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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Portland Fellowship

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 930958183
OR · NTEE Z99Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jason Thompson, Executive Director / CEO ($94,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 182 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 86th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

182 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 182 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$21 total compensation of comparable organizations → $272,911 $94,400
$11,50410th
$24,14625th
$53,725Median
$78,35275th
$104,01190th
$94,400This org · 86th
p10$11,504
p25$24,146
p50$53,725
p75$78,352
p90$104,011
$94,400

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 OR 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
Science Arts Sports Center For Children Inc CO$251,200 Principal $64,020 $66,103 2024
Nawbo - Indianapolis IN$250,662 Executive Director $85,500 $97,092 2024
Main Street Ottumwa IA$254,654 Executive Di $33,965 $39,015 2025
Fishinko Payee Services WA$249,253 Co-executive Director $86,736 $83,621 2024
Danville Girls Chorus CA$249,208 Artistic Dir $35,695 $33,191 2024
South Coast Chorale Inc CA$248,605 Executive Director $11,201 $10,723 2023
Community Vitalization Council CA$248,526 President $26,600 $24,734 2024
Friends Of The Children's Justice HI$256,351 Executive Director $65,676 $63,317 2024
Our House Of Central Vermont Inc VT$247,835 Executive Director $66,155 $73,820 2023
Indigenous Training Ministries Inc FL$247,691 Executive Director $43,288 $45,084 2023
International Association Of Pastel MA$247,646 Executive Director $77,361 $77,070 2023
Present Help In The Time Of Trouble Refuge Inc PA$247,484 Ceo/president $28,472 $30,575 2024
Womens Own Worth AR$247,333 Chairperson $24,000 $29,050 2024
Orcas Open Arts WA$257,731 President $18,400 $17,739 2024
Residential Rehabilitation Housing Inc MA$246,131 President $43,324 $41,923 2024
Clallam-jefferson County Pro Bono WA$245,920 Executive Director $78,840 $78,254 2023
Peace Grove Inc CA$244,008 President $43,669 $41,805 2023
Desales Community Development MO$243,710 Chief Operating Officer $31,913 $36,398 2024
Mexico Missions Inc OK$261,818 President $6,500 $7,707 2024
Wisconsin Ffa Center Inc WI$262,304 Executive Di $85,858 $96,556 2024
People Of Praise Vancouver Wa WA$241,899 President $33,000 $30,994 2025
Upward Bound Study Center Inc CA$241,747 Education Coordinator $35,382 $33,871 2023
Serve Orlando Inc FL$262,554 President $57,050 $57,711 2024
Civic Ensemble Inc NY$240,430 Executive Director $48,576 $47,267 2024
New Seed Foundation NJ$240,142 Chief Executive Officer $103,898 $99,891 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to OR 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 OR 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 default86th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)86th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted88th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted71st

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 (Jason Thompson) 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 182 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Z99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $94,400 is reasonable (approximately the 86th 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.