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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Greater Spokane Action

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 871568869
WA · NTEE R01
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Anne Martin, Executive Director / CEO ($25,028) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 42 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 14th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Anne Martin — reported title “Executive Dir.”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

42 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 42 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$5,712 total compensation of comparable organizations → $149,275 $25,028
$18,13010th
$45,78925th
$68,873Median
$88,44775th
$127,06290th
$25,028This org · 14th
p10$18,130
p25$45,789
p50$68,873
p75$88,447
p90$127,062
$25,028

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 WA 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
Ella Baker Center Action Fund CA$283,872 Secretary And Director $12,226 $11,453 2024
Greater Spokane Progress WA$299,949 Executive Director $63,875 $63,875 2023
Investigations Bureau DE$300,171 President And Treasurer $42,373 $48,241 2022
Iowa Faith And Freedom Coalition IA$304,816 President $99,410 $118,088 2024
Future Georgia Inc Dba Georgia Values Action GA$276,804 Chair $136,844 $149,275 2024
Based Politics Inc GA$318,646 Ceo $75,540 $84,836 2023
American Constitutional Rights Union FL$263,886 President/ceo $22,500 $22,931 2024
Rise Foundation VA$260,769 Executive Di $34,375 $37,072 2023
Wanton Injustice Legal Detail MN$323,854 Executive Director And President $16,415 $17,597 2024
La Fuerza Nc NC$328,308 Executive Director $26,629 $29,851 2024
Colorado Democracy Alliance CO$331,875 Executive Director $108,301 $115,991 2023
Californians For Equal Rights Foundation CA$332,550 Executive Director $157,688 $147,723 2024
Advancement Project Action Fund DC$250,000 President, Executive Director $47,237 $44,971 2024
People's Justice Project OH$249,116 Executive Director $80,417 $95,134 2023
Fundamedios Inc DC$243,754 Chief Executive Officer $6,000 $5,712 2024
Conservative Roundtable Of Texas TX$239,624 Executive Director $117,200 $127,189 2024
Unity In Action NE$345,286 Director $68,029 $81,725 2023
Goal Justice SC$233,753 Lead Organizer $63,000 $71,304 2024
Genequality Inc DE$232,828 Founder & Executive Director $75,000 $82,024 2023
Oregon Alliance To Prevent Gun Violence For Safety OR$221,309 Executive Director $76,101 $78,936 2023
Girl Plus Environment Corporation GA$362,679 Executive Director $83,076 $88,287 2025
Diaspora Alliance Inc NY$363,412 President $15,000 $14,705 2024
New Tolerance Campaign AZ$217,821 President $67,500 $70,427 2024
Florida Policy Project Inc FL$366,341 Executive Di $52,500 $55,087 2023
North Dakota Family Alliance ND$217,303 Executive Di $92,497 $110,124 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default14th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)14th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted19th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted7th

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 (Anne Martin) 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 42 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (R01), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $25,028 is reasonable (approximately the 14th 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.