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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Blueforce Strategies Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 874362231
VA · NTEE I60
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Andrew Sullivan, Executive Director / CEO ($48,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 538 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 25th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Andrew Sullivan — reported title “OFFICER/DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

538 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 538 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$217 total compensation of comparable organizations → $409,260 $48,000
$27,69310th
$47,64325th
$68,960Median
$91,26475th
$112,19490th
$48,000This org · 25th
p10$27,693
p25$47,643
p50$68,960
p75$91,264
p90$112,194
$48,000

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 VA 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
Elementz OH$367,579 Executive Dir. $110,138 $117,350 2024
Restoring Ancestral Winds Inc UT$366,868 Executive Dir. $100,875 $106,928 2023
Iron Defense MI$367,750 Executive Director $106,570 $110,656 2024
Network For Strong Communities Inc GA$366,548 Secretary $11,100 $11,228 2024
Equal Justice Under Law DC$366,145 President And Executive Director $198,084 $180,028 2023
Heroes Academy Inc KS$366,125 Executive Director; Thru July 2022 $66,731 $74,665 2023
Wenatchee Valley Dispute Resolution WA$365,647 Executive Director $89,211 $80,349 2024
National Veterans Benefits Attorneys Inc FL$365,619 Executive Director $48,750 $47,431 2023
Cambria County Child Advocacy PA$365,235 Executive Di $74,026 $76,456 2023
Horizon Community Engagement OH$369,749 Executive Di $33,252 $35,429 2024
Financial Protection Law Center NC$370,385 President/e.d. $122,197 $130,768 2023
Finding Our Voices ME$363,802 Secretary $1,000 $1,007 2024
Police On Bikes Inc MD$363,501 Executive Di $100,132 $96,955 2023
Childrens Advocacy Center Of West Texas Inc TX$363,194 Exec Director $66,458 $66,875 2024
Philemon House IL$363,150 Executive Di $53,406 $52,818 2024
Monroe County Senior Legal Services MI$363,058 Executive Director $69,884 $72,563 2024
Just A Clean House Inc NC$362,882 Vice President $34,001 $36,386 2023
Sentencing Alternatives Program Inc CA$362,483 Ceo $73,986 $62,612 2025
Hampton Farms Senior Housing Corporation MI$372,157 Administrator $57,066 $59,254 2024
Pro Bono Organization For Native HI$362,223 Executive Di $80,000 $72,052 2024
Piedmont Mediation Center Inc NC$373,596 Executive Di $56,372 $58,595 2024
Mke Urban Stables Inc WI$360,740 Executive Director $91,695 $96,335 2024
Northwest Consumer Law Center WA$373,988 Executive Director $124,364 $112,009 2024
Skull Games OR$374,105 President $33,931 $32,635 2023
Rebuilding Exoffenders Successfully FL$360,213 Executive Director $72,000 $68,042 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA 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 VA 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 default25th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)25th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted26th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted22nd

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 (Andrew Sullivan) 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 538 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (I), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $48,000 is reasonable (approximately the 25th 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.