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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Trails And Open Space Coalition

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841156471
CO · NTEE R99Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Susan Davies, Executive Director / CEO ($76,296) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 44 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

44 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 44 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$12,673 total compensation of comparable organizations → $231,219 $76,296
$25,01110th
$50,98025th
$76,137Median
$110,42375th
$154,34090th
$76,296This org · 50th
p10$25,011
p25$50,980
p50$76,137
p75$110,423
p90$154,340
$76,296

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 CO 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
Hispanic Contractors Association Of The Carolinas NC$466,738 Executive Director $137,297 $152,318 2023
Central Alabama Fair AL$454,239 Ex. Director $68,252 $76,897 2024
Immigration Accountability Project MS$475,384 President $31,936 $37,094 2024
Apic Spokane WA$479,376 Executive Director $63,051 $58,871 2024
National Youth Justice Network DC$486,091 Executive Director $100,321 $94,522 2023
Christian Legal Aid Of The District Of DC$441,791 Executive Director $84,930 $77,725 2024
Casa Of Southeast Mississippi Inc MS$506,199 Executive Director $72,500 $86,696 2023
Bring Our Troops Home Inc ID$419,583 Director $42,616 $48,675 2023
Nytag Inc NY$509,322 Ed Of Finance $123,481 $116,366 2024
Alice Paul Institute Inc NJ$516,856 Executive Dir. $83,077 $77,355 2024
California Forward Action Fund CA$410,000 President & Ceo (Term 6/14/23) $30,482 $28,261 2023
United For Respect CA$524,040 Executive Dir. $26,227 $23,618 2024
The Echo Foundation NC$401,989 President $191,000 $211,897 2023
Tulsa Lawyers For Children Inc OK$533,989 Executive Director $107,668 $127,293 2023
Metro Trans Umbrella Group MO$543,031 Executive Director $57,868 $63,920 2024
Opportunities For All Floridians Inc FL$385,701 Officer $80,850 $81,549 2023
Election Reformers Network Inc MD$383,901 Executive Director $160,775 $161,386 2023
Save Our Children Of Elyria OH$549,884 Executive Director $67,237 $74,268 2024
Lead Filipino CA$377,114 Executive Dir. $50,452 $45,434 2024
Filipino Migrant Center CA$371,775 Exec Director $101,185 $91,120 2024
Silent Majority Foundation WA$562,946 President $161,458 $155,206 2023
Oregon Donor Alliance OR$365,500 Executive Director $116,089 $112,430 2024
Goodman Institute For Public Policy TX$570,347 President $60,000 $62,593 2024
New York Center For Law & Justice Inc NY$357,362 Executive Director $113,124 $109,754 2023
Christian Family Life Services Inc ND$355,938 Director $60,449 $71,225 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)55th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted52nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted39th

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 (Susan Davies) 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 44 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,296 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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.