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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Klamath Grown

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 881543151
OR · NTEE P20
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alexander Froom, Executive Director / CEO ($12,696) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 718 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 10th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

718 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 718 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$314 total compensation of comparable organizations → $230,051 $12,696
$12,95210th
$26,69325th
$47,118Median
$71,88475th
$95,24490th
$12,696This org · 10th
p10$12,952
p25$26,693
p50$47,118
p75$71,884
p90$95,244
$12,696

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 OR 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
Third Phase Christian Center IN$198,870 Director $40,000 $45,423 2024
Eagles Nest Ranch CO$199,115 Executive Dir. $42,000 $43,367 2024
Life Factors Ministries PA$198,228 President $101,324 $108,806 2024
Project Outpour NC$198,088 Executive Director $44,234 $49,217 2024
Washington African American Chamber Of Commerce WA$197,951 Ceo Founder $10,500 $10,422 2023
Hope For The Hopeless AZ$199,482 Executive Director $18,000 $19,192 2023
Pa Fop Foundation PA$197,602 Past Executive Director $16,000 $17,182 2024
Feeding People Through Plants Nfp IL$199,826 Ceo $70,040 $74,148 2024
Plant The Seed TN$197,457 Interim Exe $44,423 $51,767 2023
Christmas Magic Inc NY$200,181 Treasurer $6,300 $6,130 2024
Chen Teng Hsiu Compassion Foundation CA$200,181 Secretary $48,000 $44,632 2024
Yraida Guanipa Institute Inc FL$197,169 President $13,140 $13,292 2024
The National Threshers Association OH$197,015 Treasurer $800 $940 2023
Ministries Of Pastoral Care Inc WA$200,458 President $43,116 $41,568 2024
Charity For Charity CA$196,905 Secretary $37,558 $35,954 2023
The Inclusive Oceania Alliance HI$200,500 Foundation Mgr. $3,500 $3,374 2024
Refal Inc NJ$200,500 Ceo $44,734 $46,094 2022
St Pauls House Inc NY$196,824 Director $15,000 $14,219 2025
Inspiring Tomorrows Leaders TX$200,582 President & Ceo $67,000 $74,301 2023
Dawson County Family Connection Inc GA$196,755 Chief Executive Officer Part Year $58,367 $63,196 2024
Casa Juan Bosco Inc PR$196,734 Dir Ejecutiva $13,068 $13,068 2024
Maria M Love Convalescent Fund NY$196,724 Executive Director $30,168 $28,598 2025
Cde Community Outreach Inc FL$196,631 Manager $9,070 $9,175 2024
Lichen Health CA$200,779 Exec Dir, Vp $103,846 $94,071 2025
Downstairs Cabaret Inc NY$196,499 Producing Director $14,773 $14,375 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default10th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)11th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted14th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted9th

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 (Alexander Froom) 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 718 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (P20), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $12,696 is reasonable (approximately the 10th 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.