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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Go Alliance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 854329332
OR · NTEE C01
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Ralph O Bloemers, Executive Director / CEO ($76,680) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 69 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 84th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

69 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 69 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$173 total compensation of comparable organizations → $197,620 $76,680
$4,91510th
$14,34525th
$33,975Median
$61,43075th
$87,54990th
$76,680This org · 84th
p10$4,915
p25$14,345
p50$33,975
p75$61,430
p90$87,549
$76,680

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
Meeker Memorial Hospital Foundation MN$70,214 Foundation Director $12,154 $12,932 2024
Little Miami Watershed Network OH$70,815 Executive Di $25,000 $29,355 2023
Center For Ecological Living & Learning MD$69,268 President $94,952 $95,591 2024
National Historic Trails Center WY$68,225 Executive Director $40,000 $46,123 2024
Community Counts Colorado Inc CO$67,973 Executive Di $23,100 $24,556 2023
Pines And Prairies Land Trust TX$67,739 Executive Director $76,210 $84,515 2023
Lake Erie Waterkeeper Inc OH$67,619 Executive Director $6,000 $6,843 2024
2c Mississippi Towards Sustainable MS$73,380 President $61,091 $75,431 2023
Around The World In Eighty Fabrics CA$73,510 Director $5,652 $5,255 2024
Foothill Conservancy CA$66,411 Executive Director $26,926 $25,037 2024
Solar Austin TX$66,281 Executive Director $26,833 $28,903 2024
Oakfield Conservation Club WI$65,968 President $500 $579 2023
Our Zero Waste Future Incorporated MD$74,295 Executive Dir $11,440 $11,517 2024
Carmel River Watershed Conservancy CA$74,463 Executive Director/vice President $48,000 $45,951 2023
Dahlia Hill Society Of Midland MI$76,529 Executive Di $43,141 $47,950 2024
Ecocity Builders CA$76,917 Executive Director $78,460 $72,955 2024
Damascus Citizens For Sustainability Inc PA$77,599 Chairperson $22,500 $24,162 2024
Looptfoundation OR$78,031 Executive Di $33,000 $33,975 2023
First People's Conservation Council LA$61,737 President $3,000 $3,557 2024
Curry Community Cares Inc OR$78,732 Store Manager $22,600 $23,268 2023
Clean And Sustainable Energy Fund MI$79,740 Secretary $2,330 $2,590 2024
Little Falls Watershed Alliance Inc MD$80,704 Executive Director $39,343 $40,778 2023
Islands First Inc NY$58,985 Executive Director $50,317 $50,407 2023
350org Action Fund MA$58,516 Executive Director $34,973 $33,842 2024
Friends Of Merrymeeting Bay ME$58,443 Database Manager $155 $173 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 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 default84th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted80th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted77th

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 (Ralph O Bloemers) 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 69 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (C), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $76,680 is reasonable (approximately the 84th 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.