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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

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Executive Director / CEO

EIN 911724918
WA · NTEE S80
FY ending 2025-02-28
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Wade Holden, Executive Director / CEO ($101,285) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 73 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 81st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Wade Holden — reported title “President, Executive Director, Director”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

73 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 73 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$922 total compensation of comparable organizations → $189,199 $101,285
$9,76110th
$26,93125th
$60,894Median
$89,64775th
$118,37390th
$101,285This org · 81st
p10$9,761
p25$26,931
p50$60,894
p75$89,647
p90$118,373
$101,285

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
Onevirginia2021 Foundation VA$281,741 Executive Di $95,833 $106,086 2024
Columbus Rotary Foundation Inc OH$283,453 Secretary $1,438 $1,798 2023
Greater Cheyenne Foundation WY$284,004 Secretary $47,245 $58,002 2024
Open Arms Rape Crisis Center & Lgbt Services TX$284,932 Executive Director $64,126 $75,715 2023
Mcleod Alliance MN$285,813 Director $66,511 $75,348 2024
The Lutheran Service Society Of New York NY$285,829 Executive Director $71,926 $76,716 2023
Community Services Agency Of The DC$276,632 Executive Director Thru March 2024 $112,909 $113,595 2024
Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge Of Tn TN$292,452 Grand Master $12,000 $14,462 2024
Senior Center Of Langlade County In WI$270,449 Program Director $33,991 $41,901 2023
North Carolinas Eastern Alliance NC$270,119 President/ceo $3,000 $3,658 2023
Volunteer Center Of The Lehigh Valley PA$294,103 Ceo $78,409 $89,647 2024
Spectrum Of Findlay Inc OH$294,496 Executive Di $13,750 $17,190 2023
Coastal Communities Family Success NJ$267,798 Executive Director $75,000 $79,040 2023
Hillsboro Economic Development Corp ND$295,915 Business Manager $8,093 $10,482 2023
Families First Of Monroe County Inc WI$296,528 Executive Director $54,765 $67,509 2023
Birmingham Bloomfield MI$297,753 Executive Di $101,606 $120,237 2024
Gapps Global Alliance To Prevent WA$265,582 Treasurer $24,000 $24,635 2024
Leadership Macomb Inc MI$262,652 Executive Director $108,817 $128,771 2024
Front Range Community Services Inc CO$262,100 Exec Director $55,583 $62,910 2023
Lexington Lions Club Endowment Inc KY$260,764 Secretary & $3,000 $3,695 2024
Atlanta Woman's Club GA$259,551 Director Of Sales And Even $115,743 $133,425 2024
Mining The Truth TX$304,304 President $90,000 $103,216 2024
Kumu Kahua Theatre Inc HI$305,302 Managing Dir $73,780 $75,732 2024
Youth Leadership Authority Inc NV$257,686 President Executive Director $82,200 $97,255 2023
Arab American Friendship Center MI$257,245 Executive Director $47,684 $56,428 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 2025 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 default81st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)88th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted85th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 (Wade Holden) 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 73 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (S80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $101,285 is reasonable (approximately the 81st 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.