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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Nature Of Wildworks

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 954624823
CA · NTEE C36
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Mollie Hogan, Executive Director / CEO ($66,092) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 15 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 60th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

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

How comparable organizations were selected

15 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 15 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$13,858 total compensation of comparable organizations → $131,037 $66,092
$20,24110th
$39,63425th
$57,962Median
$80,05475th
$115,63790th
$66,092This org · 60th
p10$20,241
p25$39,634
p50$57,962
p75$80,054
p90$115,637
$66,092

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 CA 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
Forest And Woodland Association Of Missouri MO$260,581 Executive Director $48,505 $57,962 2025
Blue Ridge Prism Inc VA$261,741 Former Executive Director $66,694 $74,575 2024
Releaf Michigan Inc MI$266,223 Board Mbr/ex $35,000 $41,837 2024
La Cruz Habitat Protection Project Inc MN$278,899 Executive Director $104,146 $119,175 2024
Amigos De El Yunque Inc PR$290,302 Executive Director $83,078 $85,532 2023
Model Forest Policy Program ID$230,995 Executive Dir. $30,640 $37,747 2024
West Virginia Forestry Association Inc WV$306,840 Executive Director $46,292 $59,760 2023
Treasure Valley Canopy Network Inc ID$214,161 Executive Director $52,734 $66,885 2023
Forest Bridges OR$309,199 Executive Director $118,347 $131,037 2023
Silvix Resources OR$325,497 Executive Dir. $37,500 $41,521 2023
Bexar Branches Alliance Corp TX$192,856 Executive Director $24,636 $29,383 2023
Center For Responsible Forestry WA$332,103 Executive Director $50,704 $52,572 2024
Olympic Forest Coalition WA$181,641 Executive Director $13,253 $14,147 2023
Empire State Forest Products NY$354,366 Executive Di $105,430 $110,329 2024
Reforest Our Future PA$370,424 Executive Director $12,000 $13,858 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to CA 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 CA 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 default60th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)67th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted60th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted60th

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 (Mollie Hogan) 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 15 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (C36), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $66,092 is reasonable (approximately the 60th 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.