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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Orcas Island Foundation

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 916076839
WA · NTEE X20Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Alec Grae, Executive Director / CEO ($38,980) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 21 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 24th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: Alec Grae — reported title “General Manager”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

21 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 21 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$8,751 total compensation of comparable organizations → $137,615 $38,980
$29,65110th
$45,28025th
$73,080Median
$86,40075th
$120,45690th
$38,980This org · 24th
p10$29,651
p25$45,280
p50$73,080
p75$86,400
p90$120,456
$38,980

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
Mending Wings WA$424,356 President $54,548 $54,548 2024
Seattle 2030 District WA$470,995 Executive Director $122,323 $122,323 2024
C3 Leaders WA$471,305 President $137,615 $137,615 2024
Living Compassion WA$483,619 President $28,800 $29,651 2023
Parish Collective WA$485,598 Executive Director $83,333 $83,333 2024
Renewal Ministries Northwest WA$354,314 Executive Director $55,220 $55,220 2024
Eagle Wings Ministries WA$344,770 Executive Director $73,080 $73,080 2024
Menbere Tsebaot Holy Trinity Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church WA$520,309 Chairman $25,066 $25,066 2024
Truth Ministries Of Spokane WA$527,324 President $86,400 $86,400 2024
All People Free WA$533,068 Executive Director $49,500 $50,962 2023
Angel One Foundation WA$321,029 Vice President $31,000 $31,000 2024
Pastorstays WA$316,409 Secretary/ci $78,011 $78,011 2024
Go On The Mission WA$552,968 Executive Director $86,383 $86,383 2024
Mission To Seafarers WA$302,189 Operations Director $75,721 $73,769 2025
Hope For The People WA$295,563 President $8,500 $8,751 2023
Harbor Anglican Church WA$292,701 The Reverend $117,000 $120,456 2023
Al-ma Idah Initiative Foundation WA$289,289 Director $101,192 $98,584 2025
Tall Timber Ranch WA$583,314 Interim Executive Director $35,000 $35,000 2024
Mission Projects International WA$589,749 President $63,612 $65,491 2023
Collide WA$618,055 Executive Director $45,280 $45,280 2024
Tyndale Bible Translators WA$632,633 President $98,500 $101,409 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 default24th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted29th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted19th

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 (Alec Grae) 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 21 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (X20) + WA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $38,980 is reasonable (approximately the 24th 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.