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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Taxpayer Foundation Of Oregon

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 931321063
OR · NTEE W24
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Jason Williams, Executive Director / CEO ($113,450) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 22 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 82nd percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

22 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 22 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$3,729 total compensation of comparable organizations → $154,820 $113,450
$22,24810th
$36,77025th
$73,263Median
$110,59675th
$131,27690th
$113,450This org · 82nd
p10$22,248
p25$36,770
p50$73,263
p75$110,596
p90$131,276
$113,450

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
Good Knights Inc OH$322,579 Executive Director $13,750 $15,233 2024
Bikewalk North Carolina NC$329,878 Executive Di $65,250 $68,699 2025
Wyoming Donor Alliance WY$298,228 Executive Di $27,920 $32,194 2023
Committee For A Unified Independent NY$290,721 President & Ceo $145,093 $137,132 2024
Fundacion Agenda Ciudadana Inc PR$287,314 Treasurer $22,221 $22,221 2023
The Rendell Center For Civics And PA$356,748 Executive Director $105,278 $113,052 2023
Minnesota Voters Alliance MN$367,012 Executive Director $108,805 $112,449 2024
Ventura County Regional Defense Partnership CA$274,910 Co-chair Public Member $50,400 $44,346 2025
Better Wyoming WY$373,140 Executive Di $67,494 $77,826 2023
Caesar Rodney Institute DE$375,428 Executive Director $52,000 $54,828 2023
C4c Oakland Action Inc CA$261,369 Org. Director $37,917 $34,245 2024
Coalition For Open Democracy NH$258,105 Excutive Director $60,414 $60,070 2023
Free State Project Inc NH$256,959 Executive Director $3,750 $3,729 2023
True Texas Education Corporation TX$393,945 Director $100,000 $104,626 2024
Fairvote Minnesota Foundation MN$397,347 Executive Director $101,632 $105,036 2024
Rhode Island Center For Freedom And Prosperity Inc RI$229,988 Executive Director $86,500 $89,315 2023
Yuan Foundation MD$223,028 Chief Executive Officer $89,804 $87,815 2024
Mormon Women For Ethical Government Foun UT$463,124 Executive Dir. $50,906 $56,104 2023
The Maryland Public Policy Institute Inc MD$472,932 President & Ceo $23,000 $22,490 2024
Espacios Abiertos Puerto Rico Inc PR$473,260 Excecutive Director $126,000 $126,000 2023
Endowment For Middle East Truth MD$473,288 Executive Director $153,785 $154,820 2023
Carbon Business Development Council NY$479,911 Director & Board Chair $139,517 $131,862 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 default82nd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)82nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted86th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted82nd

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 Williams) 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 22 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (W24), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $113,450 is reasonable (approximately the 82nd 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.