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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Central Washington University Alumni

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 911980504
WA · NTEE B114
FY ending 2024-06-30
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Casey Ross, Executive Director / CEO ($31,835) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 72 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 50th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Casey Ross — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

72 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 72 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$488 total compensation of comparable organizations → $217,760 $31,835
$6,45810th
$16,41425th
$31,336Median
$54,48975th
$93,66890th
$31,835This org · 50th
p10$6,458
p25$16,414
p50$31,336
p75$54,489
p90$93,668
$31,835

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
Ah Capital Campaign Inc GA$126,583 President & Ceo $42,717 $47,974 2024
Our House Community Investment AR$126,049 Vice Chairman $11,199 $14,060 2024
Pots Building For The Future NY$127,704 President $18,860 $19,035 2024
Washburn University Charitable Gift Fund KS$127,901 President $49,918 $58,681 2025
Global Campaign For Education-us DC$129,276 Executive Director $114,917 $112,635 2024
C F Kellogg Est M M Kellogg Unitrust NY$123,733 Trustee $18,277 $18,447 2024
Caribbean Consolidated Schools PR$130,562 Head Of Scho $38,000 $39,122 2023
1910 Properties WA$130,590 President $29,159 $29,159 2024
The Montgomery Academy Foundation AL$131,040 Head Of School $19,179 $23,826 2023
Friends And Foundation CA$122,000 Executive Dir. $50,764 $50,406 2023
Patricia V Damon Scholarship Fund For The WI$131,539 Trustee $5,000 $6,005 2023
Shattuck - St Mary's School MN$131,619 Cfo $14,480 $16,453 2023
Butler Foundation IN$121,511 President $64,768 $76,289 2024
Extravagant Love Project PA$135,234 Executive Di $43,395 $48,335 2024
Liberty University Foundation VA$118,139 Director/president $17,026 $18,904 2023
Ridgeway Community Association MN$135,697 Secretary/clerk $442 $488 2024
Lps Education Foundation Inc MI$136,977 Executive Director(non-vote) $42,850 $48,126 2025
Montreat College Foundation NC$137,178 Ceo $58,089 $69,020 2023
White Plains Library Foundation Inc NY$138,562 Part Time Executive Direct $72,000 $74,816 2023
West Coast Thunder CA$140,749 Executive Dir. $31,268 $30,157 2024
Bear Valley Usd Education Foundation CA$141,267 President $1,910 $1,795 2025
Ncssm Student & Constituent Support NC$111,609 Executive Director $56,657 $65,387 2024
Patterson Park Public Charter MD$111,386 Executive Director $7,600 $8,170 2023
Simi Valley Education Foundation CA$111,186 Executive Direc $33,075 $31,900 2024
Friends Of Soldiers Memorial Library ME$142,337 Library Director $14,153 $16,297 2023

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 default50th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)56th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted49th

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 (Casey Ross) 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 13, 2026, comparing compensation against 72 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (B11), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $31,835 is reasonable (approximately the 50th 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 13, 2026.