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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Washburn University Charitable Gift Fund

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 832219873
KS · NTEE B11
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Marshall Meek, Executive Director / CEO ($49,918) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 72 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

72 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 72 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$415 total compensation of comparable organizations → $185,239 $49,918
$5,49410th
$13,96325th
$26,629Median
$43,91675th
$79,67990th
$49,918This org · 76th
p10$5,494
p25$13,963
p50$26,629
p75$43,916
p90$79,679
$49,918

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 KS 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
Pots Building For The Future NY$127,704 President $18,860 $16,192 2024
Central Washington University Alumni WA$126,733 Executive Director $31,835 $27,080 2024
Ah Capital Campaign Inc GA$126,583 President & Ceo $42,717 $40,809 2024
Global Campaign For Education-us DC$129,276 Executive Director $114,917 $95,814 2024
Our House Community Investment AR$126,049 Vice Chairman $11,199 $11,960 2024
Caribbean Consolidated Schools PR$130,562 Head Of Scho $38,000 $40,158 2023
1910 Properties WA$130,590 President $29,159 $24,805 2024
The Montgomery Academy Foundation AL$131,040 Head Of School $19,179 $20,268 2023
Patricia V Damon Scholarship Fund For The WI$131,539 Trustee $5,000 $5,108 2023
Shattuck - St Mary's School MN$131,619 Cfo $14,480 $13,996 2023
C F Kellogg Est M M Kellogg Unitrust NY$123,733 Trustee $18,277 $15,692 2024
Friends And Foundation CA$122,000 Executive Dir. $50,764 $42,879 2023
Butler Foundation IN$121,511 President $64,768 $64,896 2024
Extravagant Love Project PA$135,234 Executive Di $43,395 $41,117 2024
Ridgeway Community Association MN$135,697 Secretary/clerk $442 $415 2024
Lps Education Foundation Inc MI$136,977 Executive Director(non-vote) $42,850 $40,939 2025
Montreat College Foundation NC$137,178 Ceo $58,089 $58,712 2023
Liberty University Foundation VA$118,139 Director/president $17,026 $16,081 2023
White Plains Library Foundation Inc NY$138,562 Part Time Executive Direct $72,000 $63,642 2023
West Coast Thunder CA$140,749 Executive Dir. $31,268 $25,653 2024
Bear Valley Usd Education Foundation CA$141,267 President $1,910 $1,527 2025
Friends Of Soldiers Memorial Library ME$142,337 Library Director $14,153 $13,863 2023
Ncssm Student & Constituent Support NC$111,609 Executive Director $56,657 $55,622 2024
Patterson Park Public Charter MD$111,386 Executive Director $7,600 $6,951 2023
Simi Valley Education Foundation CA$111,186 Executive Direc $33,075 $27,136 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to KS 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 KS 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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)72nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted88th

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 (Marshall Meek) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 72 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $49,918 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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 13, 2026.