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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Warroad Community Development

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 862470961
MN · NTEE S20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Adam Deathe, Executive Director / CEO ($86,353) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 309 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 79th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Adam Deathe — reported title “PRESIDENT/CEO”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

309 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 309 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$617 total compensation of comparable organizations → $252,427 $86,353
$19,04010th
$36,68325th
$64,432Median
$82,40775th
$112,24590th
$86,353This org · 79th
p10$19,040
p25$36,683
p50$64,432
p75$82,407
p90$112,245
$86,353

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 MN 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
Kingsbridge District Management Association Inc NY$330,509 Exec Director $40,365 $36,914 2024
Main Street Medina Inc OH$329,790 Executive Director $68,377 $73,293 2024
Dekalb Co Senior Citizens Council Inc MO$331,745 Administrator $29,861 $32,008 2024
Sustaining Way SC$332,175 Executive Di $77,258 $81,569 2024
The Pest Management Foundation Inc VA$328,040 Ceo Npma $37,002 $37,225 2023
West End Revitalization Association NC$327,896 Co-founder Director $37,450 $40,318 2023
Northend Rise Inc FL$327,715 Executive Director (Former) $152,690 $149,454 2023
Blues To Green Inc MA$327,638 Executive Di $59,208 $53,845 2024
Masters Of Coin AZ$333,005 Presceo $43,003 $41,855 2024
Extreme Community Makeover CO$333,208 Executive Director $86,241 $83,689 2024
Concerned Communities For America Inc DC$333,333 Ceo $75,000 $68,574 2023
Tappahannock Main Street VA$327,098 Executive Director $66,900 $67,303 2023
Homsite Fund Inc NY$333,879 Director $19,020 $17,394 2024
World Servants Inc PA$326,260 Executive Di $90,000 $90,831 2024
Downtown Statesville Development NC$334,303 Executive Dir. $63,839 $66,756 2024
Hellgate Management Corporation NY$334,528 President $70,634 $66,502 2023
Fulton Economic Development Corp IN$325,896 Executive Director $82,355 $87,893 2024
Rochester Hope Inc NY$334,931 Executive Director $24,279 $22,203 2024
Capital Area Health Alliance MI$325,169 Executive Di $107,540 $112,335 2024
Believe In Bristol Inc TN$324,220 Ex Dir $60,000 $62,181 2025
Detroit Community Solutions Inc MI$336,465 Ceo Non Voting $51,326 $53,614 2024
Uptown Parnership Incorporated CA$323,144 Executive Director $95,434 $85,862 2023
Dubois County Area Development Corp IN$322,485 President-co $116,244 $127,726 2023
Friends Of Georgetown DC$322,036 Executive Director $77,787 $69,082 2024
Bayside Village Business Improvement NY$322,011 Executive Dir. $38,178 $34,914 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN 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 MN 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 default79th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)77th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted76th

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 (Adam Deathe) 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 309 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $86,353 is reasonable (approximately the 79th 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.