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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Utah Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 870199245
UT · NTEE W99
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shawn Teigen, Executive Director / CEO ($162,747) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 61 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 97th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

61 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 61 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,129 total compensation of comparable organizations → $188,565 $162,747
$21,88910th
$52,56025th
$74,630Median
$99,05775th
$119,91890th
$162,747This org · 97th
p10$21,889
p25$52,560
p50$74,630
p75$99,057
p90$119,918
$162,747

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 UT 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
Migrants Foundation Inc FL$474,218 Executive Director $85,008 $78,027 2024
Samaritan's Hand Inc WI$470,813 Executive Director $72,100 $75,745 2023
Corporation For New Jersey Local Media NJ$480,160 Executive Director $25,000 $22,453 2023
Fort Lawn Community Center Inc SC$481,698 Exec Director $72,000 $73,391 2024
Brazilian Resource Center Inc MA$484,505 President $85,000 $74,630 2024
Kansas Association Of Community KS$485,510 Executive Di $57,790 $59,428 2025
The Salvation Army Albuquerque Residences Inc CA$453,092 President $32,694 $28,399 2023
Moral Compass Federation Inc VA$445,112 Ceo, Vice President $80,659 $76,093 2024
Us Marshals Survivors Benefit Fund MT$502,453 Executive Dir. $55,200 $59,854 2023
Rjiok Foundation OK$429,260 President $91,700 $98,658 2024
Options For Women Mankato MN$519,724 Former Executive Director $70,375 $69,951 2023
Prospect Business Association MO$522,442 Executive Director $110,833 $118,085 2023
Arena Fire Board WI$423,367 Fire Chief $2,500 $2,551 2024
Care Lab DC$422,364 Executive Director $135,832 $119,902 2023
Sead Project MN$526,122 Co-director $75,000 $72,409 2024
Designed Healthy Living Inc VA$530,387 President/ceo $123,950 $116,934 2024
In The Weeds CO$415,629 Executive Dir. $64,434 $60,367 2024
Northwest Hub OR$409,241 Executive Di $55,502 $50,360 2024
Noe Valley Association CA$405,291 Exec/secr $42,000 $35,435 2024
Radian Placematters Inc CO$543,160 Executive Di $135,143 $130,353 2023
New York Appleseed Inc NY$543,962 Executive Dir. $135,823 $119,918 2024
Raising Multicultural Kids MA$402,135 Ex. Director $86,800 $74,247 2025
Allegheny Force Football Club PA$400,190 Director Of Coaching $52,395 $52,560 2023
Dress For Success Denver CO$399,056 Executive Director $77,598 $74,848 2023
Cdfi Friendly Tulsa Inc OK$548,081 Executive Director $120,191 $129,311 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to UT 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 UT 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 default97th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)95th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted95th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted93rd

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 (Shawn Teigen) 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 61 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $162,747 is reasonable (approximately the 97th 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.