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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Forests Today And Forever

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 931101518
OR · NTEE Z99Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Beth Krisko, Executive Director / CEO ($86,700) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 139 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 83rd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Beth Krisko — reported title “EXECUTIVE DI”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

139 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 139 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$21 total compensation of comparable organizations → $272,911 $86,700
$13,85810th
$27,20025th
$53,858Median
$75,10975th
$96,20890th
$86,700This org · 83rd
p10$13,858
p25$27,200
p50$53,858
p75$75,109
p90$96,208
$86,700

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
Truckee Meadows Tomorrow NV$195,047 Interim Executive Director $63,799 $70,897 2023
Learning Through Art OH$193,739 Ceo $52,451 $59,822 2024
Michigan Coalition For Responsible Gun Owners MI$193,036 Executive Director $84,000 $96,121 2023
Project Crossroads VA$192,994 Executive Di $37,676 $40,330 2023
Mad River Path Association VT$196,210 Executive Director $87,200 $94,512 2024
Spark Thomasville Inc GA$192,436 Executive Director $72,100 $78,065 2024
Women In Development Of Greater MA$192,394 Managing Dir $121,510 $114,549 2025
Hinesburg Community Resource Center Inc VT$196,870 Executive Director $20,640 $23,032 2023
Interlink Inc WA$197,886 Secretary/treasurer $20,967 $20,811 2023
Northwest Therapeutic Riding Center WA$190,810 Program Director $14,400 $13,883 2024
Etaria Inc NY$188,732 Director $35,795 $34,830 2024
Arc San Diego Foundation CA$200,387 Ceo $28,869 $26,844 2024
Selden Fire Department Emergency Unit NY$200,727 Recording Secretary $600 $584 2024
Institute For Fisheries Resources CA$200,747 Executive Director $17,500 $16,272 2024
Journey Pregnancy & Life Hub IL$200,823 President $29,119 $30,032 2025
Virtuosi Of Houston TX$187,972 Executive Director $65,808 $72,980 2023
Called To Rescue WA$202,101 President $19,000 $18,318 2024
Friends Of Nicole 50 50 Mentoring Collaborative KY$186,825 Ceo/president $25,000 $28,923 2024
The Rl Mace Universal Design Institute NC$202,585 Executive Dir. $60,000 $66,759 2024
Love Inc Sacramento CA$202,859 Director $75,920 $72,678 2023
Casa Of Rochester-monroe County Inc NY$185,413 Executive Director (Thru 11/2023) $55,809 $54,305 2024
Cal-earth Inc CA$184,753 Secretary $21,000 $19,527 2024
Eagles Wings Ministries CA$204,597 Executive Director And Chairm $42,500 $40,685 2023
Higher Education Consortium Of Central MA$206,714 Executive Director $126,525 $126,048 2023
Houston Eye Associates Foundation TX$206,917 Executive Director $100,000 $110,898 2023

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 default83rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)83rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted87th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted67th

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 (Beth Krisko) 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 139 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Z99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $86,700 is reasonable (approximately the 83rd 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.