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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

American Hockey Coaches

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 020348525
MN · NTEE N030
FY ending 2025-04-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Forrest Karr, Executive Director / CEO ($9,000) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 1298 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 23rd percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

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

How comparable organizations were selected

1,298 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 1,298 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$1 total compensation of comparable organizations → $204,353 $9,000
$3,18310th
$10,36525th
$29,355Median
$60,09575th
$81,77790th
$9,000This org · 23rd
p10$3,183
p25$10,365
p50$29,355
p75$60,095
p90$81,777
$9,000

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 MN 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
Goldies Youth Sports CA$285,004 President $125,000 $112,126 2024
Camp O Bannon Of Licking County Inc OH$285,042 Executive Director $39,168 $44,368 2023
Blue Valley Junior Athletic Association KS$284,828 President $45,450 $52,514 2023
Old Reliable Germantown Fair Inc KY$285,513 Treasurer $1,800 $1,957 2025
United States Bowling Congress Inc HI$285,520 Association Manager $10,500 $9,766 2024
Tracyton Soccer Club WA$285,580 Registrar And Administrator $12,160 $11,310 2024
Lake Forest Lacrosse Association IL$285,773 Director $2,535 $2,589 2024
Coastal Volleyball Academy Inc FL$283,912 Officer/director $10,243 $9,996 2024
Sanford Mainers Inc ME$283,793 General Manager $2,000 $2,142 2023
Ann Arbor Rowing Club MI$283,575 Director $41,156 $44,129 2024
Santa Barbara House Of Hustle CA$283,416 President $5,900 $5,449 2023
Blue Banner Volleyball CA$283,377 President $20,244 $18,695 2023
Minnesota Renegades MN$286,672 Vice President $11,880 $12,194 2024
Stage Door Dance Company VA$286,708 President $17,975 $18,030 2024
San Diego California Soccer League CA$283,155 President $18,000 $15,730 2025
Ozaukee County Fair WI$282,997 President $975 $1,058 2024
Nw Iowa Soccer Alliance IA$282,867 Director $30,688 $35,936 2023
Orchard Park Town Wreckers Swim Team Inc NY$282,862 Registrar, Administrator $3,000 $2,743 2025
Cross Training Football Inc NY$287,124 President $90,910 $85,336 2024
Home Talent Colt Stakes Association Inc OH$287,356 Secretary/treasurer $6,000 $6,797 2023
Mayfield Kamper Klub WA$287,466 Vice President $2,000 $1,812 2025
Nlu Swim Team MO$282,495 Coaching Chair/head Coach $54,387 $59,840 2024
Youth Advantage Inc MN$282,307 Executive Di $57,750 $59,278 2024
Houston Fc TX$287,753 President $36,000 $37,409 2024
Traverse Area Community Sailing MI$282,178 Vp Special E $1,160 $1,244 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MN cost of living and 2025 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 MN 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 default23rd
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)23rd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted24th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted22nd

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 (Forrest Karr) 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 1298 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (N), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $9,000 is reasonable (approximately the 23rd 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.