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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Denver Police Blue Hat Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 841510625
CO · NTEE I60
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Catherine Davis, Executive Director / CEO ($36,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 266 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 26th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Catherine Davis — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

266 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 266 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$10 total compensation of comparable organizations → $195,472 $36,000
$13,01610th
$34,89125th
$55,625Median
$76,65475th
$99,01990th
$36,000This org · 26th
p10$13,016
p25$34,891
p50$55,625
p75$76,654
p90$99,019
$36,000

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 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
Polk County Crime Stoppers Inc FL$180,459 Executive Director $35,401 $34,683 2024
The Promise Tour TN$180,353 Executive Director $57,275 $62,786 2024
Santa Maria Police Council Inc CA$182,740 Executive Dir. $24,002 $21,615 2024
Oregon Abuse Advocates And OR$178,496 Co-director $66,000 $63,920 2024
Southeast Nebraska Casa NE$185,002 Executive Director $50,000 $57,741 2023
Pulaski County Friends Of Casa Inc AR$185,175 Executive Dir. $61,407 $71,985 2024
Exploit No More Inc WI$177,484 Executive Director $74,806 $81,475 2024
Create Your Statement WA$177,226 Executive Dir. $85,000 $79,365 2024
Orange County Siu Cac Inc VT$177,125 Ex. Director $26,250 $28,368 2023
Minnesota Dare Inc MN$185,919 Executive Director $91,192 $93,972 2024
Weed & Seed Hawaii Inc HI$186,168 Executive Director $105,000 $100,934 2023
Montgomery Bar Foundation PA$186,570 Executive Director $10,368 $10,783 2024
Hope & Justice Foundation Incorporated FL$176,127 President $40,500 $40,850 2023
Valley Immigrant Advocates IL$175,952 Executive Director $10 $10 2025
Bethany House Ministries Inc MA$175,854 President $60,000 $56,229 2024
Westmoreland Bar Foundation PA$187,803 Executive Director/secreta $4,800 $4,992 2024
Casa Of Southwest Oklahoma Inc OK$175,101 Executive Director $40,325 $46,308 2024
A Curiae CA$188,238 President $89,512 $82,990 2023
Legal Aid Foundation Of Western OH$188,633 Interim Executive Director $26,821 $30,501 2023
Migration Resource Center NY$174,041 Director $13,184 $12,791 2023
Guardians Of Our Children Inc NY$189,936 Director $45,500 $42,878 2024
Maricopa County Bar Foundation AZ$190,092 Executive Director $3,528 $3,538 2024
Englewood First Responders IL$190,347 President $34,545 $36,464 2023
Stanly County Juvenile Restitution NC$190,578 Executive Di $74,610 $78,326 2025
Pro Bono Counseling Project Inc MD$172,318 Executive Director $137,082 $137,603 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 default26th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)26th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted22nd

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 (Catherine Davis) 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 266 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (I), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $36,000 is reasonable (approximately the 26th 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.