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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Retrain Reclaim Renew Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 823388506
MD · NTEE J30
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mark Foster, Executive Director / CEO ($66,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 288 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 73rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

288 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 288 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$18 total compensation of comparable organizations → $579,687 $66,000
$4,44110th
$9,78125th
$32,850Median
$68,93175th
$95,57890th
$66,000This org · 73rd
p10$4,441
p25$9,781
p50$32,850
p75$68,931
p90$95,578
$66,000

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 MD 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
Dress For Success River Cities Inc WV$205,064 Executive Director $42,461 $47,765 2024
Guild Of Pacific Northwest Employees WA$205,633 President $14,260 $13,264 2024
Anders & Anders Foundation CA$204,545 Executive Director $37,175 $32,491 2025
Petaluma Staff Nurse Partnership CA$204,364 President $46,620 $43,059 2023
Southeast Asian Refugee Community Home MN$204,321 Executive Director $89,960 $95,080 2023
Crossroads Jobs Inc VA$204,276 Executive Director $33,105 $33,209 2024
Workfaith Birmingham AL$204,207 Executive Director $99,534 $115,017 2023
International Association Of Fire Fighters OH$204,135 President $7,212 $8,170 2023
The Exeter Group Ltd IL$204,072 President $60,745 $63,877 2023
Lifeskills Industries Inc KY$203,983 President/ceo $31,552 $35,219 2024
Boots2roots ME$203,967 Executive Director $85,424 $91,494 2023
Beaverton Police Association OR$203,848 President $9,450 $9,118 2024
International Association Of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation NY$203,574 President $126,371 $122,143 2023
Woodwork Career Alliance Of North America VA$206,820 Scott Nelson President $48,575 $48,727 2024
International Association Of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation PA$207,305 President $4,102 $4,250 2024
Foundation For Pops MI$207,371 Executive Director $69,759 $74,807 2024
Womens Comm Leadership Initiative CO$202,801 Executive Director $42,155 $41,996 2024
Daytona Beach Electrical Joint Apprenticeship FL$208,382 Training Director / Ex. Direct $43,618 $43,829 2023
Milestone Of Tn TN$208,853 President $64,000 $69,892 2024
Cwa Staff Union NY$201,347 President $19,873 $18,176 2025
Gbdc Entrepreneurship Institute Inc FL$200,899 Founder/president $13,200 $12,883 2024
International Association Of Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation IL$209,569 President $4,363 $4,457 2024
Indiana Association For College IN$200,711 Inacac Assoc $38,754 $41,365 2025
International Assoc Of Fire TX$200,598 President $6,300 $6,547 2024
Federation Of Public Service Employees CA$209,980 Secretary-treas $17,400 $16,071 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD 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 MD 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 default73rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)76th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted79th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted66th

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 (Mark Foster) 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 288 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (J), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $66,000 is reasonable (approximately the 73rd 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.