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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Color Outside The Lines

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 843462242
OR · NTEE O50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 10, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anna Barlow, Executive Director / CEO ($45,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 135 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 59th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

135 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 135 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$54 total compensation of comparable organizations → $124,395 $45,000
$4,28910th
$18,22125th
$34,579Median
$63,92175th
$76,58490th
$45,000This org · 59th
p10$4,289
p25$18,221
p50$34,579
p75$63,921
p90$76,584
$45,000

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 OR 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
Rip City Foundation MI$129,792 Secy Treas. $20,800 $22,455 2024
The Joey Arrietta Foundation OH$130,731 President/di $55,240 $63,002 2023
Project Impact South Bend Inc IN$130,858 Director $9,600 $10,589 2024
Makaha Cultural Learning Center HI$128,555 President $21,008 $20,254 2023
All4love MD$132,116 Executive Director $33,908 $34,136 2023
Alliance Of Elite Youth Leadership TX$128,237 Excecutive D $68,309 $71,469 2024
Daytona Beach Sports Club Inc FL$127,128 President $1,000 $982 2024
Academic Link Outreach Nfp WA$134,482 Vice President $52,002 $50,135 2023
The Third Story Inc CO$125,746 President $70,391 $72,682 2023
Fairbanks Tennis Association AK$124,543 Vice President, Treasurer $2,150 $2,213 2023
Harbor Hoops Ltd NY$124,275 President $20,000 $18,902 2024
Boxwood Learning Center Inc NJ$136,522 Ceo $2,544 $2,446 2023
Sunago Inc AZ$123,313 Secretary/ Manager $30,000 $30,177 2024
The Annual Hawaii Convention Inc HI$137,287 Secretary $4,500 $4,338 2023
Arizona Kids Think Too AZ$122,515 Executive Dir. $83,016 $83,505 2024
Student Angler Tournament Trail MN$138,036 President & Treasurer $4,000 $4,256 2023
Girls Rock Philly PA$138,977 Program Director $70,000 $75,169 2023
Sports Academy Of Idaho ID$140,071 Co-president $19,200 $21,994 2023
West Texas United Soccer Club TX$140,157 Treasurer $18,400 $18,754 2025
Wethrive Inc MA$141,550 Director $90,000 $84,590 2024
Camp Compass Inc PA$141,552 President $19,500 $20,940 2023
Girls On The Run Of Northeast Tn Inc TN$117,344 Executive Director $27,500 $30,234 2024
Nw Youth Power Early Learning GA$116,990 Employee $37,800 $39,754 2024
Lost Coast Camp CA$115,989 Executive Director $1,000 $930 2023
Knights Of Heroes Foundation CO$115,578 Fundraising Director $11,500 $11,534 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR cost of living and 2023 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 OR 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 default59th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)59th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted60th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted58th

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 (Anna Barlow) 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 10, 2026, comparing compensation against 135 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (O50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $45,000 is reasonable (approximately the 59th 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 10, 2026.