Compensation Comparability — Olympia Family Theater

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mark Alford, Executive Director / CEO ($47,500) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 35 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 43^rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

Distribution of comparable compensation

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.

Organization	State	Total revenue	Total comp	Source
Pybus Market Charitable Foundation	WA	$355,327	$25,002	990
Deconstructing The Mental Health System	WA	$365,640	$25,287	990
Unity Center	WA	$373,579	$59,301	990
Spring Of Hope International	WA	$374,624	$48,000	990
Serve Ethiopians Washington	WA	$332,658	$92,480	990
Hilltop Urban Gardens	WA	$320,448	$61,294	990
Catholic Charities Foundation 61885016	WA	$318,166	$26,446	990
Fairvote Washington	WA	$396,056	$66,169	990
Big Homie Ministries International	WA	$315,083	$67,475	990
The Cove	WA	$397,998	$26,734	990
Essentials First	WA	$406,291	$77,500	990
One Eighty Foundation	WA	$305,081	$109,323	990
The Hoff Foundation	WA	$301,991	$46,844	990
Unbridled Spirit 7	WA	$411,014	$72,002	990
Aging In Pace Washington	WA	$411,837	$30,263	990
Foundation For Multicultural Solutions	WA	$292,882	$53,266	990
A Supportive Community For All	WA	$428,374	$89,710	990
Mineral Lake Lions Foundation	WA	$281,503	$6,177	990
Compassion Washington	WA	$269,399	$37,063	990
World Impact Network	WA	$269,209	$97,500	990
Kaleidoscope Community Services Inc	WA	$267,220	$23,577	990
Spokane Fatherhood Initiative	WA	$449,994	$45,516	990
Seniors Creating Art	WA	$261,138	$36,958	990
Bellingham Seafeast	WA	$250,180	$72,600	990
Adaptive And Inclusive Movement Initiative	WA	$246,292	$33,633	990

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:

Basis	Subject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default	43^rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)	43^rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted	43^rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted	31^st

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

The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Mark Alford) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
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 35 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20) + WA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
The authorized body determined that total compensation of $47,500 is reasonable (approximately the 43^rd 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). 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.