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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Adventure U

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 883010499
CO · NTEE W70
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Joseph Evermore, Executive Director / CEO ($124,963) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 44 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 84th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

44 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 44 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,307 total compensation of comparable organizations → $177,217 $124,963
$36,76610th
$67,00925th
$96,235Median
$113,38375th
$135,86490th
$124,963This org · 84th
p10$36,766
p25$67,009
p50$96,235
p75$113,383
p90$135,864
$124,963

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 CO 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
South Dakota Agriculture And Rural SD$390,118 Ceo Thru Nov $116,600 $138,166 2023
Urbanpromise Los Angeles Inc CA$399,429 Executive Director $90,766 $81,738 2024
Disability Empowher Network Inc NY$402,588 Executive Director $40,092 $38,898 2023
Maven Leadership Collective FL$403,975 Founder & Creative Dir $104,483 $105,386 2023
Leadership Harrisburg Area PA$365,948 President & $114,245 $122,324 2023
Farm Labor Research Project OH$413,566 Secretary $30,900 $34,131 2024
Leadership Birmingham Inc AL$361,810 Executive Director $112,500 $130,494 2023
Leadership Montgomery Inc AL$422,862 Executive Director $86,057 $96,958 2024
Five Frogs Inc CT$423,214 Executive Director $86,000 $84,093 2024
Public Health Fund Inc MO$340,221 Administrator $15,817 $17,471 2024
Center For Compassionate Leadership Inc NY$333,753 Chair $41,000 $38,638 2024
Leadership New Hampshire NH$325,615 Executive Director $91,640 $88,246 2024
Leadership Southern Indiana Inc IN$458,466 President/ceo $100,414 $110,434 2024
Skills Usa Council PA$320,725 Executive Director $87,883 $91,398 2024
Economic Justice Alliance Of Michigan MI$316,749 Executive Director $98,367 $105,885 2024
Wyoming Congressional Award WY$311,093 Executive Director $102,771 $114,768 2024
Leadership Seminole Inc FL$310,996 President $108,659 $103,710 2025
New Bridges For Haitian Success Inc RI$470,033 Executive Director $128,920 $138,169 2022
Leadership Lake County Inc OH$308,970 President/ceo $83,000 $89,317 2025
Leadership Geauga County OH$308,035 Executive Director $79,845 $88,195 2024
Leadership Lincoln Inc NE$307,779 Executive Director $87,388 $100,917 2023
Lead Dsm IA$301,859 Executive Director $96,689 $113,670 2023
Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute CA$479,883 Executive Director $117,700 $105,993 2024
Leadership Spokane WA$482,605 Executive Director $91,429 $85,367 2024
Leadership Newark Inc NJ$485,006 Chief Executive Officer $190,325 $177,217 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CO 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 CO 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 default84th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)89th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted7th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted80th

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 (Joseph Evermore) 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 44 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W70), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $124,963 is reasonable (approximately the 84th 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.