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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Forest Service Employees For

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 931162218
OR · NTEE Z99Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 13, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Andy Stahl, Executive Director / CEO ($146,820) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 221 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 94th percentile of comparable organizationsabove the 90th percentile — board review recommended

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

How comparable organizations were selected

221 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 221 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$834 total compensation of comparable organizations → $515,814 $146,820
$13,92510th
$43,45125th
$67,389Median
$96,45975th
$127,14290th
$146,820This org · 94th
p10$13,925
p25$43,451
p50$67,389
p75$96,459
p90$127,142
$146,820

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
Silver Impact Inc FL$454,495 Executive Di $70,000 $70,812 2024
Lundberg Association WA$454,786 President $535,028 $515,814 2024
Global Enteral Device Supplier GA$453,349 Executive Director $188,087 $203,647 2024
Highline Heritage Museum WA$456,861 Executive Director $77,956 $75,156 2024
Seeds Of Learning CA$457,240 Executive Dir. $94,825 $88,172 2024
Bay Area Bike Project CA$458,203 Board Member $25,250 $24,172 2023
Friends Of The Sharon Art Studio CA$459,628 Executive Dir. $89,958 $83,647 2024
Team Yakima Volleyball WA$461,073 Executive Director $76,928 $74,165 2024
Inland Valley Repertory Theatre CA$446,902 Executive Director $33,865 $32,419 2023
Trinity Terrace Inc WI$446,574 Ceo $22,653 $25,476 2024
Race For The Rescues CA$445,990 Founder & President $60,000 $55,790 2024
Kimberly-shirk Association CA$445,921 Executive Dir. $78,314 $74,970 2023
Four Winds Of Indian Education Inc CA$445,809 Executive Dir. $57,305 $53,284 2024
Steuben Community Properties Inc NY$463,904 Executive Director $25,894 $25,196 2024
Apollo Chamber Players TX$443,892 Executive Director $49,864 $55,298 2023
On-ramps To Careers Inc DC$464,875 Managing Director $100,117 $94,605 2024
Hawaii Children's Cancer Foundation HI$465,340 Executive Director $85,448 $84,813 2023
Fear For Breakfast CA$466,639 Executive Director $67,835 $63,076 2024
Palmtrail Inc FL$466,887 Ceo $10,000 $10,116 2024
The June L Mazer Lesbian Archives CA$467,980 Director $32,880 $30,573 2024
Women's Foundation Of Genesee NY$437,836 Executive Director $102,487 $99,725 2024
Central Mediation Center NE$471,494 Executive Di $93,403 $108,178 2024
Florida Beverage Association FL$436,690 Secretary & $240,831 $243,623 2024
Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Assoc Inc OH$436,383 Executive Director $11,500 $12,778 2025
Satyana Institute CO$435,960 Ed/treas/sec $3,339 $3,448 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 default94th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)95th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted92nd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted81st

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 (Andy Stahl) 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 221 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Z99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $146,820 is reasonable (approximately the 94th 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.