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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 845085090
CA · NTEE W40
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ian Griffiths, Executive Director / CEO ($63,920) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 404 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 44th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Ian Griffiths — reported title “Exec Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

404 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 404 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$157 total compensation of comparable organizations → $697,799 $63,920
$16,22510th
$33,64925th
$72,175Median
$114,00975th
$154,12290th
$63,920This org · 44th
p10$16,225
p25$33,649
p50$72,175
p75$114,009
p90$154,122
$63,920

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 CA 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
A Better City Initiative Inc MA$337,900 President & Ceo $25,387 $26,419 2024
Bike Library Inc IA$336,285 Executive Director $57,380 $74,908 2023
Public Health Fund Inc MO$340,221 Administrator $15,817 $19,401 2024
Vallejo Veterans Building Council CA$340,530 Building Manager $22,500 $23,165 2023
Unconstrained Analytics Inc MD$341,822 Director $159,500 $172,689 2024
Center For Compassionate Leadership Inc NY$333,753 Chair $41,000 $42,905 2024
Support Sky Harbor Coalition AZ$333,435 Executive Director $192,000 $220,156 2023
Coalition To Protect Americas National DC$332,997 Executive Dir. $118,320 $123,794 2023
Iha Hospital Assistance Foundation Inc IN$343,851 President (End 6/2024) $45,333 $55,363 2024
Idaho Veterans Chamber Of Commerce ID$343,929 President $80,640 $102,279 2023
Hunting With Heroes Inc WY$344,305 Sec-tres-director $18,000 $22,322 2024
Mclennan Community Investment Fund TX$331,407 Executive Director $38,400 $45,798 2023
Transportation Riders United Inc MI$331,276 Executive Di $71,269 $85,190 2024
Pathos Labs CO$330,476 Executive Director $60,667 $67,368 2024
Wv Cant Wait Votes A Non-profit Corporation WV$329,916 Cochair $69,471 $89,683 2023
Bikewalk North Carolina NC$329,878 Executive Di $65,250 $76,065 2025
Dementia Action Alliance VA$329,292 Ceo $96,000 $115,047 2022
Ground Work Play Therapy Inc OH$328,423 Executive Di $45,980 $56,398 2024
Idaho Veterans Network Corporation ID$347,789 Director $14,400 $17,283 2025
Department Of Illinois Vfw Auxiliary Inc IL$326,983 Secretary $14,600 $17,113 2023
American Fork Irrigation Co UT$349,138 President And Watermaster $96,007 $117,155 2023
Working Dogs For Vets TN$349,383 President $32,513 $38,558 2025
American Legion Post 286 Inc FL$326,398 Past Command $18,820 $19,947 2025
Leadership New Hampshire NH$325,615 Executive Director $91,640 $97,993 2024
The Peavey Project VA$325,088 Officer $105,000 $117,408 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default44th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)52nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted46th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted36th

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 (Ian Griffiths) 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 404 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (W), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $63,920 is reasonable (approximately the 44th 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.