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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Skagit Watershed Council

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 911931237
WA · NTEE C023
FY ending 2025-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Aundrea N Mcbride, Executive Director / CEO ($103,647) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 755 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 76th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

755 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 755 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$350 total compensation of comparable organizations → $993,580 $103,647
$24,23810th
$51,24125th
$77,119Median
$102,44775th
$129,64490th
$103,647This org · 76th
p10$24,238
p25$51,241
p50$77,119
p75$102,447
p90$129,644
$103,647

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.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
Living Observatory IncMA $364,058$43,671 990
Pilsen Enviromental Rights And Reform OrganizationIL $363,375$36,646 990
Friends Of The Delaware Canal IncPA $364,269$93,638 990
Little River Wetlands Project IncIN $364,403$88,405 990
International Rocky Mountain Stage StopWY $363,097$44,659 990
Eastern Region Association Of Forest And Nature SchoolsMD $364,438$84,878 990
Billings TrailnetMT $364,583$95,838 990
Alliance For The Wild Rockies IncMT $364,633$130,763 990
Botanic Gardens ConservationMA $364,663$125,285 990
Rivanna Conservation AllianceVA $364,992$36,808 990
Wander ProjectUT $365,325$75,097 990
Association Of Nature CenterUT $361,700$87,361 990
Conservation AlabamaAL $365,903$87,927 990
Reuse It Center IncKS $365,928$40,128 990
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed Land & WateFL $361,353$98,540 990
Coachella Valley Irrigated Lands Coalition IncCA $361,310$13,700 990
Nashville Parks FoundationTN $366,532$68,240 990
Craters Of The Moon Natural History AssoID $360,693$76,273 990
The CrestOR $360,557$70,624 990
The Japanese Garden FoundationOR $360,398$22,964 990
Viles ArboretumME $360,321$70,644 990
The Pomperaug River WatershedCT $360,277$72,697 990
Keep North Fulton Beautiful IncGA $360,232$106,005 990
Vibe Tribe AdventuresCO $360,098$65,408 990
Watershed Alliance OfWA $360,058$90,953 990

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 default76th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted79th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted72nd

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 (Aundrea N Mcbride) 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 755 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (C), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $103,647 is reasonable (approximately the 76th 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). 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.