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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 831412735
WA · NTEE W03
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Terry Quick, Executive Director / CEO ($10,653) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 390 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Terry Quick — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

390 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 390 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$152 total compensation of comparable organizations → $673,010 $10,653
$16,49310th
$35,67825th
$72,368Median
$112,05775th
$149,38590th
$10,653This org · 6th
p10$16,493
p25$35,678
p50$72,368
p75$112,057
p90$149,385
$10,653

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
Sinking Spring Veterans Home Association PA$362,972 Treasurer $24,850 $28,497 2023
Leadership Birmingham Inc AL$361,810 Executive Director $112,500 $139,760 2023
Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association RI$364,784 Executive Director $46,671 $51,462 2023
Kentucky County Clerks Association KY$364,818 Executive Dir. $51,865 $64,076 2023
One Love Animal Rescue Inc GA$360,867 Ceo $16,500 $18,531 2024
Veterans Club Inc KY$365,733 Vice President $65,000 $80,304 2023
Georgia Hi-lo Trail Inc GA$359,926 President $21,426 $24,063 2024
Leadership Harrisburg Area PA$365,948 President & $114,245 $131,009 2023
Special Ops Xcursions TN$366,586 President $55,000 $64,573 2024
Minnesota Voters Alliance MN$367,012 Executive Director $108,805 $120,084 2024
Urbanova WA$367,097 Ceo $140,000 $144,135 2023
Mckinney-montgomery Post 141 OK$358,425 Finance Officer $24,788 $30,487 2024
American Council For Capital Formation DC$357,500 President & Director $34,094 $33,417 2024
Black Product Managers CA$368,688 Executive Director $186,000 $179,393 2024
The Rendell Center For Civics And PA$356,748 Executive Director $105,278 $120,728 2023
Advocates For Homeless And PA$355,960 Executive Di $35,185 $40,348 2023
Wls Foundation SC$355,853 President $105,000 $122,350 2024
The Mandatum Foundation VA$355,534 Lead Coach $14,500 $15,638 2024
Civicpulse Inc NY$370,633 Executive Dir. $113,281 $117,711 2023
The Davis Phoenix Coalition CA$354,895 Executive Director $20,192 $19,475 2024
Springs Of Life Foundation TN$370,916 Vice President $56,400 $68,173 2023
Portage Development Board OH$371,014 President $102,636 $121,419 2024
The Transparency Foundation CA$354,319 Ceo $110,000 $109,226 2023
The Strive Initiative Inc PA$371,559 Ceo $70,357 $78,367 2024
The John K Maciver Institute For WI$354,175 President $187,137 $224,741 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)7th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted13th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Terry Quick) 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 390 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (W), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,653 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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.