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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Orcas Open Arts

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 943164084
WA · NTEE Z99Z
FY ending 2024-04-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Donna Laslo, Executive Director / CEO ($18,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 24 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 17th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

24 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 24 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$6,131 total compensation of comparable organizations → $108,081 $18,400
$11,67110th
$21,93625th
$58,846Median
$86,91575th
$92,76290th
$18,400This org · 17th
p10$11,671
p25$21,936
p50$58,846
p75$86,915
p90$92,762
$18,400

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 WA 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
Snoqualmie Valley Preservation Alliance WA$264,774 Executive Dir. $88,125 $88,125 2024
Fishinko Payee Services WA$249,253 Co-executive Director $86,736 $86,736 2024
Clallam-jefferson County Pro Bono WA$245,920 Executive Director $78,840 $81,169 2023
Sentinel Group WA$270,835 Chairman And President $21,419 $22,052 2023
People Of Praise Vancouver Wa WA$241,899 President $33,000 $32,149 2025
Love In The Name Of Christ Of Skagi WA$238,190 Executive Director $66,021 $66,021 2024
Slavic International Association WA$283,976 President $57,600 $57,600 2024
Channel Of Love Ministries WA$227,746 President Ceo $41,969 $41,969 2024
Human Life Of Wa Education Foundation WA$223,600 President & Ceo $94,749 $94,749 2024
Shoreline Public Schools Foundation WA$301,206 Executive Director $40,240 $40,240 2024
Salem Arms Community Housing WA$310,832 Executive Director $71,600 $71,600 2024
The Master's Mission WA$312,909 President $96,808 $96,808 2024
Called To Rescue WA$202,101 President $19,000 $19,000 2024
Interlink Inc WA$197,886 Secretary/treasurer $20,967 $21,586 2023
Ocean Beach School District Foundation WA$320,849 Administrator $10,200 $10,501 2023
Northwest Therapeutic Riding Center WA$190,810 Program Director $14,400 $14,400 2024
Hough Foundation WA$330,408 Executive Director $84,941 $87,450 2023
Fraternal Order Of Eagles WA$331,795 Secretary $6,578 $6,408 2025
Living Voices WA$334,859 Artistic Director $60,000 $60,000 2024
Commencement Bay Rowing Club WA$180,158 Vice President $6,131 $6,131 2024
Kid Possible Inc WA$175,638 Ceo $87,500 $87,500 2024
Washington Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers WA$342,213 Executive Director $104,980 $108,081 2023
Friends Of Manito WA$361,004 Executive Dir. $57,692 $57,692 2024
Va'ad Harabanim Of Greater Seattle WA$369,517 Secretary $66,486 $66,486 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to WA 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 WA 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 default17th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)17th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted21st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted17th

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 (Donna Laslo) 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 24 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (Z99) + WA + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $18,400 is reasonable (approximately the 17th 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.