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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Early Ford V-8 Foundation Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 943152163
IN · NTEE A80
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Josh Conrad, Executive Director / CEO ($78,040) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 123 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 77th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Josh Conrad — reported title “SECRETARY”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

123 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 123 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1,474 total compensation of comparable organizations → $172,293 $78,040
$15,62210th
$36,64025th
$60,977Median
$76,67775th
$93,09990th
$78,040This org · 77th
p10$15,622
p25$36,640
p50$60,977
p75$76,677
p90$93,099
$78,040

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 IN 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
Florida Agricultural Museum Inc FL$457,704 Executive Dir. $56,000 $49,886 2023
The L'enfant Trust DC$463,048 President And Secretary $135,200 $109,276 2024
Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance PA$456,529 Executive Director $172,849 $163,453 2023
Nototomne Cultural Preservation CA$453,691 President $26,000 $20,679 2024
The Jewish History Museum AZ$467,662 Executive Di $108,179 $98,656 2023
Getty House Foundation CA$451,733 Executive Director $61,780 $49,136 2024
Illinois Route 66 Heritage Project IL$468,696 Executive Di $76,320 $69,108 2024
Artist-blacksmiths Association Of North America Inc PA$469,380 Executive Dir. $50,000 $45,926 2024
Burlington Riverfront Entertainment IA$470,557 Executive Di $25,737 $25,956 2024
Information Age Learning Center NJ$448,553 Ceo $34,452 $28,332 2024
Florida Keys History And Discovery FL$475,636 Executive Director $85,833 $76,462 2023
Saratoga Springs NY$477,476 Chief Executive Officer $11,723 $9,757 2024
International Society Daughters Of Utah Pioneers UT$478,823 Treasurer $4,500 $4,242 2024
Dunwoody Preservation Trust Inc GA$478,948 Executive Director $50,000 $47,673 2023
Friends Of The Chennault Aviation & LA$440,956 Director $43,680 $45,609 2023
Honor And Remember Inc VA$436,643 Chairman $87,000 $79,656 2023
Friends Of Moorefields NC$436,170 Executive Director $7,000 $6,662 2024
Civil War Trails Inc VA$493,204 Executive Director $88,192 $78,431 2024
Washington County Historical PA$426,056 Executive Di $45,169 $41,488 2024
The Adam Leventhal Memorial School And CA$422,992 Executive Director $64,780 $53,044 2023
North-south Skirmish Association Inc VA$419,866 Property Manager $60,991 $55,843 2023
Theodore Roosevelt Association NY$418,767 Ceo $66,000 $54,931 2024
Uncommon Friends Foundation Inc FL$414,906 Executive Director $80,000 $69,221 2024
Gig Harbor Waterfront Alliance WA$413,983 Executive Director $73,944 $60,977 2024
Historic Downtown Chelan Association WA$413,780 Executive Dir. $95,250 $78,546 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to IN 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 IN 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 default77th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)64th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted79th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted74th

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 (Josh Conrad) 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 123 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A80), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $78,040 is reasonable (approximately the 77th 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.