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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Commencement Bay Rowing Club

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 911560405
WA · NTEE Z99Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Terran Sentfleben, Executive Director / CEO ($6,131) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 133 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 6th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Terran Sentfleben — reported title “VICE PRESIDENT”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

133 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 133 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$22 total compensation of comparable organizations → $179,555 $6,131
$14,29510th
$27,97425th
$49,665Median
$75,69875th
$95,58690th
$6,131This org · 6th
p10$14,295
p25$27,974
p50$49,665
p75$75,698
p90$95,586
$6,131

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
Haven Of Hope & Opportunity Inc PA$180,000 Executive Director $20 $22 2024
Community Foundation Land Trust CA$181,270 President $32,789 $32,558 2023
Cpad Chinese Parents CA$181,704 Secretary $1,220 $1,177 2024
Mag Institute For Excellence GA$176,780 Executive Director $14,102 $15,837 2024
Positive Strides Inc MD$176,600 Executive Dir. $53,838 $56,219 2024
Kid Possible Inc WA$175,638 Ceo $87,500 $87,500 2024
Cal-earth Inc CA$184,753 Secretary $21,000 $20,254 2024
Casa Of Rochester-monroe County Inc NY$185,413 Executive Director (Thru 11/2023) $55,809 $56,328 2024
Friends Of Nicole 50 50 Mentoring Collaborative KY$186,825 Ceo/president $25,000 $30,000 2024
Breast Cancer Recovery Foundation Inc WI$173,075 Executive Director $44,400 $51,792 2024
Virtuosi Of Houston TX$187,972 Executive Director $65,808 $75,698 2023
Etaria Inc NY$188,732 Director $35,795 $36,128 2024
Project Share Ii Inc NY$170,756 Executive Director $70,564 $73,323 2023
Reinbeck Firemen Inc IA$170,322 Chief $720 $906 2023
Park Ridge Housing MN$169,709 Ceo - Three $40,031 $45,485 2023
Northwest Therapeutic Riding Center WA$190,810 Program Director $14,400 $14,400 2024
Women In Development Of Greater MA$192,394 Managing Dir $121,510 $118,816 2025
Spark Thomasville Inc GA$192,436 Executive Director $72,100 $80,973 2024
Project Crossroads VA$192,994 Executive Di $37,676 $41,832 2023
Michigan Coalition For Responsible Gun Owners MI$193,036 Executive Director $84,000 $99,701 2023
Learning Through Art OH$193,739 Ceo $52,451 $62,050 2024
Common Ground Dispute Resolution Inc NY$166,483 Executive Director $68,000 $66,863 2025
Forests Today And Forever OR$194,519 Executive Di $86,700 $89,930 2024
Truckee Meadows Tomorrow NV$195,047 Interim Executive Director $63,799 $73,538 2023
Mad River Path Association VT$196,210 Executive Director $87,200 $98,032 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 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 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 default6th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)6th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted24th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted6th

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 (Terran Sentfleben) 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 133 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Z99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $6,131 is reasonable (approximately the 6th 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.