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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Riverwise Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 872388007
PA · NTEE S50
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Daniel Rossi-keen, Executive Director / CEO ($58,923) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 19 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 47th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Daniel Rossi-keen — reported title “Executive Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

19 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 19 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$792 total compensation of comparable organizations → $116,223 $58,923
$15,79510th
$36,31225th
$59,609Median
$80,64175th
$102,48590th
$58,923This org · 47th
p10$15,795
p25$36,312
p50$59,609
p75$80,641
p90$102,485
$58,923

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 PA 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
Iatse General Office Building Corp NY$500,000 Director $132,051 $116,223 2024
Ozaukee Nonprofit Center Inc WI$483,037 Executive Director $76,000 $77,309 2024
Community Resource Connections Inc MN$513,960 Exec Directo $70,601 $67,948 2024
Mediation Center Of Dutchess NY$457,656 Executive Di $84,460 $74,337 2024
Northern Illinois Center For Nonprofit Excellence IL$544,659 Ceo $90,015 $83,973 2025
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting Inc NY$441,885 Member $900 $792 2024
Maureens Haven Inc NY$429,857 Executive Dir. $78,036 $68,682 2024
Advancing The Seed Inc CA$418,755 President/ceo $60,738 $51,084 2024
District 742 Local Education Activities MN$404,292 Executive Director $33,186 $32,882 2023
Indian Country Grassroots Support NM$395,484 Executive Di $104,264 $109,227 2024
Matter Of Trust CA$597,169 Board Member $6,392 $5,376 2024
Greater Ny Foundation NY$602,500 Executive Director $98,175 $88,960 2023
Peoplecare Center For Nonprofits Inc NJ$383,668 Executive Director $65,838 $57,255 2024
Nonprofit Association Of Westchester NY$625,289 Executive Director $111,241 $100,799 2023
Equity Works Inc CA$632,391 President & Ceo, Board Chair $21,878 $18,400 2024
Nonprofit Financial Commons MN$635,827 Executive Director $41,293 $39,741 2024
Good Causes Inc NY$639,591 Executive Di $26,661 $23,465 2024
Community Conscience CA$337,609 Executive Di $56,608 $47,610 2024
Nantucket Resource Partnership Inc MA$714,581 Executive Di $66,151 $59,609 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to PA 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 PA 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 default47th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)37th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted53rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted37th

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 (Daniel Rossi-keen) 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 19 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S50), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $58,923 is reasonable (approximately the 47th 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.