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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Nordic Mountain Water Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 870539725
UT · NTEE K20
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Bill Green, Executive Director / CEO ($825) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 70 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 4th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

70 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 70 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$51 total compensation of comparable organizations → $154,846 $825
$2,60410th
$21,50525th
$53,042Median
$75,75975th
$101,93490th
$825This org · 4th
p10$2,604
p25$21,505
p50$53,042
p75$75,759
p90$101,934
$825

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
Grow Portland OR$381,184 Executive Di $38,834 $34,225 2024
Jk Community Farm VA$382,989 Executive Dir. $84,000 $76,972 2024
Pine County Agricultural Society MN$383,025 President $1,200 $1,097 2025
City Fruit WA$376,409 Executive Director (Until 10/2024) $61,873 $52,572 2024
East Farm Commercial Fisheries RI$388,202 Executive Director $102,500 $96,031 2023
Pacific Nw Csa Coalition OR$371,698 Executive Director $45,626 $40,211 2024
Harvest Seed Project Foundation TX$390,355 Secretary $11,548 $10,963 2024
Livingston County Farm Bureau IL$390,754 Manager $99,955 $90,855 2025
The Cornucopia Project Inc NH$369,577 Executive Director $70,975 $64,033 2023
Associated Water Users Of The Uinta And UT$394,923 River Commissioner $73,000 $70,906 2024
Houston County Agricultural Society MN$363,282 President $500 $457 2025
Altaseads Conservancy Dba CA$398,003 President $41,667 $34,146 2024
San Joaquin Valley Quality CA$399,154 Executive V.p. $15,600 $13,162 2023
Sheep And Goat Validation Of Texas TX$356,980 Director $2,750 $2,688 2023
Yield Lab Institute MO$353,283 Coo $93,624 $94,108 2024
Rio Grande Agricultural Land Trust NM$407,903 Executive Director $116,090 $118,497 2024
Whiting Conservation Cooperative WA$351,185 Executive Director $165,495 $140,617 2024
The Potato Leadership Education And DC$350,288 President $52,069 $43,363 2024
Udff Inc FL$350,281 Executive Di $133,622 $119,129 2024
Lamppost Farm OH$411,075 Executive Dir. $59,600 $61,678 2023
Lehi Irrigation Company UT$411,275 President $1,500 $1,457 2024
National Grape Research Alliance Inc CA$343,146 President $183,313 $150,223 2024
Duffee Water Association Inc MS$418,972 President $34,885 $36,873 2024
Greensgrow Inc PA$421,347 Executive Director $20,513 $19,987 2023
Juneberry Ridge Educational Foundation NC$335,998 Education Dir. $76,306 $74,826 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 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 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 default4th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)4th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted9th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted4th

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 (Bill Green) 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 70 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (K20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $825 is reasonable (approximately the 4th 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.