327 Gm/executive Director $25,002 $25,664 2024
Serve Ethiopians Washington WA$332,658 Executive Director $92,480 $94,927 2024
Charter For Compassion International WA$573,010 Executive Director $116,150 $119,223 2024
Hilltop Urban Gardens WA$320,448 Board Member $61,294 $62,916 2024
Catholic Charities Foundation 61885016 WA$318,166 Executive Director $26,446 $27,146 2024
Big Homie Ministries International WA$315,083 Executive Director $67,475 $69,260 2024
Wa Assoc For Children And Families Institute For Practice Improvement WA$587,102 Executive Director $143,647 $147,448 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 2025 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 default7th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)7th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted14th
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 (Fred Dent) 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 28 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + WA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $19,900 is reasonable (approximately the 7th 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.