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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Recreation Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 931185531
OR · NTEE A99
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of William Richardson, Executive Director / CEO ($30,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 97 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 27th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: William Richardson — reported title “President”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

97 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 97 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$761 total compensation of comparable organizations → $119,771 $30,000
$11,04510th
$27,41525th
$51,187Median
$69,15575th
$80,96390th
$30,000This org · 27th
p10$11,045
p25$27,415
p50$51,187
p75$69,155
p90$80,963
$30,000

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
Save The Hampton House Incorporated IL$287,280 President And Chairman $48,846 $51,711 2023
Leu Civic Center Inc IL$288,552 Executive Di $34,774 $35,757 2024
Portsmouth Museums Foundation VA$290,118 Interim Executive Director $53,840 $54,372 2024
Minnesota Council Of Teachers Of Mathematics MN$281,564 Executive Director $11,220 $11,938 2023
Hear Now Music Festival CA$280,055 President And Artistic Direct $40,500 $37,659 2023
City Of Miami Black Police Precinct FL$292,864 Executive Di $83,077 $81,630 2024
Arts In Health Ocala Metro Inc FL$278,656 Executive Di $75,140 $76,011 2023
Academy Of Criminal Sciences MD$275,171 Exec. Dir. $77,000 $75,294 2024
Wi Fairs Inc WI$274,828 Executive Di $33,000 $36,047 2024
Filipino American Symphony Orchestra CA$299,219 Executive Director $71,936 $66,889 2023
Vietnamese American Organization - Vao CA$299,478 Executive Director $23,209 $21,581 2023
Korea Creative Content Agency Inc NY$271,047 President $11,950 $11,294 2024
Create Wisconsin Inc WI$270,848 Executive Dir. $61,667 $67,361 2024
Teen Start Program OH$270,544 Greathouse $10,367 $11,824 2023
Chopsticks Alley Art CA$302,349 Executive Director $78,375 $70,785 2024
Indiana Artisan Inc IN$302,906 President $55,000 $60,665 2024
On Our Own Of Roanoke Valley Inc VA$269,820 Exec Director $56,423 $56,981 2024
Providence Neighborhood Planting Program RI$303,001 Executive Director $50,759 $50,908 2024
Valley Shore Community Television Inc CT$303,094 Executive Director $21,971 $22,183 2023
Southern Shakespeare Company FL$269,432 Executive Director $41,082 $40,366 2024
Center Stage Inc MS$269,178 Artistic Director $33,034 $37,489 2025
Love Bldg Incorporated MI$268,289 Executive Director 18 Million Rising $11,004 $12,231 2023
Studio 395 Foundation CA$265,130 Ceo $39,520 $35,693 2024
Art Camp 504 LA$262,363 Executive Director $51,150 $58,911 2024
Creativity Unlimited Arts Council NE$310,877 Executive Di $51,249 $57,653 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 2023 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 default27th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)26th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted27th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted23rd

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 (William Richardson) 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 97 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A99), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $30,000 is reasonable (approximately the 27th 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.